1000 Ways to Die
| 1000 Ways to Die | |
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| Genre | Docufiction, comedy, horror |
| Written by | Tom McMahon H.A. Arnarson Geoff Miller |
| Directed by | Will Raee (Pilot), Tom McMahon |
| Narrated by |
Thom Beers (pilot, U.S. broadcast) Ron Perlman (seasons 1-4 U.S. broadcast) Joe Irwin(season 4, U.S. broadcast) Alisdair Simpson (pilot & series 1-4 UK broadcast) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 74 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Tom McMahon Thom Beers |
| Running time | 21 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Original Productions |
| Distributor | FremantleMedia Enterprises |
| Release | |
| Original network | Spike |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | May 14, 2008 – July 15, 2012 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | 1000 Ways to Lie |
| External links | |
| Website | |
1000 Ways to Die is an anthology television series that premiered on Spike on May 14, 2008, and ended on July 15, 2012. The program recreates unusual supposed deaths and debunked urban legends and includes interviews with experts who describe the science behind each death. Up until the end of season one, the final story of each episode showed actual footage of dangerous situations that almost ended in death, along with interviews with people involved in the situations. A portion of these deaths have been nominated for or have received a Darwin Award. Ron Perlman served as the narrator on every episode since the third episode (with Thom Beers narrating the first two episodes); beginning with the episode "Tweets from the Dead" Joe Irwin was featured as the replacement narrator.
Spike burned off the final four episodes, ending the series with the airing of "Death, The Final Frontier". The show was cancelled after the producers and stars of the show ran a strike against the network. Reruns can be found on Comedy Central most Sunday mornings.
1000 Ways to Die takes a tongue-in-cheek dark humor with approach to death through its presentation of stories derived from both myths and science, and the show makes liberal use of artistic license to significantly embellish or change the circumstances of real-life incidents that resulted in death for greater entertainment value. Not only are the names changed, but substantial amounts of the locations, dates and context. One notable exception is the accurate description of the death of Harry Houdini.
A frequently recurring motif is that of unsympathetic individuals' choices backfiring on them, resulting in death.
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