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Type | Private |
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Industry | Motion picture |
Founded | 2002 |
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Products | Film production |
Website | http://toetag.biz/about-toetag/ |
Toetag Inc (stylized as TOETAG INC or ToeTag Inc) is an American Independent horror film company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company was founded by director Fred Vogel and special effects artist Jerami Cruise, and specializes in producing and distributing low-budget underground horror films. In 2004, Cruise created the special effects department for Toetag Pictures, Toetag EFX, which would go on to work on Toetag Pictures films as well as independent productions. [1] The company gained its notoriety for its August Underground film series. In 2010, Toetag Inc officially became incorporated and changed its name from Toetag Pictures to Toetag Inc. [2] In 2014, the company began distributing films not made by Toetag via a new department, Toetag Releasing. [3] Toetag Inc, Toetag EFX, and Toetag Releasing have all been on hiatus since 2015.
Before Toetag Pictures was founded, director Fred Vogel and special effects artist Jerami Cruise both attended the same university, the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, [3] where they began shooting underground short films with a focus on gore and violence. After graduating from university, they made the first August Underground film together in 2001. [4]
Toetag Pictures was founded after the creation of August Underground's Mordum (a sequel to Toetag's 2001 exploitation horror film August Underground ) in 2002. Following the success of August Underground and its sequel, Toetag Pictures was able to lease their first studio in Bellevue, Pennsylvania. Parts of the studio can be seen in the pseudo-documentary S&Man . Due to the continued success of Toetag, the company was able to move to a 7,000 sq ft studio in Pittsburgh. [3] The team would go on to make seven films under the name Toetag Pictures before rebranding to Toetag Inc in 2010. The company lost its Pittsburgh studio that same year. [3] After the Pittsburgh studio closed, Toetag went on to work on special effects for the segment "Wet Dream" in the horror anthology film The Theater Bizarre , and also contributed to SFX for the films White Reindeer (2013) and Fractured (2013). [5] In 2012, Jerami Cruise moved the Toetag EFX department to Los Angeles, California. [6] The company also opened a storefront in 2013 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [3] In 2014, Toetag Inc created Toetag Releasing, which went on to distribute four films: ‘’Arme/Lust’’, ‘’Cross Bearer’’, ‘’I Am No One’’, and ‘’Deadwood Park’’. In 2015, Toetag Inc, Toetag EFX, and Toetag Releasing all went on hiatus. [3]
Year | Film | Director | Notes and Awards | |
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2001 | August Underground | Fred Vogel | ||
2003 | August Underground's Mordum | Fred Vogel | 2003 Awarded Best Special EFX, Exofest II, Calgary, Canada [7] | |
2004 | Necrophagia: Sickness [8] | Killjoy (musician) Fred Vogel | ||
2006 | The Redsin Tower | Fred Vogel | Won Best Actress Freak Show Horror Film Festival [9] Best Special FX Makeup Freak Show Horror Film Festival [10] | |
2007 | August Underground's Penance | Fred Vogel | ||
2009 | Murder Collection V.1 | Fred Vogel Shelby Vogel Jerami Cruise | Voted Best Gore Scene of the Year, Rue Morgue Magazine [3] | |
2009 | MaskHead [11] | Rebecca Swan Fred Vogel | ||
2010 | Sella Turcica | Fred Vogel | ||
Year | Film | Director | |
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2001 | August Underground | Fred Vogel | |
2003 | August Underground's Mordum | Fred Vogel | |
2004 | Necrophagia: Sickness [12] | Killjoy (musician) Fred Vogel | |
2004 | Murder-Set-Pieces | Nick Palumbo | |
2005 | Mutilation Mile | Ron Atkins | |
2006 | The Redsin Tower | Fred Vogel | |
2007 | August Underground's Penance | Fred Vogel | |
2007 | Brutal Massacre | Stevan Mena | |
2008 | Al Fin Y Al Cabo [13] | Alfonso Rodríguez | |
2009 | Hotel Chelsea (film) | Jorge Vald | |
2009 | Murder Collection V.1 | Fred Vogel Shelby Vogel Jerami Cruise | |
2009 | Mutilation Mile | Ron Atkins | |
2009 | MaskHead [14] | Rebecca Swan Fred Vogel | |
2010 | Vacation! [15] | Zack Clark | |
2010 | Bereavement | Steven Mena | |
2010 | Revenge Is Her Middle Name [16] | Anthony Mathew | |
2010 | Sella Turcica | Fred Vogel | |
2011 | The Theatre Bizarre (segment Wet Dream) | Tom Savini | |
2011 | White Reindeer | Zack Clark | |
2013 | Fractured | Adam Gierasch | |
Year | Film | Director | |
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2014 | Arme/Lust [17] | Keith Voigt Jr. | |
2014 | Cross Bearer | Adam Ahlbrandt | |
2014 | I Am No One [18] | Jason Hoover | |
2015 | Deadwood Park [19] | Eric Stanze | |
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