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  Rotten.com Presents: Shockumentary Dot Com | Faces of Death, Traces of Death, Autopsy Videos and more.
Faces of Death, Traces of Death, Autopsy Videos and more.
The infamous Faces of Death series is synonymous with shock flicks.
We are pleased to bring you the recently released, digitally re-mastered, Traces of Death 9th Anniversary collection edition box set.
www.shockumentary.com   (348 words)

  
  Faces of Death - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Faces of Death, also released under the title The Original Faces of Death, is a 1979 mondo film, lasting roughly 85 minutes, which guides viewers through explicit scenes depicting a variety of ways to die.
Famous scenes of death from the media are included, such as Nguyen Ngoc Loan's execution of a Vietnamese communist.
Also featured are the actual on-camera deaths of a variety of animals, including seals being clubbed to death and animals being killed on the slaughterhouse line.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Faces_of_Death   (505 words)

  
 Faces of Death: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Death is either the cessation of life in a living organism or the state of the organism after that event....
Faces of Death 6 (1996[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject]) - note that this installment of the series consists almost exclusively of footage recycled from previous Faces of Death films.
Faces of Death is also the name of the debut album by the Grammy-award winning rap group Bone Thugs n Harmony[Click link for more facts about this topic].
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fa/faces_of_death.htm   (1141 words)

  
 Uncle Tom B.E.: FACES OF DEATH
His face looked like it was made up of pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, only that the pieces didn’t fit together completely, giving a distorted image.
I was again faced with the human aspect of it; the real tragedy behind an almost common occurrence.
Whatever petty misfortunes we may have faced in our uselessly miserable lives pale in comparison to the trauma caused to the families of those that are wasted everyday in absurd accidents.
uncletombe.blogspot.com /2004/05/faces-of-death.html   (2303 words)

  
 DVD Times - Faces of Death 4   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
When the first Faces of Death was discharged from the bowels of Conan Le Cilaire (aka John Alan Schwartz) in 1981, having sat on a shelf for three years, it became something of a talking point in America amongst people who don’t normally watch exploitation movies.
Faces of Death 4 could be described as the fag-end of the series had it not been for the existence of parts 5 and 6, made in Germany and seemingly unavailable on DVD.
Faces of Death IV doesn’t make any concerted attempt to present itself as serious and necessary but television news does and you only have to look at “Tonight With Trevor McDonald” to see how we our sympathies are manipulated by ‘serious’ television into simply ‘boo/hurrah’ responses.
www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=58478   (1642 words)

  
 FACES OF DEATH 4   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
FACES OF DEATH 4 is an unnecessary addition to a series well past it's sell-by date.
The death scenes are all fake (some embarrassingly so) and while this is not a complaint, it rather renders the existence of this film as a "shockumentary" as null and void.
FACES OF DEATH 4 features a modicum of competent special effects work, and some passable acting.
www.sexgoremutants.co.uk /facedeath4.html   (343 words)

  
 Faces of Death
The infamous Faces of Death series is synonymous with shock flicks.
This double feature DVD has both Faces of Death II and The Worst of Faces of Death.
The final edition of Faces of Death, IV contains more than 50 separate scenes of blood-chilling horror, none of which have ever been scene by the public, until now.
www.rottenstore.com /fod.html   (171 words)

  
 Movies/faces of death review
"Faces of Death" is certainly not a snuff film according to the relatively strict official AFU definition.
It purports to be a compilation of footage of death, collected by somebody named Doctor Gross [sheesh] as a result of his researches into the nature of death.
One is news footage of what appears to be a political assassination at a French news conference, the second is a skydiver falling to his death at an airshow, and the third is a botched movie stunt.
tafkac.org /movies/faces_of_death_review.html   (1758 words)

  
 The faces of death
Something that caught my attention is the idea that today, we are not only exposed to death on a scale that is orders of magnitude beyond anything most of our great-grand parents ever imagined, we also see death in a nearly infinite variety of manner not even possible.
Ivan consider the experience of a citizen of some small village during and after the fl death, in the fourteenth century, or in the wake of one of the armies in the thirty years war, in the seventeenth century.
The only "good" thing I can muster out of watching films of deaths and watching news footage of people dieing and so on is that these images acknowledge the potential of death and bring the spectator closer to acknowledging or "accepting" the inevitable state brought about by death.
www.physicsforums.com /showthread.php?p=926959#post926959   (2182 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Faces of Death: Video: Samuel Berkowitz,Michael Carr (II),Adolf Hitler,Thomas Noguchi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Faces of death made me realize I should be greatful for everyday I have on this earth.
Faces of death written and directed by John Schwartz is a pioneer of the reality shows of today including (jackass).
Faces of death is not for the weak hearted but really a facinating look into our ultimate end.
www.amazon.com /Faces-Death-Samuel-Berkowitz/dp/6304243324   (2160 words)

  
 HORRORWATCH :: Faces of Death - exploitation - Horror Movie Reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Faces of Death and it's style of film making or even documentary like production also set the standard for shock value movies of the current day and age.
In fact we were only spreading the legend of Faces of Death and keeping it alive that much longer, even though this was in 1983 nearly five years after the films original release.
These are the images that affected me the most from Faces of Death, because it shows the real true deaths of living things in the plain horror that it actually is. Looking back on the film today I realized that some of the "actual" human scenes were fakes, good ones but fakes.
www.horrorwatch.com /modules/news/article.php?storyid=488   (914 words)

  
 Rogue Resurrects 'Faces of Death' - Can staged deaths still scare today's audiences? - Zap2it
The first "Faces of Death" was released in 1978 and boasted that it featured -- as the title might suggest -- real scenes of death, including animal slaughter and a man jumping from a high building.
But far from being a true snuff film, "Faces of Death" turned out to be mostly staged, though that information hardly prevented many a youngster from believing and passing along the original -- written and directed by John Alan Schwartz -- and its five sequels with glee.
Today, "Faces of Death" is edgy enough to be easily available on Amazon.com.
www.zap2it.com /movies/news/zap-roguefacesofdeath,0,5127100.story?coll=zap-movies-headlines   (257 words)

  
 Faces of Death - Moviefone
Faces of Death (1978) Faces of Death on IMDb: Movies, TV, Celebs, and more...
Movies/faces of death review Time-indexed analysis of purported deaths in "Faces of Death", pointing out obvious fakes.
Weekend: Lifting the mask from 'Faces of Death' says John Schwartz, who directed and wrote the movie and its sequels I through IV (there are now eight Faces of Death movies).
movies.aol.com /movie/faces-of-death/1011270/main   (144 words)

  
 Faces Of Death
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.
FOD 5 consists mostly of stock footage from the earlier films and comes across as a poor copy of its more infamous predecessors.
If it were simply a Best of FOD that would be all right, yet there was a Best of Collection, actually it was titled Worst of FOD and it was basically the same film minus a few scenes from FOD 4 and with a better look and feel.
www.everwonder.com /david/facesofdeath/faces.html   (1131 words)

  
 Music & Musician Forums - Faces Of Death
Another is a news reporter at a press conference and there are a bunch of people in the room and he has this manila folder and he pulls out a gun and tells everyone to calm down and that he's not going to hurt them.
And his face was on the end of one of the blades...
Actually, about all of the first Faces of Death tape is fake (with the exception of the scenes with the animals).
www.musicianforums.com /forums/printthread.php?t=83132   (659 words)

  
 Faces Of Death/Faces Of Death - Fact Of Fiction?
Faces of Death was intended to be seen fullframe and that's exactly how we get it on this DVD from Gorgon Video.
This fifty-five minute examination of the mystery and controversy surrounding the original Faces Of Death film is an obvious hoax.
I don't know if 'cult classic' is really the right term to use, but Faces Of Death does hold a unique spot in bizarro movie history as one of the more notorious Mondo style films to ever hit the market.
www.dvdmaniacs.net /Reviews/E-H/faces_of_death.html   (1162 words)

  
 Faces of Death (1978)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
A collection of death scenes, ranging from TV-material to home-made super-8 movies The common factor is death by some means.
Ah yes, Faces of Death, that infamous movie that boasts how it was banned in "46 Countries".
It was a fascinating and original concept/idea/movie at the time of it's inception, but sadly, FOD, as well as it's sequels, just looks terribly dated and lame by 2005 standards.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0077533   (424 words)

  
 Floridian: Looking into the faces of death
Then his mother, Ruby, began a physical decline that ended with her death on his first day of filming.
"Death (is seen as) a failure of medicine," said Meier, who hands everyone she meets at Mount Sinai, including Moyers and his crew, a copy of Leo Tolstoy's cautionary novel on the tragedy of silence during a loved one's demise, The Death of Ivan Ilyich.
Moyers puts a face on it all: not just death, but the process of dying.
www.sptimes.com /News/091000/Floridian/Looking_into_the_face.shtml   (1403 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | South Asia | American faces Afghan death trial
Mr Passaro faces two charges of assault, and two charges of assault with a dangerous weapon against Mr Wali.
Almost a year to the day after Mr Wali's death, the charges against the contractor were announced by the US Attorney General, John Ashcroft, at a news conference.
Mr Passaro faces a sentence of up to 40 years in prison and a maximum fine of US$1m if found guilty of the charges.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/3817567.stm   (320 words)

  
 Faces of Death   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The face thing, whilst frightening, may not at all been something bad, and if it was, I don't think I could jump to the conclusion that it was a sign of her going to hell (or wherever)
Spirits are able to impress their features over the faces of the living, and it is not uncommon to see this when a person is close to death, as their own spirit moves in and out of the body and is more closely in touch with the realm of Spirit.
This can create some very odd statements and behaviours from the individual as he or she is not fully aware on a conscious level of what they are saying and doing, and they can be confused between what they are seeing on the etheral level and the physical level.
www.ghostplace.com /forum/link.asp?TOPIC_ID=28225   (1302 words)

  
 Movie Review - Faces of Death Parts I & II
They include dogs killed in dog fights; bulls; a sea otter; a shark; an alligator is shot; seals are hunted; and one monkey is beaten to death and his brains are eaten.
In an International Press Release issued in 1978, AHA urged a boycott of Faces of Death due to its blatantly inhumane content.
AHA continues to be a vigilant watchdog for animals in film and television and acknowledges the groundbreaking history of this program while expanding and refining procedures to reflect increased knowledge and new challenges.
www.ahafilm.info /movies/moviereviews.phtml?fid=7209   (209 words)

  
 Rogue Pictures Sees "Faces of Death" - The Coming Soon! Boards
Rogue Pictures have announced they're in the development process of remaking "Faces of Death", based of course on the 1970's and 1980's gorefests that became somewhat of a cult phenomena.
Faces of Death was a disgusting exploitation movie, we didn't need it then, we don't need it now.
The only three ones that are probably genuine deaths are French assassination, the sky diver falling, and the botched movie stunt car crash, and mabey the woman who jumps off the building.
www.comingsoon.net /forums/showthread.php?t=41362&goto=nextoldest   (559 words)

  
 TNL Forum - Faces of Death
It's psuedo hokey documentry form, but in part 5 was a laughable part where a Magican's trick goes horribly wrong and his face gets crushed, with little kids in the audience watching.
From the lady getting hit by the train to the chinese guy whose face is on fire, those videos make Faces Of Death look qute tame in comparison.
There's a Faces of Death DVD box set with all of the movies, the compilation The Worst of Faces of Death, and the behind the scenes documentary which reveales what was real, what was staged, what was re-enacted, and what was real footage spliced with newly shot footage.
www.the-nextlevel.com /board/printthread.php?t=30735   (835 words)

  
 Faces Of Death To Be Remade By Universal - Film Junk
I remember watching the original Faces of Death when I was a kid and being both unsettled and confused at the same time.
Upon hearing that a faces of death remake was in the works, I thought it would be a newer compilation of all real death footage, instead of the mixture of theatrics and spliced original footage from the original installment.
However, given the fact that the Faces of Death series has become sort of a legend, a film paying homage to the series in the way the upcoming film does may not be such a bad idea.
www.filmjunk.com /2006/10/26/faces-of-death-to-be-remade-by-universal   (801 words)

  
 Faces Of Death - Box Set: DVD Horror
Faces of Death II Faces of Death III
Faces of Death IV Worst of Faces of Death
Volume II shows guerilla death squads in El Salvador, Napalm bombings in Vietnam, a train disaster in India, Cambodian lepers, a death museum, a driver high on PCP and a boxer going down for the final count.
dvdhorror.com /movie/info/214/Faces_Of_Death_-_Box_Set   (284 words)

  
 DVD Empire - Item - Faces Of Death III / DVD-Video
Faces Of Death III features gory real-life footage of death, murder and mayhem, following in the footsteps of its infamous predecessors.
Many "facets" of death are explored in this gruesome collection of agony caught on tape.
FACES OF DEATH 3 is the latest chapter in the series released under the Gorgon label (which is a subdivision of MPI) and it like its predecessors feature a combination of live and file footage concerning the various faces of death.
www.dvdempire.com /Exec/v4_item.asp?partner_id=28207033&item_id=40200   (274 words)

  
 Faces of Death - Gokou - Anime   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Faces of Death - Gokou - Anime - !http://maxpages.com/darksayaijins/faces_of_death
His third death was in Dragonball GT when piccillo stayed on earth while it was self destructing certisy of Bebi.
To rid the universe of the Black Dragonballs'he exploded with the earth since he was the creater of them and death of the creater destroys the balls.
maxpages.com /darksayaijins/faces_of_death - !http://maxpages.com/darksayaijins/faces_of_death   (261 words)

  
 Troma Message Boards :: View topic - Faces of Death
The ORIGINAL FACES (there were later ripoffs like Traces of Death and even Faces 4 and 5 done by some German hackasaurus) were three videotapes that were never available to rent when I wanted them from the Tower Video here in Washington DC.
A young, sexy group of kids have to figure out why all these strange deaths are happening in their small town, and they link them back to the original tapes.
Looks like we may be seeing a new FACES OF DEATH, and not the pseudo-snuff tapes that were so popular in the ‘80s.
forums.tromaville.com /viewtopic.php?p=8119&sid=8b5ff7e704a10a97bfd115d5ff7e6408   (1467 words)

  
 WorldNetDaily: NOW's faces of death
In the alert, NOW posted photos of four women it said "are the faces of women who died because they could not obtain safe and legal abortions," the false threat being that a Supreme Court reversal of Roe will result in unsafe and illegal abortions and ultimately women's deaths.
Pro-aborts championed Becky because she was 17 when she died of "septic abortion with pneumonia," according to the coroner, and Becky's home state of Indiana had recently passed a parental consent law.
NOW's fourth face of abortion is Rosie Jimenez.
www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45583   (804 words)

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