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How far is too far? With August Underground’s Penance, Fred Vogel and his crew pushed the boundaries of cinema as far as anyone had taken them at that point and paved the way for a virtual army of imitators, wannabes, and bastard children of “extreme cinema” in the 16 years …

It’s as if TOETAG Inc honcho Fred Vogel (The Redsin Tower) said, “Boundaries?? We don’t need no stinkin’ boundaries!!” after the grass roots success of 2001’s August Underground and decided to ratchet up the sickness to the nth degree for August Underground’s Mordum. Synopsis: “Two friends bring along a newcomer …

Fred Vogel is a pretty normal guy. By all outward appearances anyways. He’s not, like, Satan, or anything.  I’ve met him a few times at conventions, his eyes don’t glow red, he doesn’t have fangs (that I’ve seen…), and no horns protrude from his noggin. He’s actually quite friendly and …

Let’s face it… horror by its very nature is a lightning rod for controversy. It’s the genre of film tailor-made to push the envelope, to take things to extremes where others would dare not tread. We live to test the limits of decency, to see just how much we can …