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Faces of Death II

1981 · 79 min

A grim, voyeuristic catalogue of death that unsettles through its clinical detachment and lingering shock imagery.

Genres
Horror
Tagline
WHEN MAKE BELIEVE IS JUST NOT ENOUGH!
Overview
This film continues along the same lines as F.O.D. 1 with short scenes of material related to death. Mortuaries, accidents, police work are filmed by television equipment and domestic video cameras.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • violence
  • morality
  • media
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • hospital
  • wilderness
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • found footage
  • anthology
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror8
Humour1
Realism6
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness9
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

In this series

Faces of Death Collection

  1. Faces of DeathMovie · 1978
  2. Faces of Death IIMovie · 1981 This title
  3. Faces of Death IIIMovie · 1985
  4. Faces of DeathMovie · 2026

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Genres
horror
Directed by
John Alan Schwartz
Written by
John Alan Schwartz
Starring
Michael Carr, John Alan Schwartz, James Brady, Mickey Crowe, Thomas K. Delahanty, John Hinckley Jr., Ronald Reagan, Timothy J. McCarthy
Music
Gene Kauer
Runtime
79 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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