Comments on: Faces Of Death DVD Re-Release

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Mon, 26 May 2008 07:43:43 +0000

I actually almost dropped a class because on the first day, the professor said “I want you to know what you’re getting into, so we’re going to watch some of the more severe examples of the stuff we’ll be talking about…that way nobody has to drop the class in the middle.”

Since the class was about film censorship, one of the real death clips from Faces of Death was in there. I can watch a lot of stuff, and while I might be disgusted or disturbed, for the most part it’s just more movies. But watching people actually get killed? Can’t do it, don’t want to. I know these compilations are mostly fake, but I don’t think people buy them for the fake parts.

By: Darren J Seeley

Darren J Seeley — Wed, 14 May 2008 03:55:01 +0000

I never got into it in the 80’s either. I know people who have. Man, that video series passed hands countless times. Thats I,II and..i think there was a III but that could have been the aforementioned Traces Of Death.

*Wars/Famine
*Deaths of animals at slaughterhouses
*Newsreel footage

But I’m not surprised at the DVD news.

By: 46and2

46and2 — Wed, 14 May 2008 03:38:22 +0000

Real or fake, that shit is fucked up and nobody should be making money off death footage. Marilyn Manson and GTA are like My Little Pony compared to the effect FOD has on kids. It fucked me up. I would rather my kids watch hardcore DVDA than FOD. Fuck that shit.

By: Stevie

Stevie — Wed, 14 May 2008 02:19:34 +0000

This is sick. And I don’t mean sick as in cool. The only reason they’re doing this is because of the the cash-cow Saw which is also sick. These movies are trash.

By: Mkfreak2

Mkfreak2 — Tue, 13 May 2008 23:38:16 +0000

Faces of Death is almost entirely faked footage. Traces of Death, on the other hand, is almost entirely real.

By: Kristina

Kristina — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:29:18 +0000

YES!!!!!

Like Ides of March, my older cousin showed me this when I was a kid to try and freak me out, but I was honestly fascinated with the thing. Fuck it, I’ll buy it.

By: Ides_of_March

Ides_of_March — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:23:18 +0000

I can’t stomach watching FOD either. When I was young, my cousin and I rented a FOD video just out of curiosity. After that I vowed to myself I wouldn’t watch another FOD video. Watching real deaths is where I draw the line. There’s nothing funny/romantic/glorious/ etc etc about real people getting killed, it’s just sad.

I am sure there is a niche market for this sort of thing, but not in my DVD player.

By: Gutpunch

Gutpunch — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:18:37 +0000

Pussy.
These films have more faked deaths than actual footage of people dying. It’s just that when it came out, people didn’t know that so they thought they were watching actual footage of people getting killed.

I’d be very interested in this release because I’ve been mildly fascinated in the phenomena behind this series.