Through Eyes of the Dead (1999 Video) User Reviews

Gory Videos, Gory Music

[sob42081 · 10/10 · 25 September 2005]

Directed by Jim Van Bebber, Necrophagia's music video collection lives up to the disturbing nature of both artists' visions. The style of the videos is more like 70s and 80s shock exploitation, than of MTV flash. One of videos is comprised of footage from Jim Van Bebber's Roadkill. The music is not death/black/hardcore/thrash, but a grating, discordant screech of feedback and snarls over a pummeling, sloppy rhythm. Saying they are better or worse than Cannibal Corpse or Mortician (that one made me laugh out loud) is moot. Its like going to see one the above mentioned bands, and have taken wrong turn and ended up a Texas Chainsaw family barbecue! Outside the box. BTW, nowadays they don't do the same thing at all, contributed to member changes. They still project horrific imagery through their music, but more like a John Carpenter nightmare, than their previous Fulci-nightmare. This video is the best collection of their work to date. Jim Van Bebber is an amazing horror director, hopefully he will never break out. For his own good, that is. Buy this disc; break into your mom's stash; get your older brother to buy you beer, and get sick on this film.

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brutality vs mindless metal

[proci85 · 1/10 · 30 September 2005]

well... if you mind brutality, don't watch this. but, only gore makes a film not better than it is. the music is as bad as it gets, brainless metal without an idea. so music is 1/10. the videos are going after clichés. raping a nun is funny, but is that really that fascinating? you can see s/m porno with nuns on the net, so nothing interesting here. if you want something with a good plot, try "die heilige Hure" the first video isn't interesting too, and the beginning with the pistol is a copy from natural born killers. i drink alcohol, I'm bad, i have a gun, and I'm skinning. cool, huh? i think its not. the other films aren't better too... i think violence can used to create art (see "a clockwork orange"), but this is no art. so, the videos become 3/10, because of their realistic look. if you want something brutal to watch, try some Italian horror, like cannibal holocaust or cannibal ferox. and avoid this. and if you like quality metal, avoid this from great distance.

Rest in power Killjoy!

[samxxxul · 10/10 · 9 May 2020]

Killjoy vocalist of the band, hardcore gorehound when it comes to extreme metal and his love for the genre got him associated with Fred Vogel (August Underground) of Toetag pictures and Cult filmmaker Jim Van Bebber to create Through Eyes of the Dead. Any Necrophagia will appreciate this documentary, each song has its story, and you hear all of them with tribute to Lucio Fulci featuring clips from The Beyond and also from Cannibal Holocaust.