Faces of deathor any of its library of sequels and ripoffsis a collection of death scenes. The secrets of faces of death finally revealed ihorror. When faces of death hit japanese cinemas in 1978, under the title junk, it was a massive hit. There are executions by decapitation in an unknown arab country and the electric chair.
This film contains graphic content and explicit scenes. The plan is to dissect of these moments from every episode of the walking dead with several members of telltale games in the weeks and months ahead. The faked footage executions, croc attack almost subverted the intention of the film. Faces of death ii 1981 1 2 out of 4 faces of death became a huge phenomenon when it was originally released so it was only time that a sequel would follow, which would of course turn into more sequels and countless ripoffs from around the world. Jul 19, 2010 faces of death is nothing but a mondo film about death.
Gross, played by actor michael carr, who presents the viewer with a variety of. I say closeminded, because it has been revealed years ago, that 80% of the footage in the faces of death film series, was reinacted andor simulated, based upon the actual horrific and gruesome incidents they represent. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto int. The fact that said faces werent deformed in any real way made it all the more chilling. Faces of death vi exists in three distinct versions. Faces of death was a mid 1980s fad, that people still talk about today. But then the rushing up to the body lying on the ground. Man sneaks into morgue, photos dead friends bottom. As for its place in horror cinema history, well, that remains to be seen. Mortuarys, accidents, police work are filmed by tv crews and. Faces of death is more or less an exploitation film done in a documentarylike format. He is trying to show you the different faces of people while dying. Includes both the original faces of death 1978, 88 min.
It is no surprise that felshers insight into the secrets of faces of death are abundant, theres a scene in the movie where a woman jumps, commits suicide from a building, she just jumps and hits the pavement. Fact or fiction, directorcreator conan lecilaire attempts to quell the mysteries surrounding his controversial faces of death film series. The film has been banned at least temporarily in australia, norway, finland, new zealand, and the united kingdom. For all the film s embellishments and fakery, the segment showing the gruesome aftermath of a female cyclist run over head first by the drive wheel of a semi truck was very real and culled from news reels and is thought to be the most revolting scene by david kerekes and david slater, authors of the book killing for culture. It contains clips mostly from parts one and four, and has the opening credits from part one. There are faked scenes of people getting killed intermixed with footage of real accidents. It begins without any opening credits, before recycling for the third time the. Gross plays a believable doctor with an obsession with death. Faces of death later rereleased as the original faces of death is a 1978 american mondo horror film written and directed by john alan schwartz, credited under the pseudonyms conan lecilaire and alan black respectively. Reviewed in the united states on december 27, 2014.
The flesh and blood show 1972 blood feast 1963 zombie island massacre 1984 bloodwood cannibals 2010 blood mania 1970. The british board of film censors took a dim view of the genre, initially banning and later censoring its first entry, 1962s mondo cane. Like its predecessor, the film was written and directed by john alan schwartz as alan black and conan le cilaire respectively. Coming to a grizzly end via imcdb the movie includes 105 minutes of, among other things, footage of an autopsy, piranha attacks, a beheading, a grizzly bear mauling a tourist, a drowning victim, a suicide, and a cannibal orgy. But you have to hear the faces of death song that is on the end of the 4th video. This film questions the socalled humane execution and in doing so indicts the massmurderers of barbarous regimes. But the films real success came a few years later, thanks to a revolutionary new piece of video. Faces of death is a 1978 american mondo horror film written and directed by john alan. Banned in 46 countries is faces of death the most shocking film. Were aided by telltalles welcomed disclosure of player decision statistics, which the studio releases as part of an ongoing video series. Watch extreme faces of death online vimeo on demand.
A collection of death scenes, ranging from tvmaterial to homemade super8 movies the common factor is death by some means. Original faces of death pt1 full movie experience the. After the release of the films, questions arose as to the authenticity of some of the scenes in them and whether or not the films themselves belonged to the outlawed snuff film genre. Graphic content full movie 720p if you want to watch the movie in 1080p, heres the link. Two of the girls, diane feese and sherry forget, were so traumatized their parents. The faces of death basicly goes through the different ways people or animals have died or been killed.
Jan 17, 2018 faces of death, one of the most talked about video series of all time, examines the many guises of death in extreme closeup. As a curiosity piece, faces of death is well worth a look, especially if youve not seen it in a very long time. Faces of death 1978 full movie is part 1 of 5 in the faces of death series. Faces of death ii is the first sequel to the 1978 mondo film faces of death. Faces of death 1978 faces of death 1978 faces of death 1978 the image could not be loaded.
Sure to shock, horrify and even repulse, these brutal films are. Also released with the title faces of death vii, was a condensed version of anton laveys 1989 film death scenes. If the brutal and explicit depiction of actual death is upsetting to you, please do not view this film. The widestknown version is the one that was released unofficially by gorgon video in the u. Faces of death 1978 the most bizarre, grisly, death experiences are now documented in this graphic study of mans greatest fear the fear of death. An illustrated history of death film from mondo to snuff. In the 40 years since its 1978 release, faces of death has earned a reputation as one of the most shocking films ever made. Face of death little dog fights back faces of death lit. Anyone who wants to spend money or even time watching people or animals dying has a problem. Brace yourself for another journey down the dark corridors of death. Dec 11, 2014 faces of death portrayed itself as a film compilation of real suicides, deaths, and autopsies.
Faces of death vi is a directtovideo compilation of the highlights of the earlier films in the faces of death series. Faces of death iii is the second sequel to the 1978 mondo film faces of death. Often this film was talked about on the playground,bragging to one another about eating and watching it. Strange as their stories may be, they were flesh and blood once, and were loved by people who knew them. Faces of death the most forbidden film of the 80s youth. Gross shows scenes of gruesome deaths from around the world both real and reenacted. An illustration of a computer application window wayback machine an illustration of an open book. Some comprise of actual footage, and some are merely staged. Even the genres most grudgingly critically respected work, 1982s the killing of america, wasnt submitted. You guys just won game of the year at the spike vgas, and other game of the year stuff is happening. He also appears in one of the segments of the film, as the leader of the alleged flesh. A collection of death scenes, ranging from tvmaterial to homemade super8 movies. The simple fact is that regardless of how much of it is fake, the fact that much of it is real footage of humans and animals being killed means this is a film that truly lives up to. It begins without any opening credits, before recycling for the third time the sequence from.
It was directed by john alan schwartz again as conan le cilaire, susumu saegusa and andrew theopolis. You respond to it the way you respond to a film or a book. The stories mentioned on this site are of real deaths famous or otherwise, and may contain graphic pics, text andor videos. Faces of death v, released in 1995, is a directtovideo release consisting of highlights from the earlier films. Videos 360 view images the many faces of death, part 4 format. Schwartz puts in another cameo appearance, this time as the wounded criminal in front of the drug store.
When youre reading a book, youre not thinking about what page im on or what font it. But the point is, faces of death is for the morally depraved only. Faces of death later rereleased as the original faces of death is a 1978 american mondo horror film written and directed by john alan schwartz, credited under the pseudonyms conan lecilaire and alan black respectively the film, shown in a documentarylike style, centers around pathologist francis b. There are plenty of other decisions, big and small, that players make throughout each episode of the walking dead, but when someone finally bites the dust, those are the ones that make you wonder did i make the right choice. With michael carr, samuel berkowitz, mary ellen brighton, thomas noguchi. Faces of death ii 1981 faces of death iii 1985 faces of death iv 1990 faces of death v 1995 movies like faces of death 1978 full movie. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Once again, john alan schwartz directed again as conan le cilaire and co wrote as alan black along with co writer veronica lakewood. This site is not for the squeamish or faint of heart. In 1985 a california schoolteacher forced his class to watch the film. The movies really are good, and they are finally available to the public without them being ripped off, badly dubbed, 20 year old copies.
The images of death, drawn from around the world, are as shocking as they are tragic. This gruesome 70s film is part documentary, part mockumentary, a film that claims it wants us to consider death and make us question the ways in which we kill and be killed, but in reality its just an excuse to show scene after. As mentioned in the beginning of the film, the previous films narrator dr. That said, the main goal of the film is still to shock and disturb the viewers.
But the film s real success came a few years later, thanks to a revolutionary new piece of video. Faces of death, one of the most talked about video series of all time, examines the. Download faces of death 1978 yify torrent for 720p mp4. The notorious 1978 compilation faces of death warning, contains grim footage. Faces of death iv is the final real sequel to faces of death, in that it is the last sequel to include any original footage. It features many of the same scenes shown in faces of death 1 and 4, as well as the earlier compilation faces of death v. I was in 5th grade when i saw this for the first time. Faces of death ii pretty much is the same film as the first one, although i think an argument. Faces of death also released as the original faces of death is a 1978. Making up details that werent even in the movie to other kids which had yet to see it.
A collection of death scenes, ranging from tv material to homemade super 8 movies. One of the most interesting and controversial things about the movie is its use of real footage of deaths, be it human or animal. It begins with the intro and opening credits from faces of death, before moving into more archive footage lifted whole from the earlier films, primarily from parts one and four. Faces of death ii 1981 12 out of 4 faces of death became a huge phenomenon when it was originally released so it was only time that a sequel would follow, which would of course turn into more sequels and countless ripoffs from around the world. He would later claim that he decided to kill someone after watching faces of death.
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