Review of Faces of Death (1978) by Adam B — 09 Jul 2008
Long before the Blair Witch hokum, the great cult classics were spoofed in this "mock-umantary" of what it would be like if someone documented various ways to die. So clever wass their campaign of "so gross it was banned" and "this was all real!" that many boys who watched it were convinced, until they reached about 16 and saw a third of the movies they liberally stole scenes from.
(Actors who "died" would appear in later bigger films also). Most notably, Cannibal Holocaust gets cribbed a lot. It didn't matter if afterward they interviewed the actors who supposedly died.
Some people who are now grown men were still convinced to this day, even though their friends were trying to explain it isn't, that it was all make-up, camera angles, and clever advertising.
This review of Faces of Death (1978) was written by Adam B on 09 Jul 2008.
Faces of Death has generally received mixed reviews.
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