Remake of banned horror film showing real-life deaths finally gets UK release

Viewers were left convinced that the gruesome mockumentary was real (Picture: Faces of Death)

A reboot of a controversial 70s horror film that was banned after disturbing audiences with footage of real-life deaths is finally getting a UK release.

Notorious mondo shockumentary Faces of Death was released in 1978 and was presented as if it were a real documentary centring on pathologist Francis B. Gröss (Michael Carr) who shows viewers footage of deaths.

Despite several viewers being convinced that th...