Toetag Pictures

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, specializing in producing and distributing low-budget underground horror films. In 2004, Cruise created the special effects department for TOETAG Pictures, TOETAG SFX, that would go on to work on TOETAG Pictures films as well as independent productions.[1] The company gained its notoriety for its film series, August Underground. In 2010 TOETAG INC officially became incorporated and changed its name from TOETAG Pictures to TOETAG INC.[2] Then in 2014 the company added a releasing department to distribute films from other creators called TOETAG Releasing. [3]

TOETAG Inc
TypePrivate
IndustryMotion picture
Founded2002
Founders
  • Fred Vogel
  • Jerami Cruise
Headquarters
Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
Key people
  • Fred Vogel
    (President)
  • Jerami Cruise
    (Lead Special Effects)
  • Shelby Vogel
    (Director of Marketing)
ProductsFilm production
Websitehttp://toetag.biz/about-toetag/

Pre-TOETAG PICTURES

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] and began shooting underground short films with a focus on gore and violence. It wasn’t until the duo graduated from university that they teamed up to make the first August Underground film in 2001.[4]

History

TOETAG pictures was founded after the creation of August Underground's Mordum in 2002. With the success of August Underground and the 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. With the continued success of TTP, the company was able to open 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. Within the same year the company lost its studio in Pittsburgh.[3] Even though the TTP studio was gone, the company would go on to work in SFX on Theater Bizarre (segment “Wet Dream”), White Reindeer (2013 film), and Fractured (2013 film).[5] By 2012, Jerami Cruise moved TOETAG SFX department to Los Angeles, California.[6] The company also opened a storefront in 2013 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[3] By 2014 TOETAG INC created TOETAG Releasing which went on to distribute four films, ‘’Arme/Lust’’, ‘’Cross Bearer’’, ‘’I Am No One’’, and ‘’Deadwood Park’’. Currently, the TOETAG Inc, TOETAG SFX, and TOETAG Releasing have been on hiatus since 2015. [3]

TOETAG PICTURES
YearFilmDirector Notes and Awards
2001August UndergroundFred Vogel
2003August Underground's MordumFred Vogel 2003 Awarded Best Special EFX, Exofest II, Calgary, Canada[7]
2004Necrophagia: Sickness [8]Killjoy (musician)
Fred Vogel
2006The Redsin TowerFred Vogel Won Best Actress Freak Show Horror Film Festival[9]
Best Special FX Makeup Freak Show Horror Film Festival[10]
2007August Underground's PenanceFred Vogel
2009Murder Collection V.1Fred Vogel
Shelby Vogel
Jerami Cruise		 Voted Best Gore Scene of the Year, Rue Morgue Magazine[11]
2009MaskHead[12]Rebecca Swan
Fred Vogel
2010Sella Turcica (film)Fred Vogel

TOETAG EFX
YearFilmDirector
2001August UndergroundFred Vogel
2003August Underground's MordumFred Vogel
2004Necrophagia: Sickness [13]Killjoy (musician)
Fred Vogel
2004Murder-Set-PiecesNick Palumbo
2005Mutilation MileRon Atkins
2006The Redsin TowerFred Vogel
2007August Underground's PenanceFred Vogel
2007Brutal MassacreStevan Mena
2008Al Fin Y Al Cabo[14]Alfonso Rodríguez
2009Hotel Chelsea (film)Jorge Vald
2009Murder Collection V.1Fred Vogel
Shelby Vogel
Jerami Cruise
2009Mutilation MileRon Atkins
2009MaskHead[15]Rebecca Swan
Fred Vogel
2010Vacation![16]Zack Clark
2010Bereavement (film)Steven Mena
2010Revenge Is Her Middle Name[17]Anthony Mathew
2010Sella Turcica (film)Fred Vogel
2011The Theatre Bizarre (segment Wet Dream)Tom Savini
2011White Reindeer (2013 film)Zack Clark
2013Fractured (2013 film)Adam Gierasch

TOETAG Releasing
YearFilmDirector
2014Arme/Lust[18]Keith Voigt Jr.
2014Cross BearerAdam Ahlbrandt
2014I Am No One[19]Jason Hoover
2015Deadwood Park[20]Eric Stanze

References
  1. "ToeTag EFX moves to Hollywood". Variety. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. "About TOETAG INC". TOETAG. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. text of the citation
  4. McKenna, Eric. "Eric McKenna Project Show 138 - Fred Vogel, Filmmaker, Special Effects, The Final Interview Movie". Youtube. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  5. "filmography". TOETAG. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  6. "ToeTag EFX moves to Hollywood". Variety. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  7. "TOETAG EFX Film Credits". TOETAG.
  8. "Necrophagia: Sickness". IMdb. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  9. filmfest, Freakshow. "2007 Freak Show Horror Film Festival "Freaky" Award Winners". freakshowfilmfest. Archived from the original on 11 May 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  10. filmfest, Freakshow. "2007 Freak Show Horror Film Festival "Freaky" Award Winners". freakshowfilmfest. Archived from the original on 11 May 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  11. text of the citation
  12. "MaskHead". IMdb. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  13. "Necrophagia: Sickness". IMdb. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  14. "Al Fin y Al Cabo". IMdb. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  15. "MaskHead". IMdb. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  16. "Vacation!". IMdb.
  17. "Revenge Is Her Middle Name". IMdb. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  18. tooth, Black. "ArME/LUST (Review)". Horror Society. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  19. "I Am No One". Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  20. "Deadwood Park". IMdb. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
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