Faces of Death??

[Brad Russ]

I was searching for some movies to watch a few weeks back, and came across this movie from 1972 I believe, called Faces of Death. Apparantely, it shows a bunch of real life shocking things that were caught on tape, that were just far too graphic to show on tv. Of course now with the internet and all, you can see that kind of crazy stuff and much more, but from what Iv'e read, for that time period, this movie was apparantely very shocking, and controversial. Has anyone here ever seen this movie?? What are your thoughts on it??

[PrettyinPink55]

Do you think it'll still be shocking today seeing what we have in the media now?

[Brad Russ]

Do you think it'll still be shocking today seeing what we have in the media now?

No, not when you factor in the internet. The internet has brought sleeze and gore to a whole new level. Reading about what some of the video had on it, there's no way the stuff can be shown on tv today even still, but the internet is a completely different story.

[PrettyinPink55]

Was it shown in theaters?

[Brad Russ]

I'm not sure. I believe it was a straight to video kind of thing. Basically what it is from what Iv'e read, is videos of people getting killed, committing suicide, getting hit by trains, and just a bunch of morbid and crazy stuff like that. I was actually pretty surprised to see that a movie like that could be made in all honesty. That's some pretty freaky stuff!! I'm just kind of curious as to whether anyone here has seen it, and if it's really like the reviews Iv'e read.

[PrettyinPink55]

I'm not sure. I believe it was a straight to video kind of thing. Basically what it is from what Iv'e read, is videos of people getting killed, committing suicide, getting hit by trains, and just a bunch of morbid and crazy stuff like that. I was actually pretty surprised to see that a movie like that could be made in all honesty. That's some pretty freaky stuff!!

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OH WOW!!! That is pretty freaky! What is freakier is who would tape all of that!

[Brad Russ]

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OH WOW!!! That is pretty freaky! What is freakier is who would tape all of that!

Exactly!!! Iv'e never seen it, and don't plan to, but apparantely there are people who have. But you're right, from reading what people had to say about this series of movies, I was more than shocked at what I read.

[Brian Damage]

The only thing I've seen like that was Faces of Death. I hate that sort of stuff. It is just pure evil to show.

[D-Dey]

I'm not sure. I believe it was a straight to video kind of thing. Basically what it is from what Iv'e read, is videos of people getting killed, committing suicide, getting hit by trains, and just a bunch of morbid and crazy stuff like that. I was actually pretty surprised to see that a movie like that could be made in all honesty. That's some pretty freaky stuff!! I'm just kind of curious as to whether anyone here has seen it, and if it's really like the reviews Iv'e read.

Assuming this isn't specifially from 1972, did this include an opening with a short hard-rock version of "America the Beautiful" over television static, the bloody 1973 Indianapolis 500, a graphic description of the ingredients in hot dogs and an interview with a man getting his penis tattooed? If so, I may've seen it before, and never knew the title.

[seventies_sitcoms]

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[seventies_sitcoms]

There are several "real life" death series that have been released. Faces of Death, Traces of Death, Death Scenes...

I remember Faces of Death was so big in the 1980's. You could never get it. It is hard to believe Blockbuster once carried this stuff. I think it is on DVD today. Probably no stores would carry this stuff today in the PC world we live in now.

In the 60's there were shock movies such as Africa Blood and Guts, Mondo Cane, Mondo Cane 2, Women of the World, Goodbye Uncle Tom, etc...

IMDB.com lists a Banned from Television series from the late 90's.

[Karen*]

Sounds delicious!





































NOT!!

:barf:

[Brad Russ]

There are several "real life" death series that have been released. Faces of Death, Traces of Death, Death Scenes...

I remember Faces of Death was so big in the 1980's. You could never get it. It is hard to believe Blockbuster once carried this stuff. I think it is on DVD today. Probably no stores would carry this stuff today in the PC world we live in now.

In the 60's there were shock movies such as Africa Blood and Guts, Mondo Cane, Mondo Cane 2, Women of the World, Goodbye Uncle Tom, etc...

IMDB.com lists a Banned from Television series from the late 90's.

Oh yeah, it was actually the faces of death movies that I was referring to. I got it confused with that Banned From tv one. Anyway, I did a little research on the F.O.D. series, and apparantely alot of what was in it is actually fake, or reenactments. There's even a DVD that came out in 1999 called Faces of Death / Fact or Fiction, which exposed this.

[comedyfreak]

I rented faces of death once, years ago. I believe it was number 4 or 5, once scene had this guy from the middle east getting his foot cut off for stealing.

[Ireneparalegal]

I was searching for some movies to watch a few weeks back, and came across this movie from 1972 I believe, called Faces of Death. Apparantely, it shows a bunch of real life shocking things that were caught on tape, that were just far too graphic to show on tv. Of course now with the internet and all, you can see that kind of crazy stuff and much more, but from what Iv'e read, for that time period, this movie was apparantely very shocking, and controversial. Has anyone here ever seen this movie?? What are your thoughts on it??
Ahhh, i see you checked and found out the name of the tape. It sounded like faces of death to me. Now that we know what it is, those tapes were gruesome. I mean, they made me actually feel sick to my stomach.

Now, i heard that some of those things were staged. I don't know which ones or if it's true...however, there was one that made me think, "Now who would happen to have a video camera for this day"...there was a guy who was getting brake parts at a junkyard and it just so happened the car fell on his leg. It appeared very real. very gross. but, what the heck was someone doing with a videocamera at the junkyard??? it reminds me of those America's Funniest Videos where someone just "happens to videotaping someone cutting down a tree :rolleyes: " someone just happens to be videotaping two guys working on a roof when one of them falls off the ladder...I mean, I don't go around taping such nonsense...anyone else feel like that?

[80sTrivia]

I know exactly what you mean, Irene... I'm sure a lot of that sort of thing is staged. In regards to Faces of Death, that is one of those things I could never watch! I can't even watch gruesome movies like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre or The Last House on the Left, so I definitely couldn't watch something that gruesome, staged or not!!! :eek:

[TJL]

Do you think it'll still be shocking today seeing what we have in the media now?

This film featured a few executions, like a guy being beheaded and another one by electrocution, which were pretty darn graphic, and is something I don't think will ever be shown by the mass media.

[seventies_sitcoms]

Ahhh, i see you checked and found out the name of the tape. It sounded like faces of death to me. Now that we know what it is, those tapes were gruesome. I mean, they made me actually feel sick to my stomach.

Now, i heard that some of those things were staged. I don't know which ones or if it's true...however, there was one that made me think, "Now who would happen to have a video camera for this day"...there was a guy who was getting brake parts at a junkyard and it just so happened the car fell on his leg. It appeared very real. very gross. but, what the heck was someone doing with a videocamera at the junkyard??? it reminds me of those America's Funniest Videos where someone just "happens to videotaping someone cutting down a tree :rolleyes: " someone just happens to be videotaping two guys working on a roof when one of them falls off the ladder...I mean, I don't go around taping such nonsense...anyone else feel like that?

I remember hearing that the monkey brains and electric chair execution scenes were staged for the first film. I can't remember the sequels too well. I heard the first Faces of Death did play in theaters in Japan. Apparently they love the wild and gory stuff there. I think there was a dumb song about celebrating life that played over the ending credits for the movie. I probably haven't seen it in 20 years.

Now if you want to see a real stomach churner seek out the movie "Let Me Die A Woman." :eek:

[Brad Russ]

I just looked up Faces of Death on Netflix.com, and was surprised to see that they actually have it. The morbid curiosity thing is going on in my mind, but I just don't know if I want to watch something like that. It sounds kind of like a car crash, where you really don't want to look, but in the end, curiosity gets the best of you, and you look anyway. I read this one review that some guy wrote, and he said that everyone tells him how disgusting he is for watching something like this, yet it's the one video in his collection that he gets asked to borrow more than any other. LOL!! Anyway, I have seen some pretty extreme stuff online, Budd Dwyer's public suicide being one of them, so with me it's not really a matter of can I handle it, but more of, would I feel right watching it??

[Ireneparalegal]

I just looked up Faces of Death on Netflix.com, and was surprised to see that they actually have it. The morbid curiosity thing is going on in my mind, but I just don't know if I want to watch something like that. It sounds kind of like a car crash, where you really don't want to look, but in the end, curiosity gets the best of you, and you look anyway. I read this one review that some guy wrote, and he said that everyone tells him how disgusting he is for watching something like this, yet it's the one video in his collection that he gets asked to borrow more than any other. Anyway, I have seen some pretty extreme stuff online, Budd Dwyer's public suicide being one of them, so with me it's not really a matter of can I handle it, but more of, would I feel right watching it??
I think if you like gory stuff (real or not) then this film is for you. However, now knowing that this movie was a mockumentary, it kinda blows it for me.

[Brad Russ]

I think if you like gory stuff (real or not) then this film is for you. However, now knowing that this movie was a mockumentary, it kinda blows it for me.

I can't really say that I like gore, but I'll admit, I do have a somewhat morbid curiosity towards it. The curiosity is getting the best of me, so I probably will check it out.

[Brad Russ]

Well, I went against my better judgment, and rented this movie, and all I can say is, I wish I hadn't!!! I was able to handle the last hour, because it was the kind of stuff I was expecting, it was the first 40 minutes that I couldn't deal with. The little of it that I didn't fast forward past, I almost threw up watching. I'm not even going to describe what the first 40 minutes were, since it was so disgusting, but I just thought I'd bring this thread back up to say to anyone who was thinking about seeing it, that I DO NOT RECOMMEND IT!!!!!

[Courtnee]

My dad and i were just talking about this movie! weird...but yeah. I agree with irene. who just happens to have a video camera? seriously.

[Jenya]

Some of those "Deaths" were staged, but some are real footage, I believe. The series is banned in over 40 countries. Nova Scotia also banned "Faces of Death"- which is kind of dumb, because Nova Scotia residents can just simply buy the video in New Brunswick and the rest of the provinces.

[Brad Russ]

Some of those "Deaths" were staged, but some are real footage, I believe. The series is banned in over 40 countries. Nova Scotia also banned "Faces of Death"- which is kind of dumb, because Nova Scotia residents can just simply buy the video in New Brunswick and the rest of the provinces.

Yeah, after watching the Faces of Death Fact or Fiction DVD, The director explains that most of the footage is 100 percent real, while a small percentage of the footage is re-enactments of real events. The only reason some of the scenes were re-enacted, is because the director was unable to get the rights to play some of the actual footage. But yeah, I'd say about 90 percent of these movies are as real as real can get. You can tell just by watching usually which scenes are for real, and which are not. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out.

As far as the footage being banned, with the internet, you can pretty much get it anywhere now regardless of where your from.

[Jenya]

As far as the footage being banned, with the internet, you can pretty much get it anywhere now regardless of where your from.

Very true, little Mel. Ontario banned the French film, Fat Girl in 2001, and that banning didn't get them too far. The U.S. banned a North Korean film called Religious Ruin (a film that cuts up religion in general), but Americans simply just bought the video from Canada. So when these countries try to ban films or videos, customers will find a way to purchase them anyway- and the Internet is usually the easiest option.

[dandelion wine]

I remember hearing that the monkey brains and electric chair execution scenes were staged for the first film. I can't remember the sequels too well. I heard the first Faces of Death did play in theaters in Japan. Apparently they love the wild and gory stuff there. I think there was a dumb song about celebrating life that played over the ending credits for the movie. I probably haven't seen it in 20 years.

Now if you want to see a real stomach churner seek out the movie "Let Me Die A Woman." :eek:

That's what I remember hearing about the most: the electric chair and the thing with the monkey. Every time I went to the video store, Faces of Death was on the shelves and I remember it being really big too. But it was a rare thing for you to actually have it available to watch.

[Shine]

I've actually never even heard of Faces of Death. :eek:

[Dotsy1]

Somebody I know used to rent these all of the time, and I always ran out of the room when they were starting.:seeya: