The Directors Cut of Traces of Death contains two scenes that do not appear in the final release.
The first scene is originally from the film Despair by SPK. Despair is “an Infamous underground film made by pioneering Australian industrial band S.P.K. that is part music video, part mondo/death film and part live performance.” The scene in question can be viewed at the 45:52 mark of Despair. The runtime is condensed to 1:27 for its inclusion in Traces of Death.
This scene is the most notorious of the film, however it has been hinted by Dominik Guerin of SPK that it had been faked with plasticine. However, that claim is debatable.
This scene was removed from the final release of Traces of Death for one of three reasons. At request of SPK, because the footage is real and was deemed too extreme, or because it was found out to be faked and not in line with the other real footage in the film.
The second scene has a runtime of 5:21. It shows extreme BDSM torture of a man by Ann Murray. More info on Murray can be found here.
This footage was presumably removed for its explicit sexual content, or to avoid legal repercussions as Murray had been arrested in the past for her films. The exact tape this footage came from is unknown.
The tape also contains the text “For Promotional Purposes Only. Not For Sale or Rental” along the bottom of the screen for the film’s duration.
Currently, this is known to be the only copy of this film. Either digitally or physically.
Listing includes a bonus promotional flyer.
Traces of Death is a 1993 American mondo film that consists of various scenes of stock footage depicting death and real scenes of violence.
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 public domain footage from other films. It was written and narrated by Damon Fox.
The Directors Cut of Traces of Death contains two scenes that do not appear in the final release.
The first scene is originally from the film Despair by SPK. Despair is “an Infamous underground film made by pioneering Australian industrial band S.P.K. that is part music video, part mondo/death film and part live performance.” The scene in question can be viewed at the 45:52 mark of Despair. The runtime is condensed to 1:27 for its inclusion in Traces of Death.
This scene is the most notorious of the film, however it has been hinted by Dominik Guerin of SPK that it had been faked with plasticine. However, that claim is debatable.
This scene was removed from the final release of Traces of Death for one of three reasons. At request of SPK, because the footage is real and was deemed too extreme, or because it was found out to be faked and not in line with the other real footage in the film.
The second scene has a runtime of 5:21. It shows extreme BDSM torture of a man by Ann Murray. More info on Murray can be found here.
This footage was presumably removed for its explicit sexual content, or to avoid legal repercussions as Murray had been arrested in the past for her films. The exact tape this footage came from is unknown.
The tape also contains the text “For Promotional Purposes Only. Not For Sale or Rental” along the bottom of the screen for the film’s duration.
Currently, this is known to be the only copy of this film. Either digitally or physically.
Listing includes a bonus promotional flyer.
Traces of Death is a 1993 American mondo film that consists of various scenes of stock footage depicting death and real scenes of violence.
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 public domain footage from other films. It was written and narrated by Damon Fox.
