Faces of Death II (1981) Movie Info
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | Faces of Death II (1981) |
| Original Title | Faces of Death II |
| Director | John Alan Schwartz (credited as Conan LeCilaire) |
| Screenplay Writer | John Alan Schwartz |
| Story By | John Alan Schwartz |
| Based on Novel by | Sequel to Faces of Death (1978) |
| Producer(s) | John Alan Schwartz |
| Executive Producer(s) | — |
| Lead Actors | Michael Carr |
| Cast | Michael Carr, Veronica Lakewood, Samantha Fox |
| Genre | Horror, Shockumentary |
| Subgenre | Pseudo-documentary, Exploitation |
| Release Date | November 10, 1981 (United States) |
| Runtime / Duration | 1h 26m (86 minutes) |
| Budget | Extremely low-budget independent production |
| Box Office (Worldwide) | Strong underground VHS market success |
| Language | English |
| Country | United States |
| Production Company | Gory Details |
| Distributor | Aquarius Releasing |
| Filming Locations | United States |
| Music By | Gene Kauer |
| Cinematography | John Alan Schwartz |
| Edited By | Glenn Turner |
| Production Design | — |
| Costume Design | — |
| Special Effects | Staged gore effects mixed with archive footage |
| MPAA Rating | Unrated |
| Aspect Ratio | 1.33:1 |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Format | Color |
| Themes | Violence, mortality, taboo imagery |
| Setting | Documentary-style global locations |
| Notable Trivia | Continued the controversy of the original with many viewers believing scenes were real |
| Critical Reception | Widely criticized but gained cult notoriety |
| Home Media | VHS, DVD |
| Sequels / Franchise | Part of the long-running Faces of Death franchise |
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Once again in 1981 Dr Francis B Gross returns to give us a glimpse into the darkness of the world around us. In an attempt to capitalize on the cult status of the first film and it’s midnight showing box office dominance, Faces of Death 2 was released to quickly make a few more dollars before the shock value of the first film was able to wear off.
Consisting mostly of automobile crashes and a few scenes of animal killings, including a very brutal look at a hog slaughter shop and an extremely bloody dolphin massacre in Japan, Faces of Death 2 is vastly long and boring, but at least this time around all of the events are real. Two scenes one dealing with a boxer and another about a drug store robbery are entirely too long and should have been more or less cut down to the “good stuff” so to say, but never the less, Faces of Death 2 will satisfy the bloodlust of any gorehounds out there.
Before I rant to much about this film, I am going to share my experience with you about this film and how it personally changed me and here’s why. It was not the deaths of people in this film that bugged me, nor was it the animal cruelty, to which I am morally opposed to, what struck me hard and right between the eyes about this film were the very graphic and way too real scenes that involved the preparations of the human body for burial.
At the age of 15 when I saw this film, I thought when ya died that they threw on some make up, threw ya in a box then threw ya in a hole then threw in some dirt, boy was I wrong. The scenes of the corpse being embalmed and sewn shut where a complete eye opener for this reviewer and it was after seeing this that I experienced two things. One, a deep desire to be cremated or at the very least left along the side of the road with a bag of lime to cover my stinking carcass, because what they do to you when you’re dead, just ain’t natural. And two, for some odd reason, a renewed respect for the dead, because while watching the scenes of the burial preparations, I actually began to think of my family members in that situation and really could not handle the idea of that happening to them. Since getting older my views have softened a little but not much, so at least this film left some kind of impression on me, which may or may not have been a good thing.
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