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TOETAG Inc
Company 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/

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.

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] 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]

History

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]

Toetag Pictures/Toetag Inc

Year Film Director Notes and Awards
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

Toetag EFX

Year Film Director
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

Toetag Releasing

Year Film Director
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

References

  1. ^ "ToeTag EFX moves to Hollywood". Variety. 8 February 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. ^ "About TOETAG INC". TOETAG. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g 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. 8 February 2013. 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. ^ "MaskHead". IMdb. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  12. ^ "Necrophagia: Sickness". IMdb. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  13. ^ "Al Fin y Al Cabo". IMdb. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  14. ^ "MaskHead". IMdb. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  15. ^ "Vacation!". IMdb.
  16. ^ "Revenge Is Her Middle Name". IMdb. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  17. ^ tooth, Black (17 April 2014). "ArME/LUST (Review)". Horror Society. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  18. ^ "I Am No One". IMDb. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  19. ^ "Deadwood Park". IMdb. Retrieved 25 February 2022.

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