Faces of Gore

Unlike it's counterpart Traces of Death, this does not contain actual footage of death, but rather is a collection of gruesome "Aftermath" footage, mainly imported from Japan. A showcase of mangled accident and murder victims and suicides, it's very graphic and gory, but the novelty wears off rather quickly. Some humor is added by the goofy narrator, who makes inappropriate comments about the victims, and by the addition of ridiculous "Squishy" sound effects whenever a body is moved. For only the most die hard Real Death fans.

I know that the opening spiel said that they made up the stories and changed the names, but come on. Every story apparently takes place in Japan, and all the names are Japanese. Well, even a moron can tell that these are NOT from Japan.

The people don't look Japanese, the writing on the uniforms is definitely not Japanese, and the way that the police wrap up bodies in butcher paper and touch bits of internal organs with non-gloved hands suggests these clips originate in a third-world country.

I'm no expert on asian languages and alphabets, but I'll hazard an informed guess that these clips are from the area of Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia.

Putting all of that aside, the movie is pointless. Many people say it's a gorefest, but I just found it boring. Once you've seen a couple of car accidents and suicides, you've seen them all. Don't waste your time with this cheap ripoff of Faces of Death.

Yet another film with images of dead people? Yes, but this one makes efforts to differentiate itself and embraces its disrespectful, schoolboy, voyeuristic, and entertaining side.

Firstly, I liked the fact that this "documentary" was written (even if it was at a minimum). We have a main character, Dr. Van Gore, played by an actor, a voice which tells us the events, transitions which seem to come out of Carmageddon, and various more or less false information. At least they're not just stolen videos put together.

Secondly, the thing is intended to be a bit satirical. They wrote jokes, clashes, etc.

Finally, the shocking dimension of this footage lies as much in its complete disrespect for the victims (through "shocking sentences"), as in the images which are divided into segments (depending on the drama). Having a questionable sense of humor, I laughed at one or two passages, as the discrepancy between the images and the cheerful tone of voice made the whole thing absurd (especially the famous "two for the price of one" scene). Life is absurd with Faces of Gore, and so is death.

So yeah, it's reprehensible, maybe stupid, but it's not malicious in my opinion, rather nice (in the sense of innocent). There are a lot of shocking images, clichés, disrespect, in short: it was still quite original in idea, I really liked confronting this "gore" of human life.

I might just be a good student of "Gorenology".

I ran across this film by accident on the internet and just had to buy it. After buying Faces of Death, I had to have Faces of Gore.

Lots of overseas filming documenting the many ways to take the train off this planet. If this was the only death film you ever watched, you would think that Japan and Thailand were dying in record numbers.

The film is pretty good as far as clarity and sharpness, but I found it much easier to watch after I hit the mute button. The guy who narrates this is just sick and his comments make you want to turn it off.

If you like busted heads, motorcycle accidents, suicide and tragedy at its worst, then this is the film for you.

This is DEFINITELY the most disgusting thing I've ever seen. It's not just the footage, the comments made by the narrator compound just gory footage and it becomes a truly sick joke- how much more vile could you be? Laughing and joking about mutilated bodies and burnt up corpses? If you think you've seen anything in this class (like Fakes of Death or Traces of Entertainment) you are DEAD wrong. This one tops them all. The end credits suggest a sequel, Faces of Gore 2, I say BRING IT ON!