'FACES OF DEATH' Remake With Barbie Ferreir And Dacre Montgomery Coming From Legendary

Barbie Ferreira and Dacre Montgomery STEFANIE KEENAN/GETTY IMAGES ; LISA MAREE WILLIAMS/GETTY IMAGES

Legendary Pictures has just announced that a remake of the 1978 film, ‘FACES OF DEATH’ will be shooting soon with Barbie Ferreira, one of the breakouts from HBO’s Euphoria, and Stranger Things actor Dacre Montgomery.

Isa Mazzei and Daniel Goldhaber, the team behind the 2018 psychological thriller Cam and How to Blow Up a Pipeline, are writing and directing, respectively, the reimagining.

Faces Of Death did indeed have a very small theatrical run but it wasn’t until the VHS boom of the 80s that the film found its cult following. Faces had the conceit of a pathologist exploring gruesome ways to die via footage purportedly culled from around the world. In reality, most of the death scenes were staged but the film had the exact effect its producers’ desired: outrage, revulsion, banning (although not in 52 countries, as hyped by the film’s makers) and, of course, minting money.

The filmmakers are hoping to recreate the madness via a 21st century lens.

“Faces of Death was one of the first viral video tapes, and we are so lucky to be able to use it as a jumping off point for this exploration of cycles of violence and the way they perpetuate themselves online,” said Mazzei and Goldhaber in a statement.

Don Murphy and Susan Montford of Angry Films are producing with Divide/Conquer’s Adam Hendricks and Greg Gilreath.

Rick Benattar is executive producing while Cory Kaplan co-produces.

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