Brace yourself for another journey down the dark corridors of death. Faces of death is a film that has been condemned in many circles for many reasons. Includes both the original faces of death 1978, 88 min. Faces of death can try to chuck its moral messages around all it wants, but its clear theyve simply been shoehorned in there to justify showing the footage. But if your a faces of death fanatic, this is a great sequel to the original. Country united states director john alan schwartz screenwriter. 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. Mccarthy, johnny owen, bobby pesco, lupe pintor, kenny powers, ronald reagan, john alan schwartz et chuck strange. Faces of death i the original classic is probably the most talked about video release of all time. Killer tiger, electric chair mayhem, and we cant forget the beginning body in the oven. Faces of death 2 1981 it is almost inevitable that such an infamously successful title like faces of death would spawn a sequel and in a rare case this one is actually much better then the first.
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 2 is more serious than its predecessor. The 1978 horror movie faces of death proved there was a wide audience of people with a morbid curiosity they were looking to satisfy. That said, the main goal of the film is still to shock and disturb the viewers. Moviechat forums faces of death ii 1981 discussion which one. In fact, that reminds me, i need to place my order for faces of death iii i just love this deathly saga.
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. At times, it felt like i was watching a sequel to kung pow rather than a bruce lee film. Faces of death v, released in 1995, is a directtovideo release consisting of highlights from the earlier films. Aha urged a boycott of faces of death due to its blatantly inhumane content. I say that because the first film featured a lot of obvious fake or staged footage that wasnt fooling anyone. Theres only one real bit of footage here and thats a brief sequence inside a chicken slaughterhouse. It has only one fake scene,the rest of the footage is real. Like its predecessor, the film was written and directed by john alan schwartz as alan black and conan le cilaire respectively. An argument could be made for faces of deaths recognition as more arthouse than grindhouse.
The thing i dont get, is way they switch the pig slaughterhouse scene. 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 was directed by john alan schwartz again as conan le cilaire, susumu saegusa and andrew theopolis. Faces of death iii is the second sequel to the 1978 mondo film faces of death. The film is supposedly banned in over 40 countries. To be honest, this film has bugger all to do with game of death. The extensive padding includes a nearly tenminute segment on the deathin the ringof boxer johnny owens,a horrifying japanese mass dolphin slaughter,a monkey on drugs etc. Some of the worst scenes in this film are actually real footage of corpses. Faces of death ii pretty much is the same film as the first one, although i think an argument could be made that this here is much darker in terms of its tone. Faces of death vi is a 1996 directtovideo compilation of the highlights of the earlier films in the faces of death series. 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. Fact or fiction, directorcreator conan lecilaire attempts to quell the mysteries surrounding his controversial faces of death film series. Faces of death ii 1981 nr 11101981 us horror, documentary 1h 25m user score. Gross thought of this fod to be the more dissapointing before dying after his more of a much deadlier comback faces of death film in the iiird release.
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. Faces of death ii 1981 this movie continues in the same vein as f. If anything, its more a sequelremake of enter the dragon, incorporating many elements of that film. Cheese, notsocheesy, full horror and sci fi movies from the 80s. Faces of death is more or less an exploitation film done in a documentarylike format. One of the most interesting and controversial things about the movie is its use of real footage of deaths, be it human or animal.
If the brutal and explicit depiction of actual death is upsetting to you, please do not view this film. Some of the material are most likely fake, some not as likely. Umbrella entertainment intended to release the first four faces of death films in february 2008 as part of a dvd box set. Faces of death captures the many portraits of death closeup. Faces of death also released as the original faces of death is a 1978. In fact, these are the very reasons that this film was. This mondo film purports to be a documentary that features real footage of real people and animals dying or already in a state of death, hosted by a real pathologist, doctor francis b. Faces of death ii 1981 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The film is presented as realdealholyfield vignettes of death and stripping out the usual genre safeguards of comic relief and merciful edits during the most brutal moments, effectively fortifying the graphic images onscreen.
Sometimes described as the first found footage film, it made. 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. Game of death ii 1981 full movie download full hd youtube. With michael carr, james brady, mickey crowe, thomas k. Faces of death 3 directed by john alan schwartz 1985 usa imdb umbrella entertainment had a dvd of faces of death 3 banned in december 2007.
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. Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. Faces of death ii 1981 letterboxd your life in film. The ongoing expansion of the aha guidelines for the safe use of animals in filmed media has raised the standard of care for animal actors worldwide. 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. The only thing about fod ii i did not like was that it barely has real good footage of the study of death, more of in good words than good footage. Faces of death ii pretty much is the same film as the first one, although i think an argument. Rememeber, the fake scenes are to show us that this type of death does exist.
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. The film has been banned at least temporarily in australia, norway, finland, new zealand, and the united kingdom. 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. Schwartz puts in another cameo appearance, this time as the wounded criminal in front of the drug store. Faces of death iii features gory reallife footage of death, murder and mayhem, following in the footsteps of its infamous.