John Alan Schwartz
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In 1978, the horror exploitation film Faces of Death satisfied a perverse craving for modern audiences…
Into this space came 1978 film Faces Of Death.
Inspired by the 1978 snuff-film oddity…
John Alan Schwartz’s Faces of Death (1978) was presented as if it were a documentary where pathologist Francis B. Gröss (Michael Carr) reflects on mortality through clips of various fatal incidents—some staged for the film and others pulled from pre-existing real-world footage.
Would it be like the classic horror movie of the same name by presenting staged yet incredibly unnerving scenes of violence and depravity…
The original Faces of Death didn’t make much of an impression when it was released in 1978.