August Underground's Penance (2007) (V)

Director:

Fred Vogel

Writers:

Fred Vogel (writer)
Cristie Whiles (writer)

Release Date:

30 March 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Plot Keywords:

Torture | Extreme Violence | Extreme Sadism | Disturbing | Actual Animal Killed

Cast

Cristie Whiles
Fred Vogel
Shelby Vogel
Jerami Cruise
Anthony Matthews
Renee Bell
Sara McGill
Mikol Bell
Matt Rizzutto
John Cornell
Trevor Collins
Brian Hutchison
Don Moore
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Merle Allin
Talia Becker
J.B. Beverley
Brama
Bub
Paul Cerny Jr.
Kim Cerny
Trevor Collins
John Cornell
Art Ettinger
Fuctup
Donna Hutchison
Shelby Jackson
Marie Keswick
Ed Laughlin
Catherine Mannion
Uncle Mike
Don Moore
Peach
Kathleen Pleasant
Lucious Ridgewood
Dino Sex
Autumn Smith	...	Lydia (as Autumn Anderson)
Rob Steinbruegge
Wally
Zach Weaver
Holden Williams
Scotty Wood

Runtime:

USA:84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Company:

Toe Tag Pictures

Movie Connections:

References "The Incredible Hulk" (1978)

Looking for a disgusting Holiday movie? Then Merry Christmas!

The shock film, August Underground's Penance, is the pinnacle of holiday filth. I suggest using your Christmas stockings once you run out of barf bags, you'll definitely need them for this movie! T'is the season for child molesting and baby killing! The August Underground trilogy is a collection of snuff footage filmed by the murderers, one male and one female, themselves. The first August Underground is disturbing in the way that it depicts a snuff film so accurately. August Underground's Mordum, as far as I am concerned, is the most disgusting and upsetting movie ever made. So what does the latest installment have to offer? Pure unabashed gore! Blood, guts, intestines, nails through the head, disembowelment, cigarette burns, limb sawing and heads being opened like Christmas presents! Thanks to the special features section in Penance we learn that real pig intestines were used in the film making the actors sick to their stomachs! Yes, these poor psychopaths actually got immortalized vomiting nearly constantly during the taping. The effects in this gore-fest are so realistic that the Toe Tag crew decided to use a better quality camera then in their previous movies to show off their skills and attention to detail. This film shows the character development of the killers and adds that touch of humanity to contribute to the realism to this movie. And, while Penance may not be as disgusting as Mordum, it does manage to supply a generous amount of its own sickness to the trilogy.

Which brings us to the only thing worse than Christmas carolers; home invaders! Focus on a standard suburban family. Let's call them the Cleavers. Each of the Cleaver family is beaten, raped and killed all on Christmas day. It's better to give then to receive! Of all the atrocities committed on this family the worst by far is done to sweet baby Jane. After the killers viciously beat and rape the sweet lass, her butcher delivers one of the cruelest lines in cinematic history: "Kill it." Did you get that? Not her - "it."

Another offensive scene which actually triggers the emotion of one of the killers highlights a very realistic looking fetus being ripped from a mother's womb. The female slayer finally breaks down and cries once she realizes they've finally go too far. The dead mother-to-be experiences the one instance where it's not better getting your present too early! Taking violence to another level all together. It is chilling the way these serial killers are portrayed so believably. August Underground's Penance also has an ending that has to be seen to be believed! The final scene might leave fans a little choked up.

August Underground's Penance is a shockingly gruesome movie filled with anger, torture, and ejaculation. It looks like it will be a White Christmas after all! This film is a holiday must own for any true gore-hound like me!