1000 Ways to Die

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1000 Ways to Die
Title screen
Genre	Docufiction, horror, dark comedy, Splatter
Format	Live-action
Written by	Tom McMahon H.A. Arnarson Geoff Miller
Directed by	Tom McMahon
Narrated by	Thom Beers (pilot, U.S. broadcast) Ron Perlman (seasons 1, 2, 3 & 4 U.S. broadcast) Joe Irwin[1] (Season 4,U.S "Tweets from the Dead" Alisdair Simpson (pilot & series 1, 2, 3 & 4 UK broadcast)
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	70
Production
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	Original Productions
Broadcast
Original channel	Spike
Picture format	480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Original run	May 14, 2008 (2008-05-14) – present
Chronology
Related shows	1000 Ways to Lie
External links
Website

1000 Ways to Die is a docufiction anthology television series that premiered on May 14, 2008 on Spike. The program recreates unusual supposed deaths and debunked urban legends^[2] 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 serves as the narrator on every episode since the 3rd episode, except for the past two episodes 'Tweets from the Dead' and 'A New App Called Death', which have had Joe Irwin as a replacement narrator.

Stylization

1000 Ways to Die takes a tongue-in-cheek approach to death through its presentation of stories derived from 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. A frequently recurring motif is that of unsympathetic individuals' choices backfiring on them, resulting in death. The show is filled with black humor (particularly in the narration) which tempers the otherwise somber theme of death. It portrays the deaths using live-action recreations of the events along with expert and sometimes witness testimony, also using graphic CGI animations, similar to those used in the popular TV show CSI, to illustrate the ways people have died. A narration provides background information within each death-story, which all end with titles that are puns on popular figures of speech. 1000 Ways To Die is often rated TV-14 for graphic, gruesome violence, as well as strong language, use of strong sex related dialogue and grotesque portrayals in a comical way.

Episodes

See also

• 1000 Ways to Lie
• List of unusual deaths

References

External links

• 1000 Ways to Die at the Internet Movie Database
• 1000 Ways to Die at TV.com
• Complete Info at http://1000waystodie.info.
• Watch On-Line at www.1000manerasdemorir.com.