Faces of Death ending explained: Director and cast break down the movie’s gory finale

In Faces of Death, filmmakers Daniel Goldhaber and Isa Mazzei (Cam, How to Blow Up a Pipeline), update the original cult classic “shockumentary” for the Instagram Reels era. John Alan Schwartz’s 1978 Faces of Death presents (mostly) fake footage of death and violence as the real thing, while in the 2026 film, a social-media-platform content moderator named Margot (Barbie Ferreira) becomes obsessed with an anonymous user who’s posting violent clips inspired by that infamous ’70s VHS tape. Convinced these viral videos are real snuff films, she tracks down the killer, Arthur (Dacre Montgomery), leading to a violent confrontation, as the movie pivots from internet-noir thriller into traditional slasher territory for a bloodsoaked finale.