Faces of Death (2026)

Scolding everyone for treating violence like content while begging them to keep watching is a tough trick, and Faces of Death never decides which side it’s on. Critics called it smart and self-aware. Audiences gave it a C CinemaScore. The setup is sharp. Barbie Ferreira plays Margot, a content moderator at a TikTok-style app called Kino, who clears out the worst posts so nobody else has to see them. When a few clips start to look disturbingly real, her boss waves her off, so she turns to Reddit, and her posts blow up. The movie has fun with the 1978 original, a film famous for footage people swore was real. Ferreira keeps Margot grounded, and Dacre Montgomery plays a phone store employee who is far more than he seems. The last act gets much too rough for younger viewers. It made $2.6 million domestically on a reported $7.4M. A 5.4 because the idea is smarter than the payoff. $67.72 says you thank the next content moderator you meet, which is tricky, because you have never knowingly met one.

What works: The content-moderator setup is fresh and unsettling, and Barbie Ferreira keeps Margot believable as the one person who refuses to look away.

What doesn’t: The final act slides into standard horror-movie mayhem, which undercuts the film’s whole point about how numb audiences have become.

Who it’s for: Grown-up horror fans who like their scares with an argument about the internet attached. Not for kids.