Traces of Death
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| Written by | Damon Fox |
| Based on | Faces of Death |
| Narrated by | Damon Fox |
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| Distributed by | Brain Damage Films |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
| Template:Pluralize from text | United States |
| Template:Pluralize from text | English |
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Traces of Death is a 1993 American mondo film that consists of various scenes of stock footage depicting death and real scenes of violence.
Summary
Unlike the earlier Faces of Death which usually included fake deaths and reenactments, Traces consists mostly of actual footage depicting death and injury, and consists also of archival footage from other films. It was written and narrated by Damon Fox.
Production
In the first two films of the series, Damon Fox was the narrator. Darrin Ramage, who would later become the founder of Brain Damage Films, would become the host for the third, fourth and fifth volumes. Unlike Faces of Death, the footage throughout the entire films are real and are not staged or reenacted. Starting with Traces of Death II, scenes were accompanied by background music from death metal and grindcore bands.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
In Traces of Death, some notable scenes are included in the film, the murder of Maritza Martin,Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. the Iranian Embassy siege in London,Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. the suicide of Pennsylvania treasurer R. Budd Dwyer,Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. and the archive footage of the evidence of Ilse Koch.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack for Traces of Death used tracks by J. R. Bookwalter from the 1989 film Robot Ninja.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. Later in Traces of Death III, the first soundtrack album was released on CD.
Traces of Death III soundtrack
The soundtrack for Traces Of Death III was released on CD by Relapse Records in 1995.[1] The music featured in the film include:
- "Regina Confessorum" by Dead World
- "Orgy of Self-Mutilation" by Dead World
- "Brainpan Blues" by Pungent Stench
- "Revenge" by Core
- "Traces of Death" by Mortician
- "Frozen in Time" by Kataklysm
- "Slaughtered" by Hypocrisy
- "Stained" by Purge
- "Sadistic Intent" by Sinister
- "Violent Generation" by Brutality
- "Skin Her Alive" by Dismember
- "Into the Bizarre" by Deceased
- "Low" by Gorefest
- "Vanished" by Meshuggah
- "Open Season" by Exit-13
- "Nightstalker" by Macabre
- "Blood Everywhere" by Dead World
- "Down on Whores" by Benediction
- "God Is a Lie" by Hypocrisy
- "Bodily Dismemberment" by Repulsion
- "Darkened Soul" by Core
- "I Lead You Towards Glorious Times" by Merzbow
Controversy
The original Traces of Death has run into controversy worldwide due to its graphic content.
In 1997, Amy Hochberg, a woman living in Coaldale, Pennsylvania rented the film from a video store and was so disgusted by the film's content that she considered keeping the tape to prevent children from procuring it from the store. She also contacted multiple animal rights groups after witnessing a scene in the film wherein a pig is experimented on with a blowtorch.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. She also lodged a complaint with the video store she had rented it from, as from the packaging she had thought the film was going to be merely "911 calls with a little more".[2]
In June 2005, the British Board of Film Classification refused to give the first film an age certificate, effectively banning it. The BBFC considered the film to have "no journalistic, educational or other justifying context for the images shown", while also suggesting that the film could potentially breach UK law under the Obscene Publications Act.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.[3]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Various - Traces Of Death III Dead And Buried, 1995, retrieved 14 August 2022
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Horror videotape goes too far for viewer – movie rental in Lansford spurs woman to bring complaint to Attorney General's office". The Morning Call. 4 March 1997. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Traces Of Death". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
Further reading
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kerekes, David; Slater, David (1995). Killing for Culture: An Illustrated History of Death Film from Mondo to Snuff. Creation Books. ISBN 978-1-871592-20-7.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Petley, Julian (17 May 2011). Film and Video Censorship in Modern Britain. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-0-7486-3093-6.
External links
- Traces of Death at IMDbTemplate:Edit at Wikidata
- Reviews of the sequels (1, 2) at Severed Cinema
- The Directors Cut version of Traces of Death review at Cult Collectibles
