6.1
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Faces of Death (2026)
Faces of Death (2026)
Overview
Faces of Death (2026), directed by Daniel Goldhaber, is a horror reimagining of the 1978 shockumentary. Content moderator Margot Romero (Barbie Ferreira) discovers graphic videos on a social media platform that appear to re-enact death scenes from the original film, questioning their authenticity. Co-starring Dacre Montgomery as Arthur Spevak and Josie Totah as Samantha Gravinsky.
Starring Cast
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Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Neutral
Family Values: Mixed
Viewer Rating
6.1
Overview
Faces of Death (2026), directed by Daniel Goldhaber, is a horror reimagining of the 1978 shockumentary. Content moderator Margot Romero (Barbie Ferreira) discovers graphic videos on a social media platform that appear to re-enact death scenes from the original film, questioning their authenticity. Co-starring Dacre Montgomery as Arthur Spevak and Josie Totah as Samantha Gravinsky.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film's central conflict critiques social media's commodification of violence and erosion of empathy, reflecting progressive concerns over technology's societal harms. This thematic focus on the attention economy and content moderation's moral perils determines the left-leaning orientation.
Visible diversity appears in the casting with minority actors in lead and supporting roles. The narrative examines internet culture and violence without centering critiques of traditional identities.
Secondary
Queer protagonist Margot exhibits dignity and agency in confronting digital-age terrors, validating her identity through survival. A gay ally's demise adds a layer of concern via sacrificial tropes, while other LGBT elements remain peripheral, yielding an even-handed portrayal without strong uplift or denigration.
Family depictions are peripheral and unsubstantiated, limited to a protagonist's traumatic sibling loss as backstory and a brief, unexplored father-son kidnapping amid the horror of online violence. Without central family arcs or commentary on norms, the narrative remains neutral on family structures and values.
The film contains no identifiable transgender characters or themes. Josie Totah portrays Samantha Gravinsky, an influencer victim in the slasher narrative, without any exploration of trans identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 2026 Faces of Death presents an original narrative with new characters such as a female content moderator and a male serial killer recreating deaths from the source material, without altering the gender of any canonical figures from the original series.
Faces of Death (2026) presents an original narrative with newly created characters, such as content moderator Margot Romero and serial killer Arthur Spevak, lacking prior canonical racial establishments from source material.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.3
5.6
Critic Ratings
N/A
6.3
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