The Faces of Demise remake has now secured a launch date. The unique 1978 film stays one of the controversial films within the historical past of cinema, and director Danial Goldhaber is poised to share his up to date tackle it.
The Faces of Demise remake is now confirmed to launch in theaters on April 10 of this yr. Shudder and Impartial Movie Firm have secured the North American distribution rights to the horror flick, which is able to mark the latter firm’s widest launch to this point. A short censored teaser was additionally dropped as a part of the announcement. Test it out beneath:
The unique movie was met with a whirlwind of controversy because of rumors that it featured real-life deaths. This ended up being partially true, with the fake documentary together with archival footage of actual human and animal deaths, however the movie’s most stunning moments have been staged.
Nonetheless, the rumors helped to propel the unique Faces of Demise to field workplace success, with a worldwide gross reported to be over $35 million. This field workplace success got here regardless of principally adverse opinions from critics.
Goldhaber’s remake will embrace a tech-focused spin with loads of nods to the unique, together with leaning into the query of whether or not what’s on display screen is actual or not. Learn the synopsis beneath:
A lady (Barbie Ferreira) working as a content material moderator for a significant video platform discovers what seems to be re-enactments of murders from the unique [Faces of Death]. In an internet world the place nothing may be trusted, she should decide whether or not the violence is fiction, or unfolding in actual time.
Along with Ferreira, who’s finest recognized for starring in Euphoria, the brand new Faces of Demise forged consists of Dacre Montgomery (Stranger Issues), Jermaine Fowler (The Blackening), Charli XCX, and Josie Totah (Saved by the Bell). Goldhaber co-wrote the script for the movie alongside Isa Mazzei.
For Goldhaber, this up to date Faces of Demise follows success with Cam (2018) and How one can Blow Up A Pipeline (2022). Mazzei wrote the previous and produced the latter, which means the pair have a robust historical past of collaboration.
A serious cause for the success of the unique Faces of Demise was the pre-Web virality relating to the deaths featured within the film. It is unclear if the remake will be capable to recapture this, particularly contemplating many youthful generations will not be accustomed to the unique. Goldhaber addressed this to Selection, expressing that the film has been made to attraction throughout generations:
We needed to make a movie that will attraction as a lot to hardcore followers of the unique as it could to anyone who’s a extra informal horror filmgoer. The film offers with real-world horrors in a approach that’s nonetheless very elevated and entertaining, and it’s additionally very humorous.
It was actually vital to make one thing that honors the unique, honors the mondo horror world that the unique comes from. A part of what was thrilling to us was to have the ability to make a large launch horror film that’s about mondo horror and companies that, however in a approach that gained’t alienate a broader viewers, that may carry that sort of filmmaking to a broader viewers with out diluting it.
Shudder is coming off of a robust 2025, releasing movies like Influencers, Good Boy, V/H/S Halloween, The Ugly Stepsister, and The Rule of Jenny Pen, amongst others. IFC additionally partnered with Shudder to distribute Good Boy, which only recently made headlines for successful the Finest Efficiency in a Horror or Thriller Astra Movie Award for its lead canine efficiency.
Although the Faces of Demise remake is just a few months away from hitting theaters in North America, the movie doesn’t but have worldwide distribution. Information concerning the worldwide rollout might be forthcoming, nonetheless. For now, North American audiences do not have lengthy to attend.
- Launch Date
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April 10, 2026
- Director
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Daniel Goldhaber
- Writers
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Isa Mazzei
- Producers
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Don Murphy, Rick Benattar, Susan Montford, Adam Hendricks, Greg Gilreath