‘Faces of Death’ Review: A ’70s-Style B-Horror Movie Taps into the Growing Appetite for Horror That’s ‘Real’

The idea that a sicko like Arthur isn’t just a serial killer — he’s part of the new anything-goes attention economy! — is a provocative but facile idea. Yet that’s part of what gives Faces of Death the texture of a '70s grindhouse movie. They often had ideas too. Faces of Death is ambitious trash, with the courage of its own gaudy thematic grandiloquence.