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Faces of Death. Faces of Death (later re-released as The Original Faces of Death) is a 1978 American mondo horror film written and directed by John Alan Schwartz, credited under the pseudonyms "Conan Le Cilaire" and "Alan Black" respectively. [3][4] The film, shown in a documentary -like style, centers on pathologist Francis B. Gröss, played ...
Although beheading has been a widely employed public execution method since the ancient Greeks and Romans, [2] videos of this type only began to arise in 2002 with the beheading of Daniel Pearl and the growth of the Internet in the Information Age, which allowed groups to anonymously publish these videos for public consumption.
76 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. Traces of Death is a 1993 American mondo film that consists of various scenes of stock footage depicting death and real scenes of violence. Unlike the earlier Faces of Death which usually included fake deaths and reenactments, Traces consists mostly of actual footage depicting death and ...
Splatter film. A splatter film is a subgenre of horror films that deliberately focuses on graphic portrayals of gore and graphic violence. These films, usually through the use of special effects, display a fascination with the vulnerability of the human body and the theatricality of its mutilation. The term "splatter cinema" was coined by ...
His will be done." [ 1 ][ note 1 ] — William McKinley, president of the United States (14 September 1901), dying after being shot on 6 September. "My last words to you, my son and successor, are: Never trust the Russians." [ 3 ] — Abdur Rahman Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1 October 1901), to Habibullah Khan.
The Mortal Storm. Frank Borzage. One character is sent to a concentration camp and dies there, while his family is trying to leave Nazi Germany. 1940. United States. The Great Dictator. Charlie Chaplin. A condemnation of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, fascism, antisemitism, and the Nazis.
Running time. 118 minutes [1] Country. Japan. Language. Japanese. Death by Hanging (絞死刑, Kōshikei) is a 1968 Japanese drama film directed by Nagisa Ōshima. The film employs Brechtian techniques and complex treatments of guilt and consciousness, justice, and the persecution of ethnic Koreans in Japan.
Next day the officer pretends to decapitate the girl with his Japanese traditional sword but in end he only cuts some of her hair off (mock execution) and the girl is released from the punishment. The Sarah Balabagan Story: 1997 The title character, a Filipina maid, receives 100 lashes in a UAE prison after being convicted of stabbing her employer.