IFC Drops Red Band Trailer for Faces of Death Reimagining Starring Barbie Ferreira

Barbie Ferreira uncovers disturbing recreated death videos in IFC’s modern take on Faces of Death.

IFC Drops Red Band Trailer for Faces of Death. — Barbie Ferreira Leads Modern Reimagining

IFC said, “Oh, you thought that was it?”

Not to be outdone by its own feature announcements today, IFC also dropped the red band trailer for Faces of Death, and this time, the infamous title returns with a very different energy.

Directed by Daniel Goldhaber, the new Faces of Death stars Barbie Ferreira as a website content moderator who begins uncovering a disturbing pattern — a string of violent videos that appear to recreate death scenes from the original 1978 Faces of Death. Her job is simple: determine whether the footage is real.

But as horror history has taught us, nothing tied to this title is ever that simple.

The original 1978 film became legend — not necessarily for craftsmanship, but for its myth. It lived in that murky space between documentary and exploitation, between staged shock and rumored authenticity. For decades, it occupied that “forbidden VHS” corner of horror culture, whispered about as much as it was watched.

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This new iteration, however, is not trying to recreate that grindhouse ambiguity.

It’s polished. It’s slick. It’s designed for a modern audience that grew up with internet horror, viral violence, and the psychological weight of constant content consumption. Instead of faux-documentary shock, we’re getting something much closer to a serial killer slasher thriller wrapped in digital paranoia.

The killer, according to the premise, is attempting to recreate iconic deaths from the original series — blurring homage with obsession. That concept alone gives the film a meta-layer that feels very 2026. It’s not just about death. It’s about how death is consumed.

Ferreira headlines a surprisingly stacked cast that includes Charli XCX, Jermaine Fowler, Jared Bankens, and Aaron Holliday — bringing serious mainstream visibility to a title that once existed purely on cult status and controversy.

The red band trailer doesn’t look terrible. In fact, it looks calculated. Tension-driven. Less about shock for shock’s sake and more about unraveling a mystery rooted in violent media and digital culture.

The real question will be resonance.

Can a film so tied to grindhouse lore translate into something that works for today’s general audience without losing its edge? The original Faces of Death will forever sit in that strange pantheon of horror-adjacent snuff mythos — controversial, murky, and culturally infamous. This version looks intent on stepping into a more structured thriller lane.

Whether that gamble pays off remains to be seen.

For now, IFC has thrown the first punch.

Check out the red band trailer and let us know — is this a worthy evolution of the name, or should some legends stay buried?