Faces of Death, also released under the title The Original Faces of Death, is a mondo film, lasting roughly 105 minutes, which guides viewers through explicit scenes depicting a variety of ways to die and violent acts. It is often billed as Banned in 40 Countries, with that number varying with the years.
The film has, been banned in New Zealand, Australia, Norway and Finland. The film was written and directed by John Alan Schwartz. Schwartz was also the second unit director, credited this time as Johnny Getyerkokov. He also appears in one of the segments in this film, as the leader of the alleged flesh eating cult in San Francisco area, and puts in cameo appearances in several other films in this series.
This film stars Michael Carr as the narrator, and creative consultant called Francis B. Gröss. John Alan Schwartz has gone on record as saying this film is budget was $450,000 and there are estimates that it has grossed more than $35 million worldwide in theatrical releases, not including rentals.
It was ranked 50 on Entertainment Weekly Top 50 Cult Films of All-Time in 2000. In 2008 the makers of the Faces Of Death re released the original Faces Of Death on DVD accompanied by a commentary with the real Conan Le Cilaire and an extensive and revealing interview with the film editor Glenn Turner AKA James Roy.
Glenn explains how they used numerous film techniques and movie tricks to make the fake footage appear real.
Several of the death scenes are obvious fakes, some of the footage is genuine. Famous scenes of death from the media are included, such as stock footage of a napalm bombing in Vietnam, various newsreel footage, and wartime footage of Hitler.
Also oncamera deaths of a variety of animals, including seals being clubbed to death and animals being killed on the slaughterhouse line.
A number of Faces of Death sequels were made, each with a lower production quality than the last.
Faces of Death 5 and 6 were made up entirely of highlights from the first four films, with no new footage at all, and released in some countries where the original films were banned.
Flellis explains that he accidentally killed Dr. Gröss while operating on him the prior week. In Faces of Death IV, Flellis explains the absence of Dr. Gröss by stating that he had taken his own life, having been driven insane as a result of witnessing so much death.
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