Death Scenes (1989)

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Avg Rating: 4.1 / 5. Voted: 51

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AKA: Death Scenes 1
Directed by: Nick Bougas
Starring: Anton LaVey
Country: USA; Effed Up American Cinema
Language: English
Runtime: 01:26:33
Genres: Documentary, Gore-Gruesome-Splatter, Killers, SelfHarm-Suicide

Plot – Spoilers:
Anton LaVey hosts the first in what would later become a series – black-and-white images from ’30s and ’40s America featuring inventive ways people have killed themselves, murders, salacious Hollywood gossip, killers, accidents including some freak ones and murdered children.

Maybe it’s the nostalgia of it, but in an era where color-deaths are constantly thrust at you, there is a certain charm in the b&w stills. Death Scenes is relentless as it runs through hundreds of deaths, rarely taking a breather

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Selina Kyle
Selina Kyle
November 30, 2022 2:28 pm

Now that is my cup of tea, reminds me the Faces of Death from the 80s!

Headcheese
Headcheese
September 10, 2022 12:08 am

calming

Charlie Monoxide
Charlie Monoxide
September 6, 2022 1:20 am

Good, interesting documentary, but I do believe SATAN is taking certain liberties with case information. Particularly with Jean Harlow and Paul Bern. For one, she died of kidney failure. It had nothing to do with any injuries she sustained 7 years prior. And I sure wish these neophyte film makers would learn how to mix their sound. Easing the BACKGROUND music down a couple notches will bring up the narration.

nebula nox
nebula nox
August 18, 2022 6:04 pm

euronymous didn’t approve of LaVey, but he did watch gore videos that much we know

ifuckincant
ifuckincant
August 15, 2022 6:04 pm

This was a really fascinating watch. I liked all the early film era deaths and prohibition era murder. Could have probably skipped the part with all the little kids though… :-/ My bad, i’ll just have to block that one out later.

Bambeemer
Bambeemer
August 9, 2022 5:32 pm

Been looking for more films like this since watching the traces of death etc, just watched the next 2 and there just as good

muffles
muffles
August 9, 2022 12:38 am

o/t Having difficulty in which film to watch in tribute to ONJ: Toomorrow is a bit clunky, Grease to obvious and Xanadu is sentimental. If only she had done a hard core porn slasher then my choice would have been so much easier.

MR BRIMSTONE
MR BRIMSTONE
Reply to  muffles
August 9, 2022 10:29 am

Lolololol!!!

Darlene
Darlene
Reply to  muffles
August 15, 2022 4:51 am

And which one are watching in tribute to Anne Heche??

muffles
muffles
Reply to  Darlene
August 15, 2022 9:50 am

None. I have my standards.

Charlie Monoxide
Charlie Monoxide
Reply to  muffles
September 6, 2022 3:46 am

Yeah…12 year olds….

marlene
marlene
August 7, 2022 5:23 pm

laVey has a good speaking voice

MR BRIMSTONE
MR BRIMSTONE
Reply to  marlene
August 9, 2022 10:28 am

Susan Atkins said that as soon as he opened his mouth he sounded like he spoke from an echo chamber and you can hear it on here. Which I personally like.

muffles
muffles
August 7, 2022 1:20 am

Looks like the pavlovian fancies have become attractive. Ding dong to the mutts, eat your kibble like the dump^fuck slaves you are.

Fuck you bastard!!!
Fuck you bastard!!!
August 6, 2022 5:54 am

Ahh, Fucking americans always made fucking disgusting movies, just a time waste!

Joey
Joey
Reply to  Fuck you bastard!!!
August 6, 2022 2:10 pm

At least we don’t love showing nude preteens in our movies like you scab Europeans do

muffles
muffles
Reply to  Joey
August 6, 2022 2:21 pm

US has the biggest market of child porn in the world. Not forgetting that both twitter and facebook business plans rely on advertising that is costed by usage figures and driven by a very healthy grooming of children. FB is second most popular place for groomers. The US tops both demand and supply. Even going back in history, Frank Sinatra did the round robin with his friends and a very young Natalie Wood. As he had not invited Kirk Douglas, kirk just raped her so bad she needed hospital treatment.

I will give you the uber sex pest of Klaus Kinski who more or less openly admitted to fucking his daugters but mostly when it comes to pedo behaviour the world looks to the US

Charlie Monoxide
Charlie Monoxide
Reply to  muffles
September 6, 2022 3:44 am

And you know all about this because, why? Shopping? Looking to do some grooming?

BTW, you’re wrong, sugar pudding. Quit making shit up and leave the kids alone.

Charlie Monoxide
Charlie Monoxide
Reply to  Fuck you bastard!!!
September 6, 2022 3:40 am

Actually it’s Russia and Eastern Europe, derp. Then the middle East…. and then…. wait for it…. WESTERN EUROPE. The U.S., Japan and Australia are seeing marked increases, however. And China…. Well, fuck China. And their goddamn virus.

Now,, at 41:01 they discuss “an ill-fated homosexual encounter.” You make sure to pay attention. It could save you life.

MR BRIMSTONE
MR BRIMSTONE
August 5, 2022 10:36 pm

Is it possible for a film to be classic yet underrated at the same time? I think that this is a prime example of that being true. The vintage in these pictures is in someways more disturbing than they would be in color. The whole eerie vibe that accompanies black and white just brings a reality to it that falls dead on the ears of the post-internet world, but it’s true just the same (I tread lightly on mentioning titles on here,. But go watch a certain B&W Scorsese film about boxing and compare it with rocky to get the jest of what I am saying). This
shockumentary is good on it’s own merit. But it definitely wouldn’t be as good without Uncle Anton’s
Narration/presentation. The dark, noir ambiance, the opening up of the “good old days” exposing the hemorrhaging wound on the underbelly of the “xtian moral compass” era of American society, the rareness of the selected pics, the fact that this is an early entry into the genre, (and of course, Anton Lavey)
all come together to make
An excellent film! Great job Effeduo admins!

muffles
muffles
Reply to  MR BRIMSTONE
August 6, 2022 12:30 am

Rocky was the better film, it was the first to use a steady cam, the boxing angles were unique at the time. Plus done on a budget of nearly nothing by a first time director. Slow-mo-Bl-n-Wh did look good but was probably one the more duller films of scorsese.
Plenty of films done in b&w I could mention but ..SIr Henry at Rawlinson End.. would not have been as charming in colour.

muffles
muffles
Reply to  muffles
August 6, 2022 3:04 am

My bad SS only wrote the first he did not actually direct it.

MR BRIMSTONE
MR BRIMSTONE
Reply to  muffles
August 9, 2022 10:23 am

I would have to (respectfully) disagree with your take on Rocky.
I remember when it came out and looked just as Hollywood then as it does now. Still a good movie and fucking Stallone, good as he was in that role, paled in comparison to Meridith!

Eevie
Eevie
August 5, 2022 9:55 pm

Ave Satanas

MR BRIMSTONE
MR BRIMSTONE
Reply to  Eevie
August 5, 2022 10:38 pm

Hail Satan!

fred fat
fred fat
August 5, 2022 9:34 pm

real death images are always disappointing – no match for movie deaths – oh i forgot to say im the first person to die whilst leaving a comment

muffles
muffles
Reply to  fred fat
August 6, 2022 12:18 am

Shinzo Abe shooting was pretty good for a real life.

fred fat
fred fat
Reply to  muffles
August 6, 2022 9:38 pm

ill wait for the movie version

Shan Eyes
Shan Eyes
Reply to  fred fat
August 30, 2022 9:14 pm

Don’t blame me, Fred. I took a shot at you with my sniper rifle and missed. It was someone else who knocked you off.