faces of death.

[leezuki]

when i was young these movies realy disturbed me, but i recently watched them again, some scenes are fake but i think some scenes could be real.

does anybody know if the movies are just fake or real ?

and your thoughts on these movies.

[Ferox13]

I've mixed feeling about Faces of Death.

It a way they were the last nail in an all ready dying genre (Mondo films) - they led the way for a ton of souless crap - Traces of death/Death Scenes or any othe combo of films with death in the title.

I still think that FOD does still hold some of the charm and naivety of the old school Mondo film - who cannot appreciate Dr Gross' search for the meaning of life and Death.

As you said the films are a mixture of faked scenes and real ones - I think the fact they tried to pass reinacted or set up scenes as real is one of the reasons I like it.

Its been a while since I've seen the series but in the 1st one, alll the executions are fake. The gas chamber one was an employee of the production company. The monkey brains is fake too.

[TheWickerFan]

I've never seen Faces Of Death, but I'd probably like to know what exactly is real in them. I really don't want to see a bloated corpse washed up on the beach or the end results of a short walk off a tall building.

[Ferox13]

Originally Posted by TheWickerFan

I've never seen Faces Of Death,

Have you ever seen a Mondo film?

[TheWickerFan]

Originally Posted by Ferox13

Have you ever seen a Mondo film?

I don't think so. I wasn't sure if they were plotless torture films like Guinea Pig or were really trying to pass themselves off as snuff films.

[leezuki]

i think they were trying to pass themselves of as snuff movies.they are pointless movies, but were a big woo factor to watch when we were kids,i believed it all to be real back then, but now i was trying to work out what is real and not.if you not ever seen faces of death have a watch, but you might get bored now.only thing i hated in it is watching some animals getting hurt or killed, that upset most, but knowing what is real or not.

[TheWickerFan]

Originally Posted by leezuki

i think they were trying to pass themselves of as snuff movies.they are pointless movies, but were a big woo factor to watch when we were kids,i believed it all to be real back then, but now i was trying to work out what is real and not.if you not ever seen faces of death have a watch, but you might get bored now.only thing i hated in it is watching some animals getting hurt or killed, that upset most, but knowing what is real or not.

Yeah, I was afraid of that. I can't stand the non-simulated animal killings/cruelty. I saw a trailer for Africa Addio and the sight of hippos and elephants getting shot made me sick.

[leezuki]

Originally Posted by TheWickerFan

Yeah, I was afraid of that. I can't stand the non-simulated animal killings/cruelty. I saw a trailer for Africa Addio and the sight of hippos and elephants getting shot made me sick.

i agree with u, i hate all that stuff, they used real animals alot in the 70's and 80's.i hate cannibal holocaust because all the animal killing,just to make a movie.

[Ferox13]

Originally Posted by TheWickerFan

I don't think so. I wasn't sure if they were plotless torture films like Guinea Pig or were really trying to pass themselves off as snuff films.

No - a Mondo movie is a exploitative Documentry. They pretend to be 'educational' but are really just showing content for shock or cheap entertainment..

Mondo Cane was the first of the genre.

[leezuki]

Originally Posted by Ferox13

No - a Mondo movie is a exploitative Documentry. They pretend to be 'educational' but are really just showing content for shock or cheap entertainment..

Mondo Cane was the first of the genre.

i had never heard of mondo til u said, learnt something today :)
i looked it up and found quite a few movies,bet alot of them are rubbish now tho.i only ever watched faces of death.