August Underground poster

August Underground

2001 ·1h 10m · ★ 4.1 (115)

Imagine walking down the street and finding an unmarked VHS tape. Curiosity piqued, you take it home and pop it in. What starts off as two men screwing around with a video camera quickly transforms into an ultra-realistic torture sequence where the unidentified psychopaths tape their exploits as they torment and violate a woman tied to a chair. The devastation of your morals continues throughout the entirety of the footage, while subtly revealing the killer's shattered pasts via the interaction with their victims and each other.

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3 horror films in catalog

Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
85
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
83
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
57
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
0
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
0
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
100
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
0
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
28
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
33
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Content Warnings

Sexual ViolenceTaboo ContentBody HorrorDehumanizationTorture
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TMDB Keywords

exploitationgoresnuff

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