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Faces of Death Remake Sets April 10 Theatrical Release as Graphic Teaser Drops

A meta reimagining follows a video-site moderator confronting copycat killings to ask what counts as real in a culture of viral brutality.

Overview

  • The film opens in theaters on April 10, 2026 after a 2023 shoot and a long delay, carrying an R rating for strong bloody violence and gore, sexual content, nudity, language, and drug use.
  • A teaser was released today and was reported to be hosted on a third‑party YouTube channel called sportsfan3456 due to its taboo content.
  • The premise centers on a content moderator who discovers a group recreating deaths from the 1978 original, raising questions over authenticity in an era of online misinformation.
  • Daniel Goldhaber directs from a script co-written with Isa Mazzei, who frame the project as an exploration of cycles of violence and how they perpetuate online.
  • The cast features Barbie Ferreira, Dacre Montgomery, Josie Totah, Jermaine Fowler, Aaron Holliday, and Charli XCX.