Of all of the releases that were banned during the video nasty era, faces of death remains one of the most controversial. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. A scene from cult underground movie faces of death. In the united kingdom, the film was prosecuted and added to. In this one we see many staged and not so staged looking deaths ranging from bungee jumping accidents and magic tricks gone bad. I remember seeing this in the early 80s thinking it was scary movie. Sherlock holmes faces death 1943 full movie video dailymotion. Aug 17, 2018 a scene from cult underground movie faces of death.
Volumes 24 have now been banned by the censor, only volume 1 is available. Graphic content full movie 720p if you want to watch the movie in 1080p, heres the link. Faces of death portrayed itself as a film compilation of real suicides, deaths, and autopsies. Jun 24, 2016 the many faces of death is committed to complying with u. A twopart series, made by theramintrees, exploring the relationship between belief and fear of death. Faces of death is a mixed bag of qualities and defects, and ends up being a tremendoulsy bad and varied documentary that treats death in several ways. Death faces is film that was structured as a comedy and mockumentary. 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. Faces of death iii features gory reallife footage of death, murder and mayhem, following in the footsteps of its infamous predecessor. Faces of death is a series of shockumentaries made by john alan schwartz, credited under the names conan le cilaire for his directing credits and alan black for his writing credits, beginning in 1978 the whole gimmick of the series is to showcase various ways and events involving death, with actual stock footage of real deaths and injury spliced along side staged footage. Ive been putting off watching faces of death for years but i knew that my pledge to eventually watch all 72 video nasties meant that one day id have to grin and bear it.
We always act in good faith when posting any material, however as is the nature of internet communication today, knowing the source of material particularly images can be difficult to ascertain. I first saw this movie on video cassette in june 1985 as a teenager. Due to its graphic content, faces of death was banned and censored in many countries. Scenes show gruesome human and animal deaths, both real and reenacted, around the world. The secrets of faces of death finally revealed ihorror. In a february 2012 interview with the national public radio program on the media, the movie s creator, john alan schwartz, said that the scene that purports to show real tourists in egypt killing a monkey and eating its brains was really filmed in a moroccan restaurant in the us using schwartzs friends as actors, foam mallets, a model monkey with a prosthetic breakaway head, a trick table. Over the years, he proclaims grimly, i have compiled a library of the many faces of death. Now its more obvious that much of it is fake but hate the exploitation of death. There are faked scenes of people getting killed intermixed with footage of real accidents.
Faces of death 1978 full movie is part 1 of 5 in the faces of death series. Faces of death iii 1985 12 out of 4 the third entry in the series is without a question the worst and what makes it so bad is the fact that the filmmaking is just embarrassing. Faces of death 1978 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Original faces of death pt1 full movie experience the graphic reality of death, close up. Year after year, we get a tide of bilge that passes for the american way of life in the movies. This is very nice blog in which you shared the topic the many faces of death and the video you shared on real death is really awesome. With my fiancee on holiday in france, i figured there was no time like the present. Mortuarys, accidents, police work are filmed by tv crews and home video cameras. Faces of death 1978 full movie 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.
I ended up here after looking up the imdb page for the movie faces of death i suggest watching the series if you like the stuff on this webpage, and i feel a. Directed by john alan schwartz, susumu saegusa, andrew theopolis. Faces places visages, villages 2017 rotten tomatoes. There is no escape from death and in this film they show a firsthand glimpse at the many ways of dying. Faces of death is a series of shockumentaries made by john alan schwartz, credited under the names conan le cilaire for his directing credits and alan black for his writing credits, beginning in 1978. One of the many pointless rites of passage for dopey teenage boys in the 80s present company included was watching faces of death on vhs. As a curiosity piece, faces of death is well worth a look, especially if youve not seen it in a very long time. Gross as our guide, we bear witness to death in its many forms. Sebastian shock, the listed director is countess victoria bloodhart and steve white, though it is unclear exactly whether or not those are the names of the people involved. Faces of death ii 1981 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Theres only one real bit of footage here and thats a brief sequence inside a chicken slaughterhouse. Read the love has many faces movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on.
Most every person born in the 70s and 80s will remember seeing at least one of the faces of death films. Pdf the many deaths of tom thomson separating fact from fiction read full ebook. By clicking on continue you confirm that you are 18 years and over. Hed brought a print of a documentary called the great hunt, full of footage of animals dying. It turns out that the man was one of kits many former boyfriends, and the police are not sure if the death was an accident, suicide, or possibly murder with the jordans as suspects. The sequel to the original, infamous and highly successful faces of death movie. We have collected many photos of death through the years. Original faces of death pt1 full movie experience the.
Dec 11, 2014 ask any horror movie fan old enough to remember the genre 30 years ago, and he or she will probably tell you about their first experience with faces of death, arguably one of the first found footage movies ever made. Many death scenes were edited out completely, but there are several new scenes added, dealing with child molesters, the video claims, inspired by damon fox. Mar 02, 2017 for the 30th anniversary of faces of death, gorgon released a documentary titled the death makers that revealed many of the secrets behind the videos, including that most of the scenes were completely fake. In 1986, rod matthews, a 14year old boy in massachusetts, lured a classmate out into the woods and beat him to death with a baseball bat. Whats shocking about landfills death isnt just the abruptness of it, or how out of place it is in a movie about a bunch of middleaged men competing in the substance abuse olympics, but. Rich playgirl kit jordan nee katherine lawson chandler is in acapulco vacationing with her current husband, pete jordan, formerly an american beach boy working the acapulco shores for rich women. Ask any horror movie fan old enough to remember the genre 30 years ago, and he or she will probably tell you about their first experience with faces of death, arguably one of the first found footage movies ever made. Hed brought a print of a documentary called the great hunt, full of. Originally released to theaters in 1978, the infamous mondo movie a collection of real death scenes collected from various supposed real news sources and hosted.
Faces places visages, villages critics consensus equal parts breezily charming and poignantly powerful, faces places is a unique crossgenerational portrait of life in rural france from the. Monkey brains scene how it was done lesleyronny on dailymotion. They were watching faces of death, a film containing footage of. In harry potters world, those who witness death will, afterwards, see a thestral carnivous horselike flying creature if one is around. It was followed by four sequels, the latest one was released in 2000. Sure to shock, horrify and even repulse, these brutal films are. He is trying to show you the different faces of people while dying. Faces of death vi is a directtovideo compilation of the highlights of the earlier films in the faces of death series. Faces of death, one of the most talked about video series of all time, examines the many guises of death in extreme closeup. In the first half of the film there are a couple running of the bulls videos where people gets.
It features many of the same scenes shown in faces of death 1 and 4. Follows the same pattern of the other faces of death movies. Rather fine dvd release that demystifies the whole thing. There are executions by decapitation in an unknown arab country and the electric chair. Warning thread faces of death ii and worst faces of death might contain content that is not suitable for all ages. I wonder if seeing a film of a death meets such a definition. More seriously, these do not constitute a snuff movie. John cassavetes faces is the sort of film that makes you want to grab people by the neck and drag them into the theater and shout. 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.
Faces of death possibly one of the most talked about series of all time, faces of death examines the many guises of death in the extreme closeup. Faces of death ii and worst faces of death youtube. Sure to shock and horrify, these brutal films are not meant for the faint of heart. Faces of death captures the many portraits of death. They were watching faces of death, a film containing footage of humans and. Since its debut in 1978, an enormous amount of speculation has emerged regarding how. The movie was written and directed by john alan schwartz credited as alan black for writing and as conan lecilaire for directing. Followed by the many faces of death, part 2 1995 see more. Oct 01, 2018 it is regarded as one of the most depraved films ever a shockumentary full of autopsies, plane crashes and executions.
Gross, played by actor michael carr, who presents the viewer with a variety of. With lana turner, cliff robertson, hugh obrian, ruth roman. He would later claim that he decided to kill someone after watching faces of death. We went into the movie knowing this was real, says forget.
The many faces of death is committed to complying with u. Carol lambert stefanie powers, the dead mans sister, arrives in town to get to the bottom of her brothers death, but she falls into a fling with pete. Possibly one of the most talked about series of all time, faces of death examines the many guises of death in the extreme closeup. It is regarded as one of the most depraved films ever a shockumentary full of autopsies, plane crashes and executions. We caution you, if you have a weak stomache, please leave now, before you see all these graphic images of death and suffering. Find similar and related movies for faces of death v 1996 on allmovie.
In 1983, gordon video released the film with the banner, banned. Gross shows scenes of gruesome deaths from around the world both real and reenacted. A pathologist portrayed by actor michael carr hosts a series of graphic vignettes depicting many aspects of death. Many facets of death are explored in this gruesome. Meanwhile, the body of one of petes fellow beach boys, billy andrews, washes to shore. Heavilly edited in japan, and rereleased under the title, cry of 183 people, dead want to live. Banned in 46 countries is faces of death the most shocking film.