J.T. Petty will direct the remake of the series of gory videotapes, Faces of Death, which became cult faves in the 1970s and '80s for Rouge Pictures, reports Variety.
It's unclear if Michael Carr will return as the aptly named Frances Gross, who in the originals played the Doctor and narrated the deaths.
The first Faces tape came out in 1978; it wasn't immediately a mass hit but slowly caught on among young people.
The gonzo movies depicted the gruesome and varied ways people and animals can die via explicit footage that many viewers believed to be real, including a famous scene in which live monkey brains were served to diners at a restaurant.
