A week after the cryptic teaser surfaced, Independent Film Company and Shudder have announced the acquisition of Faces of Death, per Variety. The meta remake of the notorious 1978 faux documentary will open in theaters on April 10, marking IFC’s widest release to date. Daniel Goldhaber (Cam, How to Blow Up a Pipeline) directs from […]
A week after the cryptic teaser surfaced, Independent Film Company and Shudder have announced the acquisition of Faces of Death, per Variety.
The meta remake of the notorious 1978 faux documentary will open in theaters on April 10, marking IFC’s widest release to date.
Daniel Goldhaber (Cam, How to Blow Up a Pipeline) directs from a script he co-wrote with Isa Mazzei (Cam).
Continuing the exploration of the original film’s infamous ‘Is it real or not?’ conceit, Barbie Ferreira (“Euphoria”) stars as a woman working as a content moderator for a major video platform who discovers what appears to be re-enactments of murders from Faces of Death.
In an online world where nothing can be trusted, she must determine whether the violence is fiction or unfolding in real time.
Dacre Montgomery (“Stranger Things”), Josie Totah (“Saved by the Bell”), Jermaine Fowler (Sorry to Bother You), Aaron Holliday (Cocaine Bear), and pop superstar Charli XCX round out the cast.
Legendary Entertainment, Don Murphy & Susan Montford of Angry Films Entertainment, and Adam Hendricks & Greg Gilreath of Divide/Conquer produce. Mazzei, Derek Bishé, and Rick Benattar serve as executive producers.
“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 and its unsettling ‘Is it real or isn’t it?’ perspective.”
