Faces of Death IV

NR 3.4
1990 1 hr 29 min Horror , Documentary

Follows the same pattern of the other Faces of Death movies. In this one we see many staged and not so staged looking deaths ranging from bungee jumping accidents and magic tricks gone bad.

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Reviews

Cebalord
1990/11/28

Very best movie i ever watch

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Huievest
1990/11/29

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

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Lidia Draper
1990/11/30

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

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Maleeha Vincent
1990/12/01

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

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slitherk
1990/12/02

I thought this movie might be a ridiculous guilty shocking pleasure in the mold of Mondo Cane. I was wrong.The footage is almost entirely fake. But it is not fake in a camp cheesy kind of way that would be redeeming, it is just fake in an annoying, utterly transparent way. A few scenes appear to be real newsreel stock footage, but these are a small portion of the total. Most are the kind of quality that would be cooked up by several high school students with red paint and a camera. Plus, there is gratuitous right wing propaganda worked into the narration for no apparent reason.Don't waste your time.

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Coventry
1990/12/03

After suffering my way through the original "Faces of Death", I promised myself NEVER to watch any of the six (or is it seven) sequels, as this was the most inept, pathetic, provocative and boring bunch of nonsense I ever saw. But hey, I've been known to break promises before – especially to myself – and at least I didn't spend one lousy penny on this one. According to random reviews I read on the Internet, part four is supposed to be one of the "better" entries in this wannabe-cult series and I must admit it opens with a positive announcement. Dr. Francis B. Gross, the host of the first four films, apparently died due to his obsession with the other side. Great news, as I really couldn't stand the look of his face and he was the most incompetent narrator ever! A certain Dr. Louis Flellis now fills up his place, and this guy has the craziest pair of eyes I've ever seen! Is he supposed to intimidate us with his overlong stares and forced grimaces, or something? Closely following the outdated formula, he presents a series of obviously fake clips in which people and animals die tragically. There are painful road accidents, images of warfare and sudden deaths, but also a whole lot of "provoked" situations, like drunken fraternity jokes that go awry, incautious sports and even a magician who fails to complete his escaping-act in time. Now that was funny! There's no real guideline or reoccurring theme in "Faces of Death"; the mad-eyed Dr. Flellis simply jibbers about how deceitful the Grim Reaper can be and how we should never underestimate the forces of destiny. Yawn! I can't easily tolerate the looks of stupid people faking their deaths and play along believing it's a documentary, but WHY involve the animals? Yes, we know people eat dogs in Vietnam and we are aware that abattoirs slay pigs for their meat, but why do these phony-controversial makers of "Faces of Death" feel the need to add footage of this in their films and pretend to be educational? People die in accidents and humans kill animals. Imitating these sad events and capturing it on film isn't shock-cinema; it's merely just stating the obvious. We're all going to die at one point, anyway.

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mechapman_ii-1
1990/12/04

Some of the scenes in this movie seem fake, but are 100% real, you would actually know that if you did even the slightest bit of research. All parts of all the movies are 100% real- that is why they are banned in most countries- including America. If fake, why aren't horror movies banned when they show more gore than this series of movies combined? Good, dark horror, mixed with real stories, real footage, and you have Faces of Death, banned in every state of America, and 47 other countries. You can't really call these movies, they are documentaries, purely. A great set of documentaries, for the dark, demented people out there, and there are some, and I am one of them.

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rob brun
1990/12/05

i think that exploitation has reached its ultimate peak. For those of you unfamiliar with faces of death- it is a weak, fake, and ultimately stupid series of supposed "real death" video series.for all of you jerry springer watching youths- this will probably be the best movie you have ever seen. For everyone else, rent something else. Yeah, i want to spend $3 to watch chinese people cut up a puppy while it is still alive and then eat it. Time to move on with my life.

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