MASKHEAD tells the depraved tale of Syl and Maddie, a lesbian couple who produce extreme fetish and dark specialty movies. With the help of their sociopathic associate, The Cowboy, the ladies audition numerous up-and-coming talent to star in their top selling, stomach-turning fetish series: “MASKHEAD,” which features a large man in a bizarre mask who tortures and kills his “co-stars” on camera.
Practical Effects
Effects so cheap they loop back to unsettling.
Direction
Vogel's handheld chaos feels accidentally documentary.
Acting
The Cowboy's dead-eyed charm steals every scene.
Director
Fred Vogel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the 2000s 'torture porn' wave alongside Hostel and Saw, but made for the price of a used car.
Fred Vogel also created the August Underground trilogy—this is somehow his 'mainstream' work.
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