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3.4/10   2,188 votes
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Release Date:
24 May 1980 (Japan) more
Tagline:
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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(3 articles)
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)

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Awful, but undeniably intriguing more (78 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)
Michael Carr ... Dr. Francis B. Gröss
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Samuel Berkowitz ... Himself; Cryogenics patient
Mary Ellen Brighton ... Herself; suicide victim shown jumping out of a window
Thomas Noguchi ... Himself
Adolf Hitler ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Alan Schwartz ... Leader of Flesh Eating Cult (uncredited)
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Directed by
John Alan Schwartz  (as Conan Le Cilaire)
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
John Alan Schwartz  writer (as Alan Black)

Produced by
William B. James .... executive producer
Herbie Lee .... associate producer
Rosilyn T. Scott .... producer
 
Original Music by
Gene Kauer 
 
Film Editing by
Laurl Crushman 
James Roy 
Ivon Simoné 
 
Makeup Department
Peter Knowlton .... makeup effects supervisor (uncredited)
 
Production Management
Derek Walsch .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
John Alan Schwartz .... assistant director (as Johnny Getyerkokov)
 
Sound Department
Spary Dauterman .... sound effects editor
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Adal Aboul-Hosn .... contributing camera operator
Alberti Cerna .... camera operator: second unit
Stephan Crowder .... camera operator
Daniel De LaSantos .... camera operator: second unit
Dimetri Fermo .... director of photography: Europe
Don Gilberg .... camera operator: second unit
Michael Golden .... director of photography: America
Shelly Kurtz .... contributing camera operator
Phillippe La Croix .... contributing camera operator
Lester Markham .... contributing camera operator
Wolfgang Offenbach .... camera operator
Andrew Winston .... contributing camera operator
 
Editorial Department
Gary Finlan .... assistant editor (as Sean MacDonald)
 
Other crew
Michael Carr .... creative consultant (as Dr. Frances B. Gröss)
 
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John Freeman .... acknowledgment of still photographs: British Museum Photo
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Original Faces of Death (USA) (video box title)
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Runtime:
105 min
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Certification:
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. more
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Miscellaneous: A sign posted reads "Authurised entry only", it should say "Authorized entry only". more
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Dr. Francis B. Gröss: This accident occured in an air show in the Western United States. The man plummeted to earth from 2,000 feet when his parachute malfunctioned. I wondered what thoughts went through this man's mind as he fell from the sky at 80 miles per hour. Doctors later informed me the man suffered a painless death or he had slipped into cardiac arrest before hitting the ground... more
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Jesus Doesn't Live Here Anymore more

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What are the differences between the British BBFC-18 DVD version and the uncut version?
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31 out of 40 people found the following review useful.
Awful, but undeniably intriguing, 19 October 2000
Author: t_brown_17 (t_brown_17@yahoo.com) from Wapakoneta, Ohio

I first watched this film when I was twelve. I had nightmares for weeks. Nightmares about dying, of course. This film left such an indelible impression in my mind that eight years later, when presented with the option to purchase this movie, I jumped at the chance. After the second viewing I no longer was frightened by the film itself. The thing that scared me was the fact that I paid 15 bucks for it. I somehow felt guilty, disgusted with myself. But I watched the whole thing. No matter how bad I felt, I just kept on watching. Granted, just because you can't turn yourself away from what you're watching, doesn't always mean that what you're watching is quality entertainment. This, by no means, is quality entertainment. This is bottom of the barrel, no doubt about that. But it's still in my collection and it's hands-down, the most borrowed film out of my library.

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