• BetweentheBars@lemmy.ca
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    Faces of Death (1978)

    The first viewing was full of shock value.

    After that it was not my cup of tea. Repulsive on many levels.

    Now that subject matter is just a normal Tuesday on Reddit.

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      I was sad to learn that many of those are fake and staged. I didn’t want to believe it, but there was one with a guy whose arm was bitten off by an alligator. My friend pointed out that there were multiple camera angles, and it would have to be multiple takes or you would be able to see the other cameras.

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      I remember watching it in the nineties, didn’t know it was a cult classic, we just watched for the gore, but I couldn’t pass the first couple of minutes lol

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        It was banned but copies still went around North America (not sure about other continents),Pre internet days at that. Definitely qualifies as cult classic in that regard. Word of mouth is a powerful thing.