Death Faces (also released as Death Faces IV, Dying: Last Seconds of Life, and in a re-edited version as Beyond Reality) is a 1988 British direct-to-video mockumentary film about cannibalism. It was released in 1988 by Deluxe Movie Videos and produced by Macabre Productions and Mahoney Brothers.
Production Details
The film was directed by "Countess Victoria Bloodhart" and Steve White, written by "S. Sebastian Shock," and produced by Mink De Ronda and Damian B. Gravenhorse. It was narrated by "Bizarro Blackstone." The entire video is in black and white, with the exception of a few brief scenes.
Content
The film is a compilation of footage from various horror films about cannibalism, intercut with newsreel footage of historical figures and events, including Bonnie and Clyde, John Dillinger, Adolf Hitler, the John F. Kennedy assassination, and stock car racing crashes. One sequence depicts the Kikuyu people of Kenya (though the film incorrectly identifies them as being from Papua New Guinea).
Sequel and Related Releases
Footage from Death Faces was later edited into Banned from Facez, parts 3 and 4. A sequel, Dying: Last Seconds of Life, Part II, was also released direct-to-video in 1988. The film was re-edited and re-released as Beyond Reality, credited solely to Steve White.
