There have been so many rumors attributed to it, so many supposed truths about it over the years.”įelsher also explains how the United States government got involved, “The F.B.I was even fooled by it they thought the cult footage was real. “It’s an amazing example of the power of word of mouth,”įelsher said, “a legend spread amongst people, almost like an urban legend.

It was taboo at the time which only increased its popularity among children and college students, Understanding Faces of Death and the time period in which it was released, with no internet or YouTube to explore, one can appreciate the curiosity it induced. Unfortunate accident (via HorrorCultFilms) So that footage is 100% real there were no effects there was nothing it wasn’t planned, but they were there so that body’s real.” It was a guy who had gotten high on LSD or something and had gone swimming out by the pier and drowned and his body had just washed up while they were out there. So what you’re seeing here is a real body that had washed up.

“We were down on the beach shooting something else, and we got a call that a body had washed up on the beach, and we were the first one on the scene. The director told Felsher about one scene in particular: Faces of Death, for all of its trickery, contains some very real graphic footage. But these dogs were the most playful dogs in the world, we just smeared them with jelly, they were just playing around they weren’t doing anything wrong at all, in fact, the footage itself is so laughably cute, we couldn’t believe that anyone would buy this but, you add sinister music and some sound effects and cut it a certain way, and it looks like these dogs are killing each other.”ĭespite camera tricks and creative editing, there are some scenes that were not faked. “It looks really savage and cruel and mean in the movie. But the director told Felsher it’s really something a lot less terrifying, The editor’s magic can be seen in the dog fight segment two pit bulls fight each other to the death in what looks like a glimpse into a dog-fighting ring.

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