Independent Film Company and Shudder have announced the acquisition of Faces of Death.
The film revolves around a moderator of a video website whose job is to weed out offensive and violent content. Recovering from a serious trauma herself, she stumbles across a group that is recreating the murders from the original Faces of Death.
But in the story primed for the age of online misinformation, the question faced is: are the murders real or fake?
Daniel Goldhaber (Cam, How to Blow Up a Pipeline) directs from a script he co-wrote with Isa Mazzei (Cam).
Barbie Ferreira (“Euphoria”), Dacre Montgomery (“Stranger Things”), Josie Totah (“Saved by the Bell”), Aaron Holliday (Cocaine Bear), Jermaine Fowler (Sorry to Bother You), and Charli XCX lead the cast.
“Growing up in a video store culture there are vivid memories of being terrified to even touch the original Faces of Death VHS box,” said RLJE acquisition officer Mark Ward. “That legend haunted a generation, and bringing that fear back to audiences now is both deeply personal and an exciting full-circle moment. We’re in awe of Daniel Goldhaber’s reimagining of Faces of Death. His take is unsettling, timely, and provocative, and we can’t wait to unleash it in theaters everywhere this spring.”
“Having worked on Faces of Death in its various incarnations for 16 years, we wanted to be certain we honored the IP with the right reimagining,” Murphy and Montford added. “We interviewed many emerging horror filmmakers and were immediately struck by Isa and Danny’s real-world-stakes approach, as well as their debut feature Cam and its unsettling ‘Is it real or isn’t it?’ perspective.”
Faces of Death will release theatrically April 10.






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