Review of August Underground's Penance (2007) by Lee ? — 05 Oct 2011

The third and last in the August Underground trilogy takes a much needed breather after the relentless depravity of 'Mordum' as the trio from the previous film become a twosome with the loss of 'Maggot' and we are shown the stresses and cracks in the couples relationship as they go about their acts of torture and murder.

This one is a lot more about character development but it still has plenty room to provide enough shocks from sickening dismemberments to a disturbing home invasion scene. The effective realism of the previous two films remains, though the picture quality is bit cleaner and clearer due to the use of a widescreen digital camera this time round.

And once again the gore effects were greatly done. Overall it's a very good sequel with a little bit more to it plot-wise, but it was unsatisfactory as a conclusion to the series. With one of the killers still left standing I feel there's one more chapter of August Underground left to be explored.