A woman, employed as a website content moderator, comes across a series of violent videos reproducing death scenes from a film.
Ratings
Curator score: 2.1/10
IMDb: 5.8/10
Letterboxd: 2.92/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 68%
Metacritic: 65
TMDB: 5.5/10
Director
Daniel Goldhaber
Production
Legendary Pictures, Angry Films, Divide / Conquer
Cast
Barbie Ferreira, Dacre Montgomery, Josie Totah, Aaron Holliday, Jermaine Fowler, Charli xcx, Kurt Yue, Ash Maeda, Sam Malone, Tiffany Colin, Tadasay Young, Jared Bankens, Betsy Borrego, Jonathan Shores, Matt Story, Casey Ferrand, Paris Peterson, Isa Mazzei, Kyle Nordby, Nathaniel Woolsey
Curator Review
Verdict
A sharp, nasty meta-horror about online violence, content moderation, and the way audiences turn atrocity into entertainment. It sounds most rewarding when it leans into social satire and media critique, though the concept may be more compelling than the shocks for some viewers.
Best for
Viewers who like meta-horror with a media-satire edge
Fans of ugly, modern internet-age thrillers
People who enjoy horror that comments on audience complicity
Viewers open to a loud, gnarly, crowd-pleasing tone
Skip if
You want straightforward slasher mechanics without self-awareness
You’re tired of screenlife, internet, or algorithm-era horror
You prefer restrained, atmospheric horror over confrontational violence
You dislike films that prioritize concept and commentary over character depth
Overview
Faces of Death updates exploitation-era shock value for the age of feeds, moderation queues, and viral cruelty. The premise is immediately legible and smart: a worker tasked with filtering violent content gets pulled into a mystery that turns her job into the movie’s central nightmare. That gives the film a built-in tension between spectacle and disgust, which is exactly where its best ideas live.
Worth noting
The response suggests a movie that is sharp, loud, and self-aware, with enough momentum to play well in a crowd. It seems to understand that modern horror is often less about what’s on screen than how quickly we learn to scroll past it. When it clicks, the film looks like a pointed satire of online desensitization as much as a thriller.
Bottom line
Still, this is likely to be a divisive watch. If you want a clean genre machine, it may feel overstuffed or too interested in its own premise; if you want a contemporary horror film with bite, attitude, and a mean streak, it should land better. The sweet spot is viewers who like their horror messy, topical, and a little bit nasty.
Top Letterboxd reviews
-ˏˋ mak ˊˎ- (2★) · 2961 likes
it’s okay charli xcx do whatever accent you want baby
mck (3★) · 2507 likes
boldly asks what if jigsaw had tiktok
hugeasmammoth (4★) · 1999 likes
the gay roommate just getting dragged into her mess… kinda felt bad
Karsten (4★) · 1693 likes
Loud + gnarly + smart + so fun. This guy would be one of our greatest Kick streamers
daniel goldhaber · 1455 likes
Incredible to see this with an audience after all these years. Most importantly finally got to show it to my mom and dad. Hope everyone enjoys it.
Give the people what they want :)