The ABCs of Death

Name: The ABCs of Death
Genre: Horror
Released: March 8, 2013
Duration: 123 min
Rating: 43
Cast: Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Iván González, Kyra Zagorsky, Lucy Clements

2013

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Magnet Releasing | Release Date: March 8, 2013 | Not Rated

Starring: Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Iván González, Kyra Zagorsky, Lucy Clements

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

Director: Adam Wingard and Adrián García Bogliano and Anders Morgenthaler and Andrew Traucki and Angela Bettis and Banjong Pisanthanakun and Ben Wheatley and Bruno Forzani and Ernesto Díaz Espinoza and Hélène Cattet and Jake West and Jason Eisener and Jon Schnepp and Jorge Michel Grau and Kaare Andrews and Lee Hardcastle and Marcel Sarmiento and Nacho Vigalondo and Noboru Iguchi and Simon Rumley and Srdjan Spasojevic and Thomas Cappelen Malling and Ti West and Timo Tjahjanto and Xavier Gens and Yoshihiro Nishimura and Yudai Yamaguchi

Genre(s): Horror

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 123 min

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Andrew O'Hehir

Mar 7, 2013

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. Read full review

Mar 2, 2013

Tellingly, this horror anthology's finest entries convey how real horror comes in more than shades of red, and how it lives inside us all. Read full review

Justin Lowe

Mar 8, 2013

Stronger in concept than execution. Read full review

Tasha Robinson

Mar 6, 2013

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. Read full review

Marjorie Baumgarten

Mar 20, 2013

A good concept yields scattershot results in this horror-film anthology. Read full review

Joshua Rothkopf

Mar 5, 2013

Only Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani, directors of 2009’s stylish Amer, emerge intact with “O Is for Orgasm,” a surging montage of fluid colors and moans. Read full review

V.A. Musetto

Mar 7, 2013

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.” Read full review

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epicmorganguy

Mar 17, 2013

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Cherryxld

Nov 23, 2014

The ABC of death es una película con muertes disparatadas (no todas), pero su idea de buscar a varios directores para que cada uno representara una letra la hace un tanto original.

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tylernorton

Mar 17, 2013

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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extrafizz

Mar 17, 2013

this movie must have been a wonderful concept on paper, but through some particularly craptacular segments, (YES TI WEST, I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU), the execution of the concept was just very poor, i do give it props for trying though, libido and removed tie for the best segment.

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marxblom

Mar 10, 2013

The idea of "The ABCs of Death" is not bad, on the contrary. The idea might have actually worked in a 2 hour movie, but as we saw on the screen is really bad. As a film of 26 segments can say that there are some good and some bad, but in this movie about 80% of the segments and bad, poorlyThe idea of "The ABCs of Death" is not bad, on the contrary. The idea might have actually worked in a 2 hour movie, but as we saw on the screen is really bad. As a film of 26 segments can say that there are some good and some bad, but in this movie about 80% of the segments and bad, poorly worked, a waste of money that could is in the hands of several families of Africa and no doubt an attack to good taste."The ABCs of Death" would be better spent on TV with a segment of at least 20 minutes, but the way we see. "M is for Miscarriage" anyone with a camera and red dye could repeat that thread and maybe it would be better than what we see on screen (BIG WASTE OF MONEY). "I is for the Ingrown" gives us a sense of emptiness, because it explains nothing of what we see on screen. "G is for Gravity" is even emptier than the previous one where not even an actor can be seen on the scene (MUCH BETTER SEE A VIDEO ON ANY INTERNET). "Would be F Fart" is a violation of horror films like The Evil Dead I think this qualifies or segment with a black comedy. "L is for Libido" and "Y is for Young Buck" come to sound offensive by exposing young people to certain situations. These are examples of segments that do not work or work poorly and we give the impression that a boy twelve years old with a digital camera with the budget that the directors had managed to do something better.More segments are not all bad, bad, or regular. "D is for the Dogfigth" and an example of good use of cinematography and gives us the impression that this is not part of the film. The movements are perfect, the plot and clearly understandable, there was a good investment on the part of the director. "X is for XL" try conveying a message in the wrong way, but it failed in all one of the few segments that give a dose of suspense. "V is for vagitus" should have a movie solo, because the idea could be better crafted. This segment and the second makes us think we're seeing another movie.Well, if you want to laugh a little, have a little fright and feel sick with the twelve and twelve fake blood (because in certain scenes is clearly noticeable that the blood used and false, very false and FALSE) then go to the cinema and watch "The ABCs of Death", but have patience, because at times you will say exactly the theme of the segment "W is for the WTF!"… Expand

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kuehnau

Sep 8, 2015

The ABC's of Death is a unique concept, but ultimately falls short on delivery. A collection of short 'horror' stories all revolving around death, each short story is supposed to be written around a letter of the alphabet. A large majority of these have barely, if anything in common with theThe ABC's of Death is a unique concept, but ultimately falls short on delivery. A collection of short 'horror' stories all revolving around death, each short story is supposed to be written around a letter of the alphabet. A large majority of these have barely, if anything in common with the letter they are supposed to represent. It's as if the writers and directors simply didn't have enough energy to make an attempt to film anything worthwhile.

Another major issue here is that most (if not all) of the movies are foreign, this in itself wouldn't be a big issue, but it appears many of them are from Eastern countries such as Japan. Americans watching this movie will find it hard, if not impossible to connect with most of the films, unless farts, living in someone's anus, and large penises with razor blades coming out of them is their thing.

If the writing was more varying, if 99% of the film wasn't subtitles and garbage, it would have had a better chance, as is, ABC's of Death is an awful film, the follow up, ABC's of Death 2 is a much better film.… Expand

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sc2tv

Aug 18, 2014

This is not film or move! This is **** And that is all. This is not horror, this is not trash, this is not Comedy. Just **** Please! Please! Dont watch this film otherwise you can get mental problems! "This" can watch only people with mental illnesses! And if you like "this", you must go toThis is not film or move! This is **** And that is all. This is not horror, this is not trash, this is not Comedy. Just **** Please! Please! Dont watch this film otherwise you can get mental problems! "This" can watch only people with mental illnesses! And if you like "this", you must go to treated in nuthouse.… Expand

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