SoftInloveRox
Horrible, fascist and poorly acted
Doomtomylo
a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.
Lollivan
It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
jewbo23
The faces of gore team are back with more carnage from road accidents, suicides and murders. In this edition we have pretty much more of the same but this time the commentary from our friend Todd Tjersland is about twice as sick. The guy practically orgasms over every section and at time the comments go too far. Almost always he comments on the corpses on show in a sexual manner. Like for example he will mention how the coroner will be having his way with the corpse when it gets to the morgue. I think this guy has some serious issues. Another thing that makes this hard to watch is the terrible added on sounds. Its obvious that the clips are silent yet there are squishy sounds added on and terrible dripping sounds every time we see a drop of blood dripping. There are cheers and even a crying baby sound when we see a dead foetus. Another thing I hated about the comments is that the facts given are almost certainly lies. Hearing about a crazed killer called machete Joe how can anyone believe the tripe they are coming out with? We are also at one point given a recipe for some dish or other while a corpse is shown on screen. The recipe of course includes human flesh.Now we come to the great doctor Vincent van Gore. He is still reading all his terrible links from cards just off camera only this time his is overacting in ways I have never seen in my life. Each of his segments just made me cringe its as hard to watch this guy over act as it is to watch the gore scenes.If you're a fan of read death films then this will appeal as it is full of grizzly bodies and smashed faces. I can see a point to the faces of death films. I get the feeling the only reason they are made is to raise a bit of money to make other films like for example the necro files as that was made by the same people as this. But on its own the faces of gore films are just boring really.3/10
Paul Andrews
Faces of Gore 2 starts with one of those warnings that what your about to see contains graphic imagery & is not suitable for persons of a weak disposition, blah, blah, blah. After that we are treated to the most tacky & embarrassing on screen graphic I've seen, a skull & crossbones with the skulls eyes flashing red, oh please. The next paragraph of text is both interesting & revealing 'Ladies and Gentlemen in the interest of privacy for the families of the deceased and for dramatic purposes, certain names and circumstances have been changed. However, the footage you are about to see is entirely REAL.' Basically this depraved documentary offers up gruesome clips of real death & injury while adding a supposedly funny, witty & amusing commentary track that has absolutely nothing to do with the actual events being shown. We, the viewer that is, are then introduced to our guide through the world of Faces of Gore, one Dr. Vincent Van Gore Assistant Chief Pathologist American Institute of Gornology. It gets worse as this guy just shouts inane comments & shakes his fists in the air or plays with fake brains, this is amateur hour kiddies. Faces of Gore 2's first segment is entitled 'Crash' & revolves around traffic accidents, we witness the removal of three young women's mutilated bodies from a wrecked car with the narrator (writer, producer & director Todd Tjersland) making horrible comments about how the morgue attendants will have some fun with their bodies & the nastiest scene involves a poor man whose head has been run over by a truck, cue lots of close-ups of his almost totally destroyed head complete with slow motion replays & more sick insensitive comments. Then Faces of Gore 2 moves onto 'Suicide' where we have the pleasure of seeing a woman who has supposedly blown her brains out because of the cancerous lumps & growths on her breasts, again Tjersland provides some insightful commentary by saying she was a 'wench' & should have committed suicide much earlier & saved her poor husband the pain of having to sleep with her. He also points out that 'in this case not was her wound only life threatening it was life ending'. This segment also features a sequence with horribly burned corpses, as the grisly footage is played a recipe for 'Mama Gore's Casarole' flashes up on screen for a few seconds, this guy Tjersland has serious problems. Then it's 'Murder' which features a baby foetus among the various exploits of 'Machete Joe' & a disgusting scene of a man who is lying in the road with half his head missing. Besides these three main segments Faces of Gore 2 also features a scene of a poor man whose arm has become caught in a printing press & has been crushed, an on screen caption helpfully informs us 'Dr. Gore recommends regular maintenance of all flesh-mangling equipment for optimum performance.' To round things off Faces of Gore 2 does the war footage thing. Todd Tjersland has some issues, I cannot believe someone could come up with a concept such as this & think people would actually enjoy it let alone find it funny. Tjersland talks of police officers stealing victims money & raping their bodies, he talks of how he wished the deceased lived longer & suffered more & it doesn't stop there as he spouts all sorts of sick & inhuman comments during his running commentary. It doesn't even stop with witty remarks either, Tjersland also uses over-the-top comedy sound effects, exaggerated dripping blood & people gasping, reacting in disgust & clapping at the goriest bits. All the footage is real to my eyes & it could have made for a decent documentary but in the hands of Tjersland he turns it into a juvenile sick joke that isn't funny in the slightest. The footage is quite poor in quality much of it obviously shot on a camcorder at crime & accident scenes. Almost all of the clips are after the fact, none of them show any actual on screen killing. Faces of Gore 2 is twisted filth that I just can't see who would gain any sort of entertainment from, definitely one to avoid watch Faces of Death (1979) again instead. One more thing, I have the American DVD released by 'Asfaroth Entertainment' which features a gory still on the back of someone with their face ripped off, a scene which isn't even in Faces of Gore 2.
GathofBaal
Nothing special here, after a few viewings it loses it attraction. Only get if you have some weak-stomached friends you'd like to horrify. The narrator is amusing, and some of the footage is worth a rewind or two, but it only appeals to die hard Real Death fans.
Logan-22
I saw the first FACES OF GORE video last year and thought it was the sickest shockumentary film ever. When I heard they were making a sequel, I thought "Man! There's no way they can top Part 1." Happily, I just watched FACES OF GORE 2 and was proven DEAD WRONG! Part 2 is even SICKER, NASTIER and more SHOCKING than the original, and that means DO NOT WATCH this movie if you are faint of heart because it will make you puke within the first ten minutes! Seriously, I can't show this movie to anybody it's so disgusting (but with a hilariously twisted sense of humor with the narrator making fun of the dead people!). Finally, somebody has made a sequel that is even cooler than the original, so I can't wait for FACES OF GORE 3 and THE BEST OF FACES OF GORE, which are supposed to be coming out on video later this year. I hope they make a bunch more in this series because I will buy them all--no fake or boring stuff on these tapes; it's all totally real (and real gory!). If you like REAL DEATH videos, nothing beats the FACES OF GORE series!!!
