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John Alan Schwartz (writer)
Release Date:
24 May 1980 (Japan)
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Banned in 46 Countries!
Plot:
A collection of death scenes, ranging from TV-material to home-made super-8 movies The common factor is death by some means. full summary | add synopsis
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Rapped And Tagged: Spice-1 | 1990-sick
(From Fangoria. 9 December 2009, 7:42 AM, PST)
Original 'Faces of Death' Gets DVD and Blu-ray Release!
(From Bloody-Disgusting.com. 19 June 2008, 7:53 PM, PDT)
(From Fangoria. 9 December 2009, 7:42 AM, PST)
Original 'Faces of Death' Gets DVD and Blu-ray Release!
(From Bloody-Disgusting.com. 19 June 2008, 7:53 PM, PDT)
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'The country of Africa'?
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Michael Carr | ... | Dr. Francis B. Gröss | |
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| Samuel Berkowitz | ... | Himself; Cryogenics patient | |
| Mary Ellen Brighton | ... | Herself; suicide victim shown jumping out of a window | |
| Thomas Noguchi | ... | Himself | |
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The Original Faces of Death (USA) (video box title)
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105 min
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New Zealand:(Banned) |
West Germany:18 (cut) |
Australia:(Banned) (original rating) |
Australia:R (re-rating) (2007) |
Australia:R (uncut) |
Netherlands:16 |
Finland:(Banned) |
South Korea:18 (heavily cut) |
UK:18 (cut) |
USA:Not Rated |
UK:(Banned) (1984-2003) |
Norway:(Banned) (video rating)
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This film contains real stock footage of accidents, suicides, autopsies, and executions. It also contains many deaths that have been proven as staged.
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Miscellaneous: A sign posted reads "Authurised entry only", it should say "Authorized entry only".
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Dr. Francis B. Gröss:
The only thing I question is their method of death. Whether or not the seal feels any pain is purely a matter of conjection. I am convinced that when these animals are herded together their instincts warn them of their final destiny. A warning would soon no longer matter as this island is transformed into a battleground of naked carcasses.
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Movie Connections:
Edited into Images of Death: Highway of Blood (1994) (V)
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Soundtrack:
Jesus Doesn't Live Here Anymore
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What are the differences between the British BBFC-18 DVD version and the uncut version?more
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First of all, yes, some of these scenes are REAL, and yes some are obviously FAKE. But of the real scenes of death/ tribes hunting and killing in Africa/ autopsies/ cryogenic freezing are mostly made to look like a documentary. The fake ... er, excuse me, 'reenacted' scenes are less convincing: as said here in earlier reviews, complete with multiple camera angles and editing etc. are not necessary, detract from the overall effect, and hurt this movie's credibility.
The scene involving an alligator attack featuring an interviewer from "channel 9" is obviously fake: No other identification is given as far as, let's say, "Channel 9 News in Miami" or a station id, something like "WXXX Channel 9 News". It doesn't display the interviewer's name or the names of the people he's interviewing, and they keep editing away from the actual gator attack.
The portions of the movie dealing with real slaughterhouses, cryogenic freezing and rioting, again, are fairly graphic, but again they're done in a documentary type of way, not trying to be a splatter movie like some of this movie's ripoffs ("Traces of Death" immediately comes to mind)
This isn't for those with a weak stomach, but watch it in the same frame of mind you would watch "National Geographic" on safari in Africa or something like that and it doesn't seem as terrible as some have said. (Note to the producers: in one scene the narrator refers to 'the country of Africa' - Africa is not a country it's a continent)
*** out of ****