AUGUST UNDERGROUND'S MORDUM/ GROTESQUE FANTASIES
reviewed by: Philthy McRotten
toe tag pictures 2003
oh, say can you see by the blasphemous light, what so evil they wrought was so callous and savage
mere words cannot describe certain things. the concept of time, the color of hate, the horror of mortality, the face of evil incarnate. this film, AUGUST UNDERGROUND'S MORDUM, is one of these things. in the span of 90 or so odd minutes, you are subjected to the most vicious, contemptuous, and traumatizing images to ever be recorded.
the film, which is a quasi-remake of the seminal film AUGUST UNDERGROUND, takes the BLAIR WITCH idea of "found footage" to the nadir of depravity. Without revealing too much, the idea is that this film is the private home video footage shot by a trio of savage serial killers. this is what they'd shoot, no filler, no flinching.
the effects are done flawlessly and the performances are affecting. truly standing out are the performances of the killers in question. i guarantee that every one of you readers out there know people like these degenerates. that's where the real terror comes in. his could be real. this could be happening right next door. this could happen to you.
also on the dvd is a documentary on indie filmmaking entitled GROTESQUE FANTASIES. this is the funniest damn movin' picture i done ever did see. it shows the other side of the minds behind toe tag, as ther is more than shock in their collective genius. the minds of and around toe tag are picked clean on a variety of topics about entertainment in general. don't miss the campy creep's segments, as they are the highlight of no-budget filmmaking art. and the end credits are literally vomit enducing. trust me. i wouldn't lead you astray.
Click here for the interview with Michael T. Schneider
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