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Episode 40: Faces of Death (2026)
Faces of Death is a horror film in which our killer Arthur, played by Dacre Montgomery, has begun reenacting the killings portrayed in the 1978 shockumentary Faces of Death but for real, and uploading them onto a tiktok knockoff named Kino. Our heroine is Margot, played by Barbie Ferreira, a moderator for Kino determining which flagged content gets removed or remains on the platform. When she begins seeing Arthur's uploads she suspects them to be real and has to fight against a company that cares only about giving the audience what they want, her own tragic viral fame, and the attention-seeking killer himself.
Timestamps:
- (0:02:44) F for Fake
- (0:25:51) Videodrome
- (0:37:28) Faces of Death (1978)
- (0:56:33) Faces of Death (2026)
- (1:30:12) Spoilers
- (1:53:03) Next time: The Christophers
Works Cited:
- 8mm (Joel Schumacher, 1999)
- Cam (Daniel Goldhaber & Isa Mazzei, 2018)
- Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Marielle Heller, 2018)
- 'Faces of Death' review by Josh Lewis • Letterboxd
- Faces of Death (1978) - Movie Review : Alternate Ending (Tim Brayton, 2010)
- F for Fake (Orson Welles, 1973)
- Faces of Death (Daniel Goldhaber & Isa Mazzei, 2026)
- Faces of Death (John Alan Schwartz, 1978)
- How to Blow Up a Pipeline (Daniel Goldhaber, 2022)
- How to Blow Up a Pipeline (Andreas Malm, 2021)
- Hundreds of Instagram accounts push graphic real-life violence to millions, CBS News finds (By Chris Hacker, Erielle Delzer, Layla Ferris, Julia Ingram, Ash-har Quraishi, Amy Corral, 2025)
- New Faces of Death A Fun Stab At Grisly State Of Social Media (Zack Kotzer, 2026)
- On the Absolute, the Sublime, and Ecstatic Truth (Werner Herzog, 2010)
- Orson Welles's Purloined Letter: F FOR FAKE (Jonathan Rosenbaum, 2005)
- Videodrome (David Cronenberg, 1983)
Email us at [email protected]!
Find us elsewhere!
Ben Verschoor
- https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/
- https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/
- @benverschoor.bsky.social
Steven Santana
- https://breakingarrows.ghost.io/
- https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/
- @number8axel.bsky.social
Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel
Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa
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By Ben Verschoor & Steven SantanaFaces of Death is a horror film in which our killer Arthur, played by Dacre Montgomery, has begun reenacting the killings portrayed in the 1978 shockumentary Faces of Death but for real, and uploading them onto a tiktok knockoff named Kino. Our heroine is Margot, played by Barbie Ferreira, a moderator for Kino determining which flagged content gets removed or remains on the platform. When she begins seeing Arthur's uploads she suspects them to be real and has to fight against a company that cares only about giving the audience what they want, her own tragic viral fame, and the attention-seeking killer himself.
Timestamps:
- (0:02:44) F for Fake
- (0:25:51) Videodrome
- (0:37:28) Faces of Death (1978)
- (0:56:33) Faces of Death (2026)
- (1:30:12) Spoilers
- (1:53:03) Next time: The Christophers
Works Cited:
- 8mm (Joel Schumacher, 1999)
- Cam (Daniel Goldhaber & Isa Mazzei, 2018)
- Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Marielle Heller, 2018)
- 'Faces of Death' review by Josh Lewis • Letterboxd
- Faces of Death (1978) - Movie Review : Alternate Ending (Tim Brayton, 2010)
- F for Fake (Orson Welles, 1973)
- Faces of Death (Daniel Goldhaber & Isa Mazzei, 2026)
- Faces of Death (John Alan Schwartz, 1978)
- How to Blow Up a Pipeline (Daniel Goldhaber, 2022)
- How to Blow Up a Pipeline (Andreas Malm, 2021)
- Hundreds of Instagram accounts push graphic real-life violence to millions, CBS News finds (By Chris Hacker, Erielle Delzer, Layla Ferris, Julia Ingram, Ash-har Quraishi, Amy Corral, 2025)
- New Faces of Death A Fun Stab At Grisly State Of Social Media (Zack Kotzer, 2026)
- On the Absolute, the Sublime, and Ecstatic Truth (Werner Herzog, 2010)
- Orson Welles's Purloined Letter: F FOR FAKE (Jonathan Rosenbaum, 2005)
- Videodrome (David Cronenberg, 1983)
Email us at [email protected]!
Find us elsewhere!
Ben Verschoor
- https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/
- https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/
- @benverschoor.bsky.social
Steven Santana
- https://breakingarrows.ghost.io/
- https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/
- @number8axel.bsky.social
Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel
Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa
Subscribe, rate and review us!
- Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts
- Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify
- Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast
- Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict