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Joe Knetter, Andrew Lauer, Fred Vogel

Two serial killers go on a murdering rampage as one films the outcome from behind a video camera. One of the most realistically portrayed simulated snuff films.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 10 min.

Directed by: Fred Vogel

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DVD Release Date: January 1, 2001

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  • WrenchLT
    September 24, 2011
    WrenchLT
    Just as vile and repulsive as you'd expect a film about two sociopathic sexual deviants to be, made even more repugnant due to the fact it's been done psuedo-snuff style shot on hand-held video by one of the sadists featured in the movie who you never actually see. It's actually ... read morea very well made film for what it is and definitely achieved a sense of realism. If you fail to tap into the realistic nature then you'll likely be bored and disappointed as there isn't a great deal of gore or endless scenes of violence to hold the attention of those expecting a killathon type film. It's sick no doubt, but without resorting to OTT effects. I find very few things these days that shock but this one did more than most. Not a film for everyone, it now seems trendy these days for horror fans to hate on it without actually seeing it.
  • Stinger839
    July 6, 2008
    Stinger839
    The title and box suggest a subdued Euro horror verite, but this is old fashioned North American handheld homemade horror. For that genre, or just as a realistic spat of serial killing, there are some great scenes but nothing holding this together as a cohesive piece. The biggest... read more problem with this one is focusing on the one killer and not exposing more of the cameraman's nastiness. This is a few steps above what is passed off as serial killer movies today in the mainstream market, and any of those tweens supporting crapstream horror who accidentally watch this won't be able to take it. Course the visuals are astonishingly terrible, leaving one longing for the fine lens of Miike to better film the snuff. Does the movie feel real during some spots? Yes. Does that make me any more impressed with it as an intentional piece of work? No, because it needs to have some more thought and composition behind it, at least in visual terms so that it hangs together. If you can't stand another mediocre PG-13 horror, then watch this mediocre extreme film instead for all the right sins. It's just that I've seen *real* snuff done more artfully than this. That, and considering how much that main actress in the chair got paid, these guys could have broken down and afforded a better camera.

    "So Fucked Up" highlight:
    rubbing shit on the tied-up girl's partially sliced off nipple
  • creepfreak
    June 6, 2008
    creepfreak
    "August Underground"...this movie will knock you on your ass! Fucking hardcore stuff. I gave this movie 1 star simply because it filled my stomach with too much nausea and made me too depressed. This is garbage, but it's shocking to the max. Disgusting shocking filth.

    Gore. De... read moregradation. Torture. Sexual humiliation. Rape. Vomit drinking, and Necrophilia. This movie certainly pushes the limits beyond any film I have ever seen.(if you can even call this pile of trash a film). But I do have to say, this movie only sets out to shock you. And it did just that!...and a whole lot more. Believe me. This is an uncompromising and in your face raw experience. For a fake snuff film this certainly does indeed feel like a real one.

    This is one movie that will quite possibly just ruin your whole day. You've been warned!
  • shitfaced8
    December 8, 2010
    shitfaced8
    Many words came to mind when I was watching this. Boring. Infantile. Immature. Pointless. Shit. It is extreme, but that doesn't make this worthwhile in and of itself. Where Passolini or Miike have used a lot of the same situations in their films, the violence was there for a purp... read moreose as a plot device or to make a statement about something. Here the gore is just there for gores sake and for that reason this film and Fred Vogel in particular get no respect. I'm not offended by the film's subject matter at all, nor do I think it went to far at any point. This was just boring, unintresting and pointless. And poorly made on top of that. Most of the violence happens off screen and what we do see is the aftermath. This movie would shock all mainstream audiences, but since the people who will end up seeing this have already seen everything done here, done better elsewhere, I really don't understand the rep this series gets in the extreme horror community. SUCKS.
  • chrismid259
    December 18, 2008
    chrismid259
    Shows violence as it is - horrible. So horrible I turned off after 52 seconds.
  • mouthoftheunknown
    September 6, 2011
    mouthoftheunknown
    Very realistic, yet tiring and boring. made very poorly. no plot or character development etc. just ugly.
  • Sloirishbud
    October 14, 2009
    Sloirishbud
    This movie is truly sick and twisted and after watching it I felt dirty for about a week. The fact that the movie is done on a grainy very messed up camera does little to keep one from wanting to vomit from the get go with this film. As I watched this I had to tell myself a coupl... read moree of times that this movie is not real. The suspension of disbelief that one usually has when watching a film goes out the damn window with this one because if it didn?t then you would truly think that you were watching a snuff film.
    This film is very hard to synopsize because in essence it is just a set of disturbing vignettes of murder, torture, mayhem, and etc. connected by the fact that is all one movie and nothing else. There is a girl that the unnamed killer keeps in his basement and does some truly sick shit to including but not limited to watching her boyfriend get murdered and dismembered and eating her own shit. Oh by the way the killer in this movie is played by the director himself Fred Vogel. This is one of the few films that I have watched where I had to stifle my own vomit, oh and by the way the sequels are much worse.
    Anyways back to the synopsis, the killer then beats some poor girl to death, then goes to a ?concert? and delvers some beat downs, then he tortures the girl in the basement more. Then we get to follow him on some road trips? great. On the road trip we see the killer beat an old lady to death (played by the directors own Grandma) and steal her car. And so on, add more random beatings and torture. Then we get to the finale of the ?movie? which involves two prostitutes, a hammer, murder, and some good old-fashioned sodomy.
    End of movie, thankfully, just watching this movie to review it was an endurance test that many normal people just couldn?t handle (not that I am normal but I like to think that I am at least semi-normal). This movie exists because of independent horror directors that are sick of the same old Hollywood trite and want to create something truly terrifying. Applause to Fred Vogel the director, you have truly bucked and mentally ass fucked the system and horror community into submission.
  • RicC
    July 31, 2009
    RicC
    The Youtube aspect of it interested me. Yes, I know about cinema verite, I meant that it was fun finally seeing a 70-minute Youtube video where the explicit gore and gross-out scenes are uncensored. The cameramen go around town wreaking havoc and you're thrust in, experiencing it.
  • mpghoul1973
    March 19, 2008
    mpghoul1973
    Any hack with a camera can go out and film violent scene after violent scene. And thats what Fred Vogel does with August Underground. He has no style whatso ever.
  • dtgamerat
    August 20, 2007
    dtgamerat
    Director Fred Vogel doesn't want viewers to enjoy "August Underground"; he wants them to endure it, leaving a shocking and clever impression

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January 1, 2007
Johnny Butane, Dread Central

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