The controversial 'Faces of Death' remake, shelved for two years, is finally set for release after IFC and Shudder acquired North American rights. The film will hit theatres on April 10, marking IFC's widest release to date.
Directed by Daniel Goldhaber and co-written with Isa Mazzei, the modern update follows a content moderator (Barbie Ferreira) who discovers re-enactments of murders from the original 1978 film online. She must determine if the violence is fictional or real-time, continuing the original's 'Is it real or not?' conceit.
The cast includes Dacre Montgomery, Josie Totah, Aaron Holliday, Jermaine Fowler, and Charli XCX. Goldhaber and Mazzei previously collaborated on 'Cam' (2018) and 'How to Blow Up a Pipeline' (2022).
Producers Don Murphy and Susan Montford spent 16 years developing the project under their Angry Films banner. 'We wanted to be certain we honored the IP with the right reimagining,' they said in a statement, praising the filmmakers' 'real-world-stakes approach.'
A teaser was briefly released on YouTube before being taken down. The original 1978 film, a faux documentary long rumored to include real death footage, became a box office hit and cult classic despite—or because of—its controversy.
