Faces of Death IV (1990)

Director
John Alan Schwartz

Main cast
James B. Schwartz; John Zimmerman

Genres
Horror, Documentary

Description
Follows the same pattern of the other Faces of Death movies. In this one we see many staged and not so staged looking deaths ranging from bungee jumping accidents and magic tricks gone bad.


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