1000 Ways to Die 

Several different deaths based on true stories.

Creator:

Thom Beers

Stars:

Alisdair Simpson, Ron Perlman, Khyber Zaffarkhan

Cast

Series cast summary:
Alisdair Simpson	...	Narrator (U.K. broadcast only) 74 episodes, 2008-2012
Ron Perlman	...	Self - Narrator / ... 66 episodes, 2009-2012
Khyber Zaffarkhan	...	Self - Physical Medicine & Rehab / ... 44 episodes, 2009-2012
Boyd Flinders	...	Self - Surgeon / ... 34 episodes, 2010-2012

Storyline

1,000 Ways to Die, an anthology television series, which aired on Spike/Spike TV from May 14, 2008 to July 15, 2012 showcased shocking reenactments of deaths of individuals who often met the grim reaper in very unorthodox or outlandish ways. Often recreated in a fast-paced, very tongue-in-cheek manner, the stories were based on actual events, but dramatic license was liberally used. Voice-over-narration provided background information on each death. The deaths were recreated in a variety of ways including witness testimonials, historical tidbits, scientific expert analysis, graphic computer-generated imagery animation, interviews, live-action recreation, and even actual footage, when available. Each death ended with a title which was a pun, often based on some popular word or phrase.

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Plot Keywords:

death | reenactment | urban legend | blood spatter | sex | 

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Genres:

Documentary

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

Some of the deaths and their respective episodes are as follows:

• 1 Ichiboned 1000 Ways to Die: Death Be Not Stupid (2009)
• 14 Harry He-Done-Y 1000 Ways to Die: The End Is Weird (2010)
• 29 Lawn of the Dead 1000 Ways to Die: Today's Menu: Deep Fried Death (2010)
• 47 Re-Coiled 1000 Ways to Die: The Good, the Bad and the Dead (2009)
• 47 Sumowed 1000 Ways to Die: Young, Dumb and Full of Death (2010)
• 55 Cardiac-A-Breast
• 61 Furdered 1000 Ways to Die: Death Puts on a Dunce Cap (2010)
• 63 Falling Down on the Job 1000 Ways to Die: Sudden Death (2010)
• 66 Guitar Zeros 1000 Ways to Die: Cure for the Common Death (2009)
• 72 Bowed Out 1000 Ways to Die: I See Dead People (And They're Cracking Me Up) (2009)
• 77 Red, White and Blew 1000 Ways to Die: Cure for the Common Death (2009)
• 78 Text Dead 1000 Ways to Die: Death: A User's Manual (2009)
• 85 Doggie Style 1000 Ways to Die: I See Dead People (And They're Cracking Me Up) (2009)
• 87 Boys 2 Dead 1000 Ways to Die: Death on a Stick (2010)
• 91 De-Coffinated 1000 Ways to Die: Hard Lives, Easy Deaths (2008)
• 92 Fang Banged" 1000 Ways to Die: Life Will Kill You (2008)
• 97 Oprah Winfried 1000 Ways to Die: Death Over Easy (2009)
• 112 Fur Burger 1000 Ways to Die: Hard Lives, Easy Deaths (2008)
• 119 Tube Snaked 1000 Ways to Die: Today's Menu: Deep Fried Death (2010)
• 117 Gut Busted 1000 Ways to Die: Death: A User's Manual (2009)
• 121 Hertz So Good 1000 Ways to Die: The End Is Weird (2010)
• 122 Balloon-A-Tic 1000 Ways to Die: Cure for the Common Death, Part II (2010)
• 123 Tali-Bombed 1000 Ways to Die: Death on Arrival (2009)
• 124 Bibli-Killed 1000 Ways to Die: Dead Wrongs (2010)
• 125 Love Bugged 1000 Ways to Die: Life Will Kill You (2008)
• 130 Deaf Jammed 1000 Ways to Die: If You're Dead, Leave a Message and We'll Get Back to You (2011)
• 132 Cast Offed 1000 Ways to Die: Hurry Up and Die (2010)
• 145 Mary-Nated 1000 Ways to Die: Today's Menu: Deep Fried Death (2010)
• 151 Crack Piped 1000 Ways to Die: Grave Errors (2011)
• 156 Hard Balled 1000 Ways to Die: Dead Wrongs (2010)
• 158 Myth Busted 1000 Ways to Die: Cure for the Common Death, Part II (2010)
• 159 Death of Sum Young Guy 1000 Ways to Die: Fatal Distractions (2010)
• 169 Chess Pain 1000 Ways to Die: Dying to Tell the Story (2010)
• 171 Nite Capped 1000 Ways to Die: Dead and Deader (2009)
• 172 Dead-dy Dearest 1000 Ways to Die: If You're Dead, Leave a Message and We'll Get Back to You (2011)
• 178 Dead Fella 1000 Ways to Die: Getting a Rise from the Dead (2011)
• 179 Pam Caked! 1000 Ways to Die: Dead Wrongs (2010)
• 188 Nun F***ed 1000 Ways to Die: Cure for the Common Death, Part II (2010)
• 194 Poker Face 1000 Ways to Die: Sudden Death (2010)
• 196 Radium Girls 1000 Ways to Die: Cure for the Common Death (2009)
• 197 Dead Eye 1000 Ways to Die: Dead and Deader (2009)
• 201 Blown Job 1000 Ways to Die: Death: A User's Manual (2009)
• 203 Hillary Snuffed 1000 Ways to Die: Young, Dumb and Full of Death (2010)
• 206 Dip 'N Die 1000 Ways to Die: Getting a Rise from the Dead (2011)
• 207 Glow Job 1000 Ways to Die: Dead Wrongs (2010)
• 208 Semi-cide 1000 Ways to Die: Life Will Kill You (2008)
• 209 Par for the Corpse 1000 Ways to Die: Getting a Rise from the Dead (2011)
• 210 Pissed Off 1000 Ways to Die: Death: A User's Manual (2009)
• 212 Handi-Crapped 1000 Ways to Die: Dying to Tell the Story (2010)
• 220 Scratch N' Snuffed 1000 Ways to Die: Death Puts on a Dunce Cap (2010)
• 221 Rebel Without a Pulse 1000 Ways to Die: The Lighter Side of Death (2009)
• 222 Car Jacked 1000 Ways to Die: Death: A User's Manual (2009)
• 223 Offed the Hook 1000 Ways to Die: Stupid Is as Stupid Dies (2010)
• 239 Crib Your Enthusiasm 1000 Ways to Die: Fatal Distractions (2010)
• 268 Orspasm 1000 Ways to Die: Death Puts on a Dunce Cap (2010)
• 298 Signed Off 1000 Ways to Die: Getting a Rise from the Dead (2011)
• 299 Fansicle 1000 Ways to Die: Stupid Is as Stupid Dies (2010)
• 230 Trailer Trashed 1000 Ways to Die: Dead and Deader (2009)
• 243 Clay Achin 1000 Ways to Die: Fatal Distractions (2010)
• 261 Gum's the Word 1000 Ways to Die: Death on a Stick (2010)
• 269 Window Pained 1000 Ways to Die: Death Over Easy (2009)
• 274 Squirreled Away 1000 Ways to Die: The One About Dumb People Dying (2011)
• 276 Die-Arrhea 1000 Ways to Die: Cure for the Common Death, Part II (2010)
• 277 You're So Vein 1000 Ways to Die: I See Dead People (And They're Cracking Me Up) (2009)
• 278 Gas Holed
• 281 Who Ded? 1000 Ways to Die: Grave Errors (2011)
• 282 Potty Mouth 1000 Ways to Die: Fatal Distractions (2010)
• 283 Deadliest Catch 1000 Ways to Die: Death Be Not Stupid (2009)
• 284 Hang Dunked 1000 Ways to Die: The End Is Weird (2010)
• 284 Mail Order 1000 Ways to Die: Hurry Up and Die (2010)
• 293 Freeze Died 1000 Ways to Die: Hard Lives, Easy Deaths (2008)
• 301 Sucked Offed 1000 Ways to Die: The Good, the Bad and the Dead (2009)
• 302 Funny Boned 1000 Ways to Die: I See Dead People (And They're Cracking Me Up) (2009)
• 303 Road Killed
• 304 Radioactivate-Dead 1000 Ways to Die: Cure for the Common Death, Part II (2010)
• 312 Re-Formed 1000 Ways to Die: The Good, the Bad and the Dead (2009)
• 314 Dung For 1000 Ways to Die: The Lighter Side of Death (2009)
• 315 Little Chop of Horrors 1000 Ways to Die: Dying to Tell the Story (2010)
• 316 Butt F***ed 1000 Ways to Die: Death Over Easy (2009)
• 320 OMG! SUV! R.I.P. 1000 Ways to Die: If You're Dead, Leave a Message and We'll Get Back to You (2011)
• 323 Vom-Ate-Dead 1000 Ways to Die: The End Is Weird (2010)
• 327 i-Boned 1000 Ways to Die: Grave Errors (2011)
• 331 Wet Dream 1000 Ways to Die: The One About Dumb People Dying (2011)
• 337 Mind Over Splatter 1000 Ways to Die: Death on a Stick (2010)
• 342 Die-Brator 1000 Ways to Die: Fatal Distractions (2010)
• 345 Bush Whacked 1000 Ways to Die: Young, Dumb and Full of Death (2010)
• 354 Blood Bath & Beyond 1000 Ways to Die: Death on a Stick (2010)
• 365 Kung Pao Pow! 1000 Ways to Die: The One About Dumb People Dying (2011)
• 378 Bird Brained 1000 Ways to Die: Death on a Stick (2010)
• 385 Sh*t Faced 1000 Ways to Die: Dead and Deader (2009)
• 389 Jelly Belly-ed 1000 Ways to Die: Cure for the Common Death, Part II (2010)
• 396 Onesie & Donesie 1000 Ways to Die: Young, Dumb and Full of Death (2010)
• 398 Vuvu... Whatever, He's Dead 1000 Ways to Die: Death Puts on a Dunce Cap (2010)
• 400 Fat-ality 1000 Ways to Die: Putting a Smiley Face on Death (2010)
• 401 Abracadaver 1000 Ways to Die: The Lighter Side of Death (2009)
• 403 Heart On 1000 Ways to Die: I See Dead People (And They're Cracking Me Up) (2009)
• 405 Chemi-Killed 1000 Ways to Die: Grave Errors (2011)
• 412 Chef Boy-R-Dead 1000 Ways to Die: Getting a Rise from the Dead (2011)
• 412 Em-Bear-Assed 1000 Ways to Die: Death Over Easy (2009)
• 412 Lesboned 1000 Ways to Die: Hurry Up and Die (2010)
• 414 Hydrau-Licked 1000 Ways to Die: Cure for the Common Death, Part II (2010)
• 415 Bed Buggered 1000 Ways to Die: Sudden Death (2010)
• 416 Trucked Up 1000 Ways to Die: Dying to Tell the Story (2010)
• 417 DestRoid 1000 Ways to Die: Death: A User's Manual (2009)
• 418 Easy Slider 1000 Ways to Die: Death on a Stick (2010)
• 422 Construction Accident 1000 Ways to Die: Life Will Kill You (2008)
• 429 Weed Whacked 1000 Ways to Die: The Lighter Side of Death (2009)
• 435 Coffin to Death 1000 Ways to Die: Sudden Death (2010)
• 438 Tongue Tied 1000 Ways to Die: Today's Menu: Deep Fried Death (2010)
• 441 Snakenstein 1000 Ways to Die: Getting a Rise from the Dead (2011)
• 444 Deadliest Munch 1000 Ways to Die: Death on Arrival (2009)
• 444 Jaw Boned 1000 Ways to Die: Stupid Is as Stupid Dies (2010)
• 447 Water Logged 1000 Ways to Die: I See Dead People (And They're Cracking Me Up) (2009)
• 448 Homie-Cide 1000 Ways to Die: If You're Dead, Leave a Message and We'll Get Back to You (2011)
• 478 Board Stiff 1000 Ways to Die: Young, Dumb and Full of Death (2010)
• 452 'Dis Still Killed 'Em 1000 Ways to Die: Dying to Tell the Story (2010)
• 498 Choke-A-Lot 1000 Ways to Die: Death Gets Busy (2009)
• 499 Pained Gun 1000 Ways to Die: Death Be Not Stupid (2009)
• 501 Hats All Folks! 1000 Ways to Die: If You're Dead, Leave a Message and We'll Get Back to You (2011)
• 502 Gas-Hole 1000 Ways to Die: Death Be Not Stupid (2009)
• 503 Implo-Dead 1000 Ways to Die: Death Puts on a Dunce Cap (2010)
• 504 Wel-Dead 1000 Ways to Die: Dead and Deader (2009)
• 506 Die-Drant 1000 Ways to Die: The End Is Weird (2010)
• 507 Golden Die-Angle 1000 Ways to Die: Fatal Distractions (2010)
• 510 Kill Basa 1000 Ways to Die: The Lighter Side of Death (2009)
• 513 Hot Shot Part D'uh 1000 Ways to Die: The One About Dumb People Dying (2011)
• 515 Vike-O-Done 1000 Ways to Die: Death on Arrival (2009)
• 517 Tongue Tied 1000 Ways to Die: Stupid Is as Stupid Dies (2010)
• 518 Jake N' Baked 1000 Ways to Die: Death Be Not Stupid (2009)
• 523 Jersey Gore 1000 Ways to Die: Hurry Up and Die (2010)
• 552 Butt Plugged 1000 Ways to Die: The Good, the Bad and the Dead (2009)
• 555 Double-O-Severed 1000 Ways to Die: Getting a Rise from the Dead (2011)
• 557 D-Parted 1000 Ways to Die: Dead Wrongs (2010)
• 578 Corset Killed Him 1000 Ways to Die: Sudden Death (2010)
• 590 Unintented 1000 Ways to Die: Death on Arrival (2009)
• 594 Odds Are You're Dead 1000 Ways to Die: Grave Errors (2011)
• 597 Tapped Out 1000 Ways to Die: Hurry Up and Die (2010)
• 606 Wet Dream 1000 Ways to Die: Hard Lives, Easy Deaths (2008)
• 608 Catch & Decease 1000 Ways to Die: Putting a Smiley Face on Death (2010)
• 610 Deep Fried 1000 Ways to Die: Death Gets Busy (2009)
• 617 USSR-Dead 1000 Ways to Die: Putting a Smiley Face on Death (2010)
• 620 Mudder Sucked 1000 Ways to Die: Stupid Is as Stupid Dies (2010)
• 622 Brain Worms 1000 Ways to Die: The Lighter Side of Death (2009)
• 625 Midnight Choker 1000 Ways to Die: Death Over Easy (2009)
• 629 Sex Ray 1000 Ways to Die: Death Gets Busy (2009)
• 638 Oz Holed 1000 Ways to Die: Cure for the Common Death (2009)
• 640 Tumble Die 1000 Ways to Die: Life Will Kill You (2008)
• 645 Amish-Tinguished 1000 Ways to Die: Dying to Tell the Story (2010)
• 652 Botoxicated 1000 Ways to Die: Death Gets Busy (2009)
• 672 Erecto-Phobia 1000 Ways to Die: Stupid Is as Stupid Dies (2010)
• 673 R.I.P.-Ped 1000 Ways to Die: Today's Menu: Deep Fried Death (2010)
• 692 Gone Fission 1000 Ways to Die: Sudden Death (2010)
• 701 Steward Death 1000 Ways to Die: The One About Dumb People Dying (2011)
• 704 Cruci-fried 1000 Ways to Die: Young, Dumb and Full of Death (2010)
• 710 Tanked Girl 1000 Ways to Die: Cure for the Common Death (2009)
• 713 Dive Bombed 1000 Ways to Die: Hard Lives, Easy Deaths (2008)
• 714 Forked-Up 1000 Ways to Die: Death on Arrival (2009)
• 723 Bot-ily Harm 1000 Ways to Die: The End Is Weird (2010)
• 734 Die It 1000 Ways to Die: Death Be Not Stupid (2009)
• 742 Hammer Head 1000 Ways to Die: Young, Dumb and Full of Death (2010)
• 746 Pornicated 1000 Ways to Die: Dead Wrongs (2010)
• 753 Thanks A Clot 1000 Ways to Die: Grave Errors (2011)
• 755 Mary Lou Rectum 1000 Ways to Die: The One About Dumb People Dying (2011)
• 756 Bank Ruptured 1000 Ways to Die: Cure for the Common Death (2009)
• 770 Face Offed 1000 Ways to Die: The Good, the Bad and the Dead (2009)
• 779 Eel Effects 1000 Ways to Die: Dead Wrongs (2010)
• 786 Curl Up and Die 1000 Ways to Die: Grave Errors (2011)
• 794 African't 1000 Ways to Die: Dying to Tell the Story (2010)
• 802 Gooed Riddance 1000 Ways to Die: Today's Menu: Deep Fried Death (2010)
• 818 Frightmare 1000 Ways to Die: Death Over Easy (2009)
• 832 Lesbocution 1000 Ways to Die: Life Will Kill You (2008)
• 869 Back Stabbed 1000 Ways to Die: Putting a Smiley Face on Death (2010)
• 870 Fatally Gourd 1000 Ways to Die: The One About Dumb People Dying (2011)
• 873 Bad Max 1000 Ways to Die: The End Is Weird (2010)
• 877 Caulk Blocked 1000 Ways to Die: If You're Dead, Leave a Message and We'll Get Back to You (2011)
• 892 Gorgeous Gorge 1000 Ways to Die: Death Gets Busy (2009)
• 913 Dead Meat-eorite 1000 Ways to Die: Death on Arrival (2009)
• 919 Inquisi-Torn 1000 Ways to Die: Death on a Stick (2010)
• 929 Turtle Waxed 1000 Ways to Die: Fatal Distractions (2010)
• 930 Injecti-cide 1000 Ways to Die: Death Puts on a Dunce Cap (2010)
• 937 Tone Death 1000 Ways to Die: If You're Dead, Leave a Message and We'll Get Back to You (2011)
• 948 Titty Titty, Bang Bang 1000 Ways to Die: Death on Arrival (2009)
• 957 Drunk Die-er 1000 Ways to Die: Hurry Up and Die (2010)
• 959 Tenta-Killed 1000 Ways to Die: Death Puts on a Dunce Cap (2010)
• 963 Fin-ished 1000 Ways to Die: The Good, the Bad and the Dead (2009)

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Goofs

In the segment "Dead Eye", the title card states that the incident took place in 1993, yet after the gym teacher is impaled through the eye on the javelin, one of the students takes a picture with his cellphone. Cellphones with photographic capabilities didn't exist in 1993.

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Connections

Spoofed in Lo mejor de José Mota presenta 2 (2016)

User Reviews

Fun But Guilt Inducing

1000 Ways to Die is a gruesome little guilty pleasure focusing on all the grotesque ways people can be killed. The show largely does a good job of making it fun and not too offensive, but at times it stumbles.

The writers took a few episodes to find the right formula. The first episode poked fun at people who died, often at work, for things that weren't really their fault. One sketch made a pun about the death of a laundry worker who died because his idiot co-worker didn't bother to unplug the dryer he was cleaning. Another cracked jokes about a girl who only died because she took her high heels off and then stepped in a puddle which unbeknownst to her had a wire in it. These early episodes were just cringe inducing.

Later episodes dealt with this issue by making certain the victims were too stupid or mean to be sympathetic. Even so, a certain feeling remains that it's wrong to be enjoying this show, especially when you hear that many of the stories actually did happen in real life, but to little children rather than the jerks you're watching.

1000 Ways to Die...the show your conscience will hate you for loving.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 May 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

1000 Ways to Die

Company Credits

Production Co:

Original Productions, Spike TV

Technical Specs

Runtime:

23 min

Color:

Color