The term 'torture porn' is one of the more abused and unfair descriptions of violent horror movies, but there are times when it is apt. Enter "August Underground", a found footage-style horror movie following a pair of chucklehead serial killers as they engage in a series of violent acts, which include the physical and psychological torture of a bound woman, the murder of a hitchhiker, and a sexually charged grocery store attack. It's a gratuitous and ultimately pointless exercise that seems to revel in the gross exploits of its depraved characters a little too much, although that does tend to make it about as uncomfortable as a movie like this ought to be, considering the themes. This is essentially a version of 2011's "Found Footage" where the violence and puerility is cranked up but any sense of an arc or plot falls by the wayside. And unlike that underrated movie, "August Underground" finds a way to be boring, especially during the way-too-long sequence featuring the killers and a pair of sex workers that leads into an abrupt and unsatisfying ending. This movie is a grim curiosity and little else.
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