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FACES OF DEATH IV is part of our Vinegar Syndrome Archive collection, celebrating forgotten cinematic oddities from the video store era. This collection was inspired by our own brick & mortar video stores, with locations in Bridgeport, CT, Denver, CO, Toronto, ON, and Pittsburgh, PA.

Unique to this line, each numbered limited edition release will come fitted in a specially designed, bottom loading VHS inspired slipcase, while also including a double-sided poster.

These releases will ONLY be available on our website and at participating indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them. This spot gloss slipcase edition (designed by Steak Mtn.) is strictly limited to 4,000 units. This release will be followed by a standard edition in the future.

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Driven to insanity as a result of his lifelong preoccupation with the study of death, Faces of Death's chief resident specialist Dr. Francis B. Gröss is now no more. However, his esteemed and quite enthusiastic colleague, Dr. Louis Flellis, himself fascinated with what became Gröss' life (and death) work, has dutifully maintained the same intellectual discipline. Here, Flellis gleefully presents another, even more outrageous series of shocking and tragic case studies (not sparing his own professional opinions on these subjects) in his own detailed examination of the horrific ending chapters of human mortality.

The fourth and final shot-on-film entry in this notorious and unlikely hit franchise, FACES OF DEATH IV was the only release in the series to receive a traditional, national theatrical release in the United States. Produced nearly a decade after the shocking original film, and well after the first three volumes had gained cult infamy and outrage on home video, this installment offers the weirdest, wackiest, and most blatantly unbelievable demonstrations of the demise of countless unlucky souls. A product of its time, the film underscores a shift from the stark, seemingly sincere ethnographic and political surveys of the first three entries into a more classic exploitation style marked by a wicked, gonzo wink back at the viewer. Vinegar Syndrome Archive is excited to bring this altogether distinct and charged look at the many Faces of Death to 4K UHD and Blu-ray, newly restored from its original negative.

directed by: Susumu Saegusa, John Alan Schwartz, Andrew Theopolis
starring: James B. Schwartz
1990 / 93 min / 1.33:1 / English Mono

Additional info:

• 2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region A Blu-ray
  
• 4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range
• Newly scanned and restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative
• Scarred for Life (17 min) - the history and cultural legacy of Faces of Death
• Isolated music track
• Reversible cover artwork
• English SDH subtitles