Banned in nearly 50 countries, this shocking film is getting a remake starring Stranger Things and Euphoria.

Banned in almost 50 countries when it was released in 1978, John Alan Schwartz’s sultry face à la mort (which he created under the pseudonym Conan Le Siler) will have the rights to a new version.

Considered one of the most shocking films in history, Face of Death presents itself as a documentary and consists of a compilation of violent scenes featuring the deaths of animals and people. Upon release, the film was presented as being composed entirely of actual footage recorded by a certain doctor, Francis B. by Gross as part of a thesis on death. Except that Dr. Gross doesn’t exist (played by actor Michael Carr).

Ultimately, many scenes in the film are actually fictional. According to make-up artist and technician Alan Apone, 40% of the death scenes are fake, including a gruesome sequence in which restaurant patrons are seen torturing a monkey before eating its brains. The rest (bombings, animals killed in slaughterhouses, etc.) comes from television archives.

The film, banned under 18, had several sequels and Faces of Death: Fact or Fiction?A behind-the-scenes documentary about these feature films was released in 1999.

Modern version with Barbie Ferreira (Euphoria) and Dacre Montgomery (Stranger Things)

So this garbage movie will be entitled to a new version. Directed by Isa Mazzei and Daniel Goldhaber, the creepy feature film, which has just begun shooting, stars Dacre Montgomery, who plays Billy on Stranger Things, and Barbie Ferreira, who portrays Cathy on Euphoria.

The remake follows a video site moderator tasked with curating content on the platform while dealing with her own trauma. During his moderation, he comes across a group of internet users trying to recreate the murders depicted in the original film.

While fears about “deepfakes” and AI-generated content are widespread, the question is whether these morbid videos are real.

Therefore, this film reflects the theme of the original film while adapting it to modern society and highlights online violence.

Announcing the project, the creators said in a press release that they not only wanted to explore the fine line between right and wrong, but also wanted to explore the role of the Internet in fueling violence.

Face to Death was one of the first viral videos, and we’re fortunate to be able to use it as a starting point for this study of cycles of violence and how they play out online..”

The release date has not been announced yet.