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Faces of Death Reboot Is Happening at Legendary with a 21st Century Twist
Faces of Death Reboot Is Happening at Legendary with a 21st Century Twist
Legendary s upcoming reboot is about copycat killers on a video-sharing website recreating the death scenes from the original Faces of Death.
As predicted long ago,
Faces of Death is getting rebooted for the 21st century at Legendary Entertainment. The studio has reportedly just picked up the rights to the faux documentary that was originally released in 1978 and became a cult hit at the time, spawning multiple sequels in the following years. Because many video rental stores refused to carry the movie, it was frequently passed around on bootleg VHS throughout the 1980s and 90s.
Posted on Friday, May 7th, 2021 by Chris Evangelista
Faces of Death, the controversial movie that claimed to feature footage of actual gruesome deaths – most of which were, in fact, faked – is getting a Hollywood upgrade. Legendary will make a
Faces of Death reimagining with
Isa Mazzei and
Daniel Goldhaber, the team behind the indie horror movie
Cam. The story involves a YouTube moderator who discovers a group of people recreating the deaths from the original movie.
If you grew up in the era of video stores, you probably know all about
Faces of Death – even if you never rented a copy. The VHS cover art was designed to shock and titillate, featuring a leering skull and boasting a claim that the film was “banned in 40+ countries!” It gained infamy as something akin to a snuff film, but here’s the twist: most of the death in the movie was fake, staged with make-up effects. And while the film was banned in some places, it definitely was
Filmmakers Isa Mazzei will write and Daniel Goldhaber will direct
Umberto Gonzalez | May 7, 2021 @ 2:47 PM
Legendary has acquired the rights to reimagine “Faces of Death,” the 1978 cult horror film by John Alan Schwartz, according to an individual with knowledge of the project.
Filmmaker Isa Mazzei will write the script and Daniel Goldhaber will direct. Mazzei and Goldhaber are the filmmaking duo behind the 2018 psychological thriller “Cam.”
Angry Films’ Don Murphy and Susan Montford will produce. Murphy and Montford also have “Buck Rogers” being fast-tracked at Legendary. Rick Benattar will executive produce and Cory Kaplan will co-produce.
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Using the underlying material as a jumping off point, Mazzei and Goldhaber will craft a film that brings the shocking fear of the original “Faces of Death” videos into the digital age, tapping into the online zeitgeist in a terrifying way. The original film was an early example of viral videos, although it was s