Death Scenes (1989)
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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
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
Shinzo Abe shooting was pretty good for a real life.
ill wait for the movie version
Ave Satanas
Hail Satan!
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!
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.
My bad SS only wrote the first he did not actually direct it.
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!
Ahh, Fucking americans always made fucking disgusting movies, just a time waste!
At least we don’t love showing nude preteens in our movies like you scab Europeans do
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
Looks like the pavlovian fancies have become attractive. Ding dong to the mutts, eat your kibble like the dump^fuck slaves you are.
laVey has a good speaking voice
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.
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.
Lolololol!!!
Been looking for more films like this since watching the traces of death etc, just watched the next 2 and there just as good