Synopsis
1000 Ways to Die (2009), Season 1 is the Spike docu-comedy you can watch online on iFILM — ten episodes, each stitched together from a handful of bizarre, true-ish deaths.
The format is simple and merciless. A drunk man topples onto a rattlesnake. A worker is buried under three tons of sand. Someone freezes to death locked in a mob meat locker. Between the staged scenes, forensic experts, pathologists, toxicologists and herpetologists explain, very calmly, exactly what the body did to give out. Ron Perlman narrates the whole thing in a deadpan that treats every idiotic demise like a nature documentary.
This first season lays down the formula the show ran with for years: real physiology, a pinch of Darwinism, and re-enactments played for grim laughs. Good for fans of dark humor and pop science with zero reverence. Stream 1000 Ways to Die Season 1 online on iFILM.
10 episodes
S1·E1Unforced Errors
208 Semi-cide A man is run over and cut in half by an 18-wheeler. 422 Constriction Accident A construction worker is buried under three tons of sand. 92 Fang Banged A drunk man falls onto a rattlesnake, which bites him near his heart. 832 Lesbocution A woman takes off her high heels and steps barefoot into a puddle with a live wire in it and is electrocuted. 125 Love Bugged A reclusive French amateur entomologist and herpetologist is bitten by his black widow spider. 640 Tumble Die A repairman is accidentally trapped inside an industrial clothes dryer.
S1·E2Death Over Easy
293 Freeze Died: A man, seeking revenge, is locked in a mafia-owned South Philly meat packing freezer; he dies of hypothermia due to stolen meat and a scandal. 713 DiveBombed: Friends suffer decompression after scuba diving in Cabo, crashing their private plane at 12,000 ft, leading to an explosion and the death of all aboard. 91 De-Coffinated: In a Haitian land dispute, one brother poisons the other with tetrodotoxin, leading to paralysis. Presumed dead, he's buried alive, later found suffocated by grave robbers. 606 Wet Dream: A German librarian, donning a waterbed material fish suit, dies of fatal hyperthermia and heat exhaustion while attempting to live like a fish. 112 Fur Burger: In the 2nd century, execution involves wrapping victims in animal skins, tying them to trees, and leaving them for carnivores; one man is eaten alive by vultures.
S1·E3Dead and Deader
A man has a reaction to a rubber suit.
S1·E4Death Gets Busy
A man accidentally takes a bath in acid; a super model eats herself to death; an exploding tire.
S1·E5The Lighter Side of Death
A farm hand gets into trouble with the farmer's daughter; raw snails; a magician bites the bullet.
S1·E6The Good, The Bad, and the Dead
A survivalist has a run in with snakes; a shoplifter jumps in a dumpster.
S1·E7Death Be Not Stupid
A narcoleptic falls asleep on the job; a biker drinks gasoline; a couple die after making love.
S1·E8Cure for the Common Death
The decision by a couple of Ozzy Osborne fans to snort fire ants ends poorly. July 4th reveler does more drinking than thinking - a homemade firecracker takes his head off. For two rock fans, an air guitar duel gets them too much air.
S1·E9Death: A User's Manual
An overeater goes belly up; a body builder juices and loses; a young couple text themselves to death.
S1·E10I See Dead People (and they're cracking me up)
A fatal colonic; a delayed reaction to death; a hot dog thief chokes to death.
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