The New York Times

‘Faces of Death’ Set the Bar for Hardcore Horror. It’s Baaack.

A remake of the cult horror movie raises questions about the approach to viewing disturbing videos in a new era. By Marc Tracy A few years ago, producers approached the filmmakers Daniel Goldhaber and ...
Vulture

No, You Don’t Need to Watch the Original Faces of Death

Here’s everything you need to know about the controversial cult “snuff” film and its 2026 update. Photo: IFC Films/Everett Collection That the new film isn’t quite a remake or a sequel won’t exactly ...
Variety

‘Faces of Death’ Review: A ’70s-Style B-Horror Movie Taps into the Growing Appetite for Horror That’s ‘Real’

Barbie Ferreira and Dacre Montgomery star in a halfway clever slasher-movie meditation on the 1978 mondo-horror cult film "Faces of Death." In 1978, the mondo horror exploitation film “Faces of Death” ...
The Washington Post

‘Faces of Death’ was a 1978 cult hit. A remake is aimed at the TikTok era.

You’re 14 years old, it’s late on a Saturday night, and you’re staying over at a friend’s house. As the evening grows late somebody — an older sibling, perhaps, or the daredevil of the group — asks, ...