August Underground's Penance

August Underground's Penance
Snuff Edition DVD released by Toetag Pictures - signed by most of the cast.
Directed by	Fred Vogel
Written by	Fred Vogel Cristie Whiles
Starring	Fred Vogel Cristie Whiles
Edited by	Fred Vogel Logan Tallman
Music by	Rue The Murder Junkies
Production company	Toetag Pictures
Distributed by	Toetag Pictures
Release date	March 30, 2007 (2007-03-30)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$5,000 (estimated)

August Underground's Penance is a 2007 horror film directed by Fred Vogel, who also co-wrote it with Cristie Whiles. It is the sequel to 2003's August Underground's Mordum, and the final installment in the August Underground series, which began in 2001.

Plot

August Underground's Penance continues the series' narrative mode of showing the lives of serial killers (now just Peter, and his girlfriend Crusty) through their camera, though this installment abandons the "degraded footage" aspect employed by the first two films, being shot in high-definition. After killing a man who breaks free of his restraints and tries to escape them, Peter and Crusty visit various locations in town and enjoy some fireworks at a celebration. Peter is then shown in his basement, taunting a semi-conscious man who has had nails hammered into various parts of his body. Next, Peter and Crusty go on a hike, assault a vagrant they find sleeping under a bridge, and cut a man open so they can pull his gurgling intestines out. The two then attend a party, where Peter does drugs, Crusty flirts with other women, and a live rat is fed to a pet alligator. As Peter beats a man to death with a hammer, Crusty drinks some of the spilled blood, then helps Peter dismember a female body. When Peter wakes up from a nap, he and Crusty get into an argument. Peter is then shown cutting the fetus out of a pregnant woman, an act which causes Crusty to break down. When his attempts at comforting Crusty fail, Peter rapes her, then goes into hysterics himself. Peter gets drunk and proceeds to take his frustrations out on a woman in the cellar while screaming insults at Crusty, who is still sobbing hysterically upstairs. When Peter passes out, Crusty throws alcohol and other fluids onto his body, while ranting about how much she hates him.

Cast

• Fred Vogel as Peter Mountain
• Cristie Whiles as Crusty
• Merle Allin as himself
• J. B. Beverley as himself
• Dino Sex as himself

Reception

The Worldwide Celluloid Massacre stated that while the leads "have to act in this installment" it was still "the same boring sickness" and "the same pointless realistic snuff trash".

External links

• Official website
• August Underground's Penance at IMDb