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Faces of Death

FACES OF DEATH is part of our Vinegar Syndrome Archive collection, celebrating forgotten cinematic oddities from the video store era. This collection was inspired by our own brick & mortar video stores, with locations in Bridgeport, CT, Denver, CO, Toronto, ON, and Pittsburgh, PA.

Unique to this line, each numbered limited edition release will come fitted in a specially designed, bottom loading VHS inspired slipcase, while also including a double-sided poster.

This listing is for the standard edition 4K UHD/Blu-ray. The limited edition slipcase (designed by Steak Mtn.) was limited to 5,000 units and is sold out. Both versions are identical, aside from the packaging and 40-page book.

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What question has plagued mankind more than the mystery—and terror—of death? This forbidden pursuit has driven Dr. Frances B. Gröss to the brink of madness, but in his obsession, he has amassed a uniquely comprehensive collection of films that depict life in its final, grueling moments. From the savagery of cold-blooded murder to the perverse realities of war, tragic accidents, and the everyday lives of those who collect, dissect, and bury the dead, this descent into morbidity lays bare a truth that all of us will one day face.

One of the most banned, censored, controversial, and notorious films ever made, FACES OF DEATH (1979) changed cinema forever. A surprise home video blockbuster that spawned three sequels, the film was immediately met with praise and condemnation, along with legions of fans and hordes of protestors. Skillfully combining grueling imagery depicting the stark reality of mortality, blended with cleverly staged, ultra-gory re-enactments of murders, suicides, executions, and more too horrible to imagine, Vinegar Syndrome Archive is excited to at last bring FACES OF DEATH to 4K UHD newly restored from its long-lost camera original, and fully uncut for the very first time ever on disc; still as shocking now as it was nearly 50 years ago...

directed by: Conan Le Cilaire
starring: Michael Carr
1979 / 108 min / 1.33:1 / English Mono

Additional info:

• 2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region A Blu-ray

• 4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range

• Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 35mm and 16mm original camera negative

• Commentary with director Conan Le Cilaire, moderated by Michael Felsher

• "Buried Footage" - newly discovered, never-before-seen outtakes

• "Choice Cuts" - an archival featurette with editor Glenn Turner

• "The Death Makers" - an archival featurette with effects creators Allan Apone and Douglas White

• "Many Faces of Death" - scholars and genre experts examine the controversial origins and lasting cultural impact of Faces of Death

• 40 page perfect bound book with essays by Samm Deighan, David Kerekes and Stephen Thrower

• Isolated music track

• Archival outtakes

• Trailer

• Reversible sleeve artwork

• English SDH subtitles

Faces of Death II

FACES OF DEATH II is part of our Vinegar Syndrome Archive collection, celebrating forgotten cinematic oddities from the video store era. This collection was inspired by our own brick & mortar video stores, with locations in Bridgeport, CT, Denver, CO, Toronto, ON, and Pittsburgh, PA.

Unique to this line, each numbered limited edition release will come fitted in a specially designed, bottom loading VHS inspired slipcase, while also including a double-sided poster.

This listing is for the standard edition 4K UHD/Blu-ray. The limited edition slipcase (designed by Steak Mtn.) was limited to 3,333 units and is sold out. Both versions are identical, aside from the packaging.

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Following a well-needed two-year hiatus, the erudite Dr. Francis B. Gröss returns to further ponder and expose the mysteries of death. Hardly content with his initial morbid surveys of the forbidden, rarely discussed topic of how life ends, he pushes further to show nature's wintry grasp on life, how finality arrives in the boxing ring, and other lethal sights so shockingly primal they beg to be seen. Enthusiastically expanding his sweeping investigations on crime and human atrocities, Gröss paints a shattering and unparalleled portrait of mortality. 

Following the unprecedented success of its shocking predecessor, the filmmakers behind Faces of Death created a film even more unsettling in its stark and unflinching realism, offering an even deeper descent into the depravity and savagery of humanity with FACES OF DEATH II (1981). From fatal accidents to the unspeakable cruelty of war, medical experiments, and other abominable acts too heinous to describe, no facet of man’s destruction of his fellow man is left unexplored. Vinegar Syndrome Archive reluctantly brings this even more notorious sequel to 4K UHD and Blu-ray, presented in its fully uncut and uncensored original theatrical version, available for the first time on video in the US, newly restored from its 35mm negative.

directed by: Conan Le Cilaire (aka John Alan Schwartz)
starring: Michael Carr
1981 / 103 min / 1.33:1 / English Mono

Additional info:

• 2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region A Blu-ray

• 4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range

• Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 35mm original negative elements

• Alternate 78-minute U.S. Video Version of FACES OF DEATH II (sourced from video)

• A never-before-seen deleted scene from FACES OF DEATH II (5 min)

• Footage from the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, which was included in some home video versions of FACES OF DEATH II (3 min)

• Video trailer

• Reversible sleeve artwork

• English SDH subtitles

Faces of Death III

FACES OF DEATH III is part of our Vinegar Syndrome Archive collection, celebrating forgotten cinematic oddities from the video store era. This collection was inspired by our own brick & mortar video stores, with locations in Bridgeport, CT, Denver, CO, Toronto, ON, and Pittsburgh, PA.

Unique to this line, each numbered limited edition release will come fitted in a specially designed, bottom loading VHS inspired slipcase, while also including a double-sided poster.

This listing is for the standard edition 4K UHD/Blu-ray. The limited edition slipcase (designed by Steak Mtn.) was limited to 3,333 units and is sold out. Both versions are identical, aside from the packaging.

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The shocking analysis of death in full color continues in the expanded, ambitious FACES OF DEATH III! Amid the ongoing success of their appalling series of video-rental favorites, the makers of Faces of Deathdecided to branch out and make a more conventional "mondo movie." The result was FEAR, an exploration of fears, superstitions, urban legends, and the real-life carnage that so often accompanies them. Despite having had a brief release in Europe, by the time a US debut was ready, the runaway demand for Faces of Death sequels was so overwhelming that FEAR was re-tooled and re-titled to FACES OF DEATH 3, which featured the return of the erudite Dr. Francis B. Gröss (Michael Carr) in video-only hosting segments.

Even with the enduring popularity (and wild notoriety) of the Faces of Death series on home video, audiences have been deprived for over forty years of the opportunity to see what is easily the most unusual and unexpected release from the Faces of Death universe. Vinegar Syndrome Archive is very proud to bring this wild and original mondo production to 4K UHD, painstakingly restored to its initial theatrical version as FEAR, in addition to its much more commonly seen FACES OF DEATH III video version, and packaged with an array of extra features.

directed by: John Alan Schwartz
starring: Michael Carr
1985 / 105 min / 1.33:1 / English Mono

Additional info:

• 2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region A Blu-ray

• 4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range

• Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 16mm original camera negative

• Alternate Faces of Death III video version, sourced from standard definition tape

• Isolated music track

• Reversible sleeve artwork

• English SDH subtitles

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