Faces of Death shared stories

Dear Producers:

I am appalled that you are capitalizing on someones death in this fashion.  I watched the original back when it first came out, and I have since become a
Christian.  I am amazed that their are people out there that will actually be entertained by watching others die.  This is an unbelievably sick notion, and I for one
am among the people that support a ban on this sort of film.  My concern with this for the people that this will be watched by.  My own experience would lead me to
believe that it will fall into the hands of the already desensitized youth and further lead to thier desensitization regarding death.  Again, I am repulsed by your
willingness to make money off of this, And I am willing to bet that this email, won't be posted on your website.

JUSTIN
Kalamazoo, MI
Octobr 20, 2008

I was like 7 or 8 and my parents and I were at a garage sale and there was a case of tapes there.  I was rummaging around and found Faces of Seath ( The
Original).  I had heard about this from so many people so I put it at the bottom of the box and got my parents to buy this box of tapes.  I remember going home
and watching it in the basement with all the lights off and the sound so low to make sure my parents didn't come down.  It was so crazy the first time I saw it.
  I didn't know what to believe.  It must have been 12 generations passed because the case was a replica and the tape was a taping tape.  My cousin found out
I had it and told my mom and she threw the tape out and needless to say I was in alot of shit, but it was a hell of an experience and I hope you enjoyed reading
about it as much as I loved reminiscing.
Robert
October 20, 2008






As a young child I fondly remembered visiting the local video rental store renting a comedy and then looking at the VHS boxes in the Horror section.  I couldn't
watch 90 percent of them at the time so the closest I got was the original VHS artwork ( which I miss).  I remember the original Clamshell VHS cases for the
first two Faces of Death films in the Horror section.  By the time I was old enough to see them, the store already sold all the VHS tapes and I didn't get to see
the film until someone uploaded a VH copy on Google Video a few months back.  I really enjoyed it.  It was well made and I learned alot about how death
works.  I admit that the scene that upset me more then anything in the film was the slaughterhouse scene as well as the seal clubbing.  It's strange how
people get more upset seeing an animal killed more than seing a human killed.  I thought some of the re-creations were extremely well done ( excitations) while
others I found laughable ( the bear attack and the alligator).  I also thought it was amusing how the director decided to use upbeat ragtime music in certain
scenes.  I apologize for the fact that I saw the documentary illegally but I plan on
buying the Blu-Ray as soon as I get a player.
Devin
October 20, 2008

Not much of a story, but I did view this film when I was in the fifth grade.  My
mother and stepfather rented it and viewed it, and the next day I asked her if I
could watch it.  She said yes ( I think she thought the WHOLE thing was fake
, LOL !) So I watched the whole thing through.  I felt knots in my stomach
watching it, but I was always into horror films growing up.  After seeing Faces
of Death and now being all grownup, nothing seems to make me cringe any
longer when I see death films, and I don't feel like a " screwed up" person
because of it... I graduated as a Texas scholar, majored in Surgical
Technology, and am currently trying to get a position with the local Fire
Department, so I guess I'm doing pretty damn good! Thanks!
Victor
San Benito, Texas
October 20, 2008









Hey FOD Peeps,
Growing up in Chicago, we had a small, grungy disgusting little rathole video
shop with blacked-out storefront windows outside and yellowing posters and
stand-ups inside.  FOD was available on video, a gross video with a dried
roach corpse that rattled about inside, was one of the first videos my friends and
I rented, alongside Mondo Cane, from the nasty, greasy proprietor of the shop.
Once we got the video back, we settled in with candy, soda and Italian food and
prepared ourselves for a night of mayhem.  Instead, the food was set aside,
somebody threw up and the images that flashed before my eyes stuck with me
weeks afterward in my waking and sleeping hours.
The gleam in the eyes of the shop owner when we brought the VHS back spoke
volumes.
Since seeing FOD I've continued trying to catch that terrifying thunder
by watching some of the worst images committed to cinema in an attempt to
recreate that queasy feeling I'd once experienced.  Sadly, no such luck.  FOD
is a classic.
Brian Owner- Wildside Cinema, Staff- Gorezone 1
October 6, 2008





Well, it was 1986, and I was at the ripe age of 8.  I remembered my uncle
visiting, and he and my dad were having a drink.  I remember they were just
sitting there, when one of my siblings comes out, and offers a " documentary"
for viewings.  What was about to be watched changed my outlook on life at that
age.  Right then and there, I realized my own mortality, where hamburgers came
from, and to not commit a crime so I wouldn't have to go to the electric chair.  That
and also the use of synthesizer to create a bitchin' soundtrack.
Polo C.
October 6, 2008




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