‘Faces Of Death’ R-Rated Trailer: Barbie Ferreira & Dacre Montgomery Enter Daniel Goldhaber’s Internet-Era Horror Reimagining

Some titles arrive with nostalgia, and some, like “Faces Of Death,” arrive with nostalgic trauma already burned into the skin. The 1978 original built its reputation on the queasy question of whether any of what audiences were seeing was real, and this new version updates that same anxiety for a world where every act of violence can be clipped, reposted, gamed for attention, and swallowed by algorithmic sludge.

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Directed by Daniel Goldhaber—the filmmaker behind “Cam” and “How To Blow Up A Pipeline”—and co-written with Isa Mazzei, the new film stars Barbie Ferreira as a content moderator for a major video platform who comes across videos that appear to recreate murders from the original film.

The setup seems less about replaying old exploitation mechanics than about dragging that “is it real or not?” hook into a digital ecosystem where certainty is already dead. Dacre Montgomery, Josie Totah, Aaron Holliday, Jermaine Fowler, and Charli XCX co-star. ves the project a sharper frame than a straight remake.

Here’s the synopsis:

In “Faces of Death,” the exploration of the original film’s infamous “is it real or not?” conceit continues as a woman (Ferreira) working as a content moderator for a major video platform discovers what appears to be re-enactments of murders from the original film. In an online world where nothing can be trusted, she must determine whether the violence is fiction or unfolding in real time.

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“Faces of Death” opens only in theaters on April 10 from Independent Film Company and Shudder. Watch the trailer below.