Traces Of Death - Vol. 1-5 [Box Set]

When you drive past a bad car accident you always look to see just how bad the scene is.....Watching these movies are the same sort of thing. You watch them to see how unforgiving the world can be, and to see what sort of atrocities are out there. To put it simply you watch them because of morbid curiosity.

First off, if your bothered by blood and death then DO NOT watch these films. OR Do watch them to numb your gross out factor. They are not for weak stomached people thats for sure. All of the compliled footage and photos on the Traces of Death series are infact REAL. Another reviewer stated that the "Faces of Death" series is all real and the Traces series is fake.....Which is far from the truth. The old cheesy Faces of Death is the series that has a lot of fake stuff, mainly reinactments of stories. Traces of Death is 100% real footage. So yes sometimes the footage is grainy because it was shot by a random on looker, or an amateur photographer. We can't expect professional photographers to be on site at every catastrophic event can we?

The first Traces has some horrific scenes including an actual suicide, a grizzly shot of a man being run over by an Race Car, and a man that gets eaten by lions in front of his family. The music on this one is cheesy keyboard music, but all and all this is probably the "worst" or "most shocking" of the set.

The second film has starts the beginning of a death metal background score. It contains scenes of people falling out of burning buildings, shootings, and a wicked scene of a man being quartered by two Jeeps.

The third film is more of the same sort of stuff, death & death metal. The final scene on this one is a brutal execution scene involving the El Salvador death squade....this one is barbaric.

The forth and fifth are sort of the lacking ones of the set. The forth is more blood and guts with nothing really new or interesting. On the fifth tape the producers got a little too carried away with the whole backyard wrestling stuff ( it consumes at least half of the tape). The only real interesting scene on the fifth tape is concluding scene which is the legendary LA Highway Suicide scene.

If your curious about these shockumentary type films watch one of these films, but beware as these are no joke. Traces of Death are in fact all real footage. These movies are interesting, but they really make the rest of your day kind of dark. For me watching them is only a morbid curiosity to what is out there, nothing more.
If you like Death metal movies 2-5 have some great bands like Dismember, Gorefest, Sinister and many others (from the relapse record label).
All and all these are the best shock films around, you might want to get them now before they stop selling them.

I love the five video set and am glad to see that it's available as a collectors set. Please contact me with any questions.
I am knowledgeable about embalming, autopsy and shock videos and am happy to share information. There are bootlegged Traces out there so you want to be careful, contact me before you purchase Traces.

Entertaining? Yes. Informative? Absolutely. There is a side of the world that some of us consider too dark to even talk about it. This videos show us that dark side in its truest form. It shows the brutality and inhumanity of many in the world. The scenes are gory, brutal and cold. Is an eye opener to see this things. You'll never be the same after viewing this videos.

I am a big fan of this video series, much better than Faces of Death. Traces is a more professional and realistic video collection.If you are interested in death related materials please feel free to contact me. I'm happy to help anyone who wants to learn more.

As I stepped into my local video store, down the street from my appartment, I noticed a sign in the window reading, "Traces of Death Banned". I didn't know exactly what that meant, but once I entered the store, I read a little white sign on the desk. It said, "Because of serious graphic content and disgusting imagery, Traces of Death has been banned in this video store. Sorry for any inconvieniences." I wasn't upset. I rented Stephen King's "It" and left with a can of Mountain Dew in my hand and the video under my left arm.
A few days later, after watching my movie I rented from the store, I signed onto the internet to search for something. Once again, for some reason, I stumbled upon the words, "Traces of Death." Was this some kind of bad or good omen? I needed to know why I continued to see this title.
A day or two passed until I signed onto ebay and searched for "Traces". I found it, sealed, and in mint condition for $19.99. I won the auction and it came to my front door shortly after.
When it arrived, I hesitated, then popped it in my video machine, not aware of the fim's content. As the first scene turned on, I was captivated in utter terror and disgust.
A man being shot, a cow being mutilated, and other tragic death scenes filled my eyes. Sweat ran down my cheeks, and I had nightmares of death for months.

If you have a stomach and mind as strong as steel, you'll want to buy this video tape. If real death is not what you could handle, do not make this purchase.

I just saw one video, but a whole box set (#1-4) is way too much for me. Please take this review as a warning, don't buy this if you are a weak individual.

***** Five Stars. Sick as can be!