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- 2013
- Not Rated
- Magnet Releasing
- 2 h 9 m
- 2013
- Not Rated
- Magnet Releasing
- 2 h 9 m
Summary A 26-chapter anthology that showcases death in all its vicious wonder and brutal beauty.
- 2013
- Not Rated
- Magnet Releasing
- 2 h 9 m
- 2013
- Not Rated
- Magnet Releasing
- 2 h 9 m
The ABCs of Death
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4.1
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Summary A 26-chapter anthology that showcases death in all its vicious wonder and brutal beauty.
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
43
19% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
63% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
19% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
43
19% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
63% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
19% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
The ABCs of Death is one-stop shopping for deviant cinema, a Pu Pu platter of perversity. It made me laugh hysterically, shout with outrage, wince with discomfort and yearn to hide under the sofa, all by the halfway mark.
Even at thirty seconds a piece, 26 shorts would feel, fittingly, like overkill. The ABCs of Death has no shortage of inventive, ironic and gruesome sketches, but the novelty of its successes just barely outweighs its stillborn stuff.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 49 User Ratings
4.1
20% Positive
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
31% Mixed
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
49% Negative
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 49 User Ratings
4.1
20% Positive
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
31% Mixed
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
49% Negative
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
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At its best when merging shocks with social commentary, this halting compilation improves significantly as it nears the end of the alphabet.
Many of the shorts are visibly impressive, given their scant budgets, and there’s no end of visual and thematic creativity stretched throughout the anthology; there are, after all, a million horrible, memorable ways to die.
A good concept yields scattershot results in this horror-film anthology.
With 26 films, one for each letter of the alphabet, one might expect enough gems in the mix to make up for any stinkers. That's sadly not the case.
Most are exercises in sickening bad taste, with an emphasis on human bodily functions. The biggest stinkers? “T Is for Toilet” and “F Is for Fart.”
i saw this a month ago, and, in a very general sense, it's awesome, it's an interesting idea to begin with: 26 segments, all about death in alphabetical order, then you have some great indie directors, like ti west, adam wingard, xavier gens, marcel... whatever his name is... takashi miike, jason eisener, need i go on? so, i had a lot of fun with this film, each of the segments has a distinct style, which is all you can hope to achieve in five minutes or less, and sometimes it is disgustingly violent, specifically with xxl, which made me physically sick, sometimes it's funny (in a sick way), specifically with nuptials, young buck, klutz and toilet, it's very artistic, which is one of the few things that are consistent in the film, because you have 26 directors, there is going to be a lot of inconsistency, but, for the most part, it remains good, the two segments that i found absolutely terrible are fart and miscarriage... WAS TI WEST EVEN TRYING? highlights include removed, dogfight, bigfoot, exterminate, hydro electric diffusion, libido, nuptials, quack, speed, unearthed, vagitus, xxl, young buck... yeah, a lot of them are great, wtf was amusing but weird, zetsumetsu was entertaining, (genital swordfights... really?), so yeah... i laughed, i cried, i screamed in terror, i screamed in disappointment, but i enjoyed myself, and that's what makes it so good samarathenymph xoxo
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very, VERY uneven, but still good, sick fun for those who enjoy good, sick fun... those who don't will absolutely hate it, dogfight was the best short in my opinion.
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the main problem is that this is just way too uneven to recommend, some of the segments are just disgusting, some are scary, and some are funny, but most of them could have been done better, dogfight, toilet, cycle, young buck, and libido are the best segments, xxl will make any normal person sick, and all of the japanese segments (dear god, i sound so racist) are terrible, especially fart... what the hell was that? but as a whole, it was unique, entertaining, scary and it does just what you expect it to do... watch it if you dare.
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I was not a fan at all of this movie and found it really stupid. I am not a horror movie fan but I wouldn't really consider this horror and it was still bad. Letter M was just a waste of time and shouldn't have even had it in the movie it was so pointless. There were a couple good letters but noting to special to rave over and it was just an overall bad movie.
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This movie doesn't decide what genre it has, great idea! BAD MOVIE! 3 for D letter segment
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Production Company
Magnet Releasing,
Drafthouse Films,
Timpson Films
Release Date Mar 8, 2013
Duration 2 h 9 m
Rating Not Rated
Tagline 26 Directors, 26 Ways to Die
Awards
Leo Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Chicago International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
