A collection of death scenes, ranging from TV material to homemade super 8 movies.A collection of death scenes, ranging from TV material to homemade super 8 movies.A collection of death scenes, ranging from TV material to homemade super 8 movies.
Adolf Hitler
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Benito Mussolini
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
John Alan Schwartz
- Leader of Flesh Eating Cult
- (uncredited)
Vern Stierman
- Narrator
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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Did you know
- TriviaIn a February 2012 interview with the National Public Radio program "On the Media," the movie's creator, John Alan Schwartz, said that the scene that purports to show real tourists in Egypt killing a monkey and eating its brains was really filmed in a Moroccan restaurant in the US using Schwartz's friends as actors, foam mallets, a model monkey with a prosthetic breakaway head, a trick table, and cauliflower covered in theater blood for the brains.
- GoofsThe narrator refers to "the country of Africa". Africa is a continent.
- Quotes
Dr. Francis B. Gröss: Perhaps the greatest disaster of all is one that man has created himself.lf nature doesn't destroy the environment, it is very possible that the human being will.
- Crazy creditsExiguous scenes within this motion picture have been reconstructed to document and further clarify their their factual origin.
- Alternate versionsThe German version omits all footage about the holocaust and the third Reich.
- ConnectionsEdited into Nudo e crudele (1984)
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Crowning Jewel of My Cult Movie Collection
Before I get responses beginning with "you sick bugger", let me explain that this set of movies is the jewel of my collection strictly for it's cult status. I first saw FOD #1 when I was about 12yrs old in the extreme early 80's. The caption "Banned in 46 countries!" made this a compulsory rental for twisted little minds. During the first viewing however, I can remember distinguishing between the "real" and "fake" clips and thinking that the blood in "Dawn of the Dead" was far more realistic. Jump ahead about 20 yrs. I purchased the 6 video collection (with additional "Executions" video thrown in for good measure) in the late 90's. For those who have only seen clips or stopped after #1, the rest of the videos are pretty much the same (#2 is a lot of war atrocities, #3 has more nature/animal attacks, #4 should be called "Faces of Stupidity" due in part to the dumb ways people are getting killed, and #'s 5 & 6 are a best of compilation....the "real" 5 and 6 are German and Japanese releases that are fairly hard to get a hold of and rather expensive). I watched all of these videos, knowing that the majority of the clips are staged with bad SPFX and the real clips look as though they are unedited news footage, but It's "schlockiness" is mildly entertaining (Dr. Francis B. Gross hosting). The "Executions" tape I received as well however I have been unable to make it through in the past 6 years(everything on there is real and disturbing). I found that in my teens, this series was amateurish and only slightly interesting, but in my mid thirties it is much harder to watch and brings up morality questions that I didn't have when I a kid. The series definitely isn't for the faint of heart, but credit must be given for an unapologetic exploration (albeit 90% phony) of often taboo subjects.
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- cellarpoet2000
- May 31, 2005
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- Also known as
- The Original Faces of Death
- Filming locations
- 6404 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, California, USA(Office building suicide victim jumps from)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $450,000 (estimated)
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