The ABCs of Death (2012)

• Year: 2012
• Released: 26 Apr 2013
• Country: United States, New Zealand
• Adwords: 2 wins & 1 nomination
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1935896/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_abcs_of_death
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-abcs-of-death
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English, Spanish, Japanese, German, French, Korean
• MPA Rating: Not Rated
• Genre: Comedy, Horror
• Runtime: 129 min
• Writer: Ant Timpson, Nacho Vigalondo, Adrian Garcia Bogliano
• Director: Kaare Andrews, Angela Bettis, Hélène Cattet
• Cast: Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Iván González, Kyra Zagorsky
• Keywords: woman director, anthology, psychotronic, alphabet,

	4.7/10
	43/100
	37% – Critics
	23% – Audience

The ABCs of Death Storyline

The ABC’s OF DEATH is an ambitious anthology film featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world’s leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children’s educational ABC books, the motion picture is comprised of 26 individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death. Provocative, shocking, funny and ultimately confrontational; THE ABC’s OF DEATH is the definitive snapshot of the diversity of modern horror. Drafthouse Films, Magnet Pictures and Timpson Films are proud to present this alphabetical arsenal of destruction orchestrated by what Fangoria calls “a stunning roll call of some of the most exciting names in horror across the world.”

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From G(enius) to N(ot so good)

I loved some of the shorts! And while they seem to have different lengths (the only thing they actually had to consider was the money and flexible time frame), they also have major differences in quality. You get shorts from directors from all over the world, which means that there are different languages spoken as well.

So some might require you to read subtitles. Yes even for a short it is important to know what they are talking about. Some have more dialog than other of course and you get animated features and some that break the fourth wall (like the letter Q). From extreme to subtle everything is in here and it’s combination something you might like more or less than me. Whatever the case, they seem to have been successful, because a “sequel” is on its way for 2014

Uneven and Thereore Disappointing

A 26-chapter anthology that showcases death in all its vicious wonder and brutal beauty.

Right now, not having seen the second anthology, my thought is that if the bet of both films were edited into one picture and the rest were tossed, this would be a strong anthology. That, of course, will not happen, and we are stuck with this movie as it stands.

The first problem is the length, which is unavoidable when you have 26 segments. But the bigger problem is the sheer number of weak segments. Ti West, one of the rock stars of the genre, creates one of the worst segments. The only one that I can say is objectively worse is “G is for Gravity”, which was pretty awful and if the director was truly given $5,000 to make it, that went right into the pocket.

Adam Wingard, another rock star, provides one of the best segments. I found it both clever and amusing, as well as nicely shot. I have been slow to embrace Wingard because I did not are for “Pop Skull”, but with a short like “Q is for Quack”, he more than makes up for any faults.

A mixed bag

Twenty-six horror stories all dealing with death in one form or another by directors from all over the world must have sounded very promising on paper, but the resultant film is decidedly hit or miss. The key problem is that the brevity of the segments give the directors an inadequate amount of time for the most part to generate much in the way of either tension or creepy atmosphere. However, the bulk of the tales featured herein do deliver oodles of graphic gore and sadistic violence, plus some of the stories are really bizarre and/or outrageous enough to be at least fun to watch. The Bigfoot and Dogfight vignettes prove to be the most potent and impressive, Orgasm packs a strong erotic punch, Libido scores points for its jaw-dropping depravity and perversity alone, Toilet culminates in a hilariously rude’n’crude punchline, Miscarriage seriously fizzles, XXL rates as the single most gruesome , disgusting, and poignant entry, the Fart and Klutz anecdotes are just silly, Pressure feels painfully out of place, the clever self-awareness of Quack hits the sidesplitting spot, and Nuptials boasts a uproariously chatty parrot who spills the beans on a guy’s infidelity with predictably grisly consequences. Pretty uneven, but overall still worthwhile and effective.