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Mary Ellen Brighton | ... | Herself - Suicide Victim |
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A 'mockumentary' hosted by Dr. Francis B. Gross, a coroner. He is trying to show you the different 'faces' of people while dying. There are faked scenes of people getting killed intermixed with footage of real accidents. There are executions by decapitation (in an unknown Arab country) and the electric chair. One scene shows a group of tourists in Egypt smashing a monkey's head while still alive and eating its brains. There are shots of animals eating people and Satanic orgies using dead bodies. There is a segment that deals with an alligator that accidentally entered 'residential' waters. The local warden goes in his boat to get the alligator back into the sea when he accidentally falls over and becomes gator bait. The film ends with newsreel footage of people jumping off buildings and major accidents. Written by Sujit R. Varma
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10 November 1978 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$450,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$35,000,000Company Credits
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As a foreign language film, this was considered to be the third-grossing film in Hong Kong box office prior 1980, right behind John Carpenter's The Fog (1980), which was coincidentally the first-grossing foreign language film, and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980), the second-grossing foreign language film. See more »Goofs
After the farmer chops off the roosters head, she hacks the ax back into the stump and it sticks in at a perfectly straight angle. Then it is suddenly sticking out at a horizontal angle. See more »Crazy Credits
Exiguous scenes within this motion picture have been reconstructed to document and further clarify their their factual origin. See more »Alternate Versions
In 2008, a US DVD released by Gorgon Video is fully uncut and known as the '30th Anniversary Edition'. This edition is taken from an HD source and appears to be far more complete than early DVD versions, which, due to print damage, often omit scenes. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Half of this was sickening reality. The other half was a pathetic sham.
This is worth a look for the freak value alone.
The autopsy footage was gut-churning. This was one of the few real spots. Seeing real faces of the dead wasn't easy. The fact that said faces weren't deformed in any real way made it all the more chilling. The lady's suicide was also tough to watch.
The faked footage (executions, croc attack) almost subverted the intention of the film. Dealing with death. If they wanted to show executions, show something that can be verified.
The bear attack was probably influenced by the fake lion attack in 'Great Hunting.' And the middle eastern restaurant (with a white staff) serving the fresh monkey for killing was ripped off of 'Man From Deep River.' The scene with the grieving father trying to raise his dead son & wife through a medium may have been hard to watch for all the wrong reasons.
Most people see this...just to say they've seen it.