The ABCs of Death

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The ABCs of Death

2013

2h 3m

Horror

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An anthology of stories helmed by more than two dozen directors details 26 ways to die, each corresponding to a different letter of the alphabet.

Critics Consensus

As is often the case with anthology films, The ABCs of Death is wildly uneven, with several legitimately scary entries and a bunch more that miss the mark.

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Catherine Shoard

Guardian

04/25/2013

2/5

It presents 26 disparate (read: in need of an editor) slices of dicing from 26 directors you've almost certainly never heard of (and indeed, the one you have - Ben Wheatley - feels tainted by association).

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Rebecca Ellis

Little White Lies

04/25/2013

3/5

The fans will love. The faint-hearted won't.

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Nigel Floyd

Time Out

04/24/2013

2/5

Gives a sense of horror movie making learned by rote - at a boy's school where girls have been admitted under sufferance.

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

09/22/2023

4/5

The volume of shorts contained in this anthology set the film apart from its predecessors, as the audience doesn't have time to get bored with any shorts and the effective scenes will stick with them for quite some time.

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

07/24/2019

With each segment running at roughly five minutes in length, there's an inordinate amount of forgettable entries, but that's not to say it's not worth a look.

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Naila Scargill

Exquisite Terror

02/28/2019

The real standout is "Dogfight" from Marcel Sarmiento, an unsettling piece that lingers longer than any other story here.

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Steven F.

@SteveGotScored Feb 22

One of the best horror anthologies ever!

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Tim M

@tgmacman Jul 17

While showing sporadic flashes of creativity, The ABCs of Death is otherwise a distasteful lesson in nonsensical horror.

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Rhys T

@Horrorfan99 02/12/2025

Out of 26, I’d say less than 5 of the segments got my attention. However, I commend the experimental aspects of this film.

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Tom T

@TommyHalfPot 12/20/2024

Obviously a project like this is going to give you a mixed bag. Absolutely love the concept though. Literally all over the map with storytelling, style and general approach. You gotta give it to the Japanese, they stay true to their insanity standards. The back end of the letters carry the film.

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Sarah E

@buffff 12/13/2024

What a joke embarrassing pathetic I don't know what else to say but what a waste of my life watching this

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Sabrina D

@RT33606184 09/28/2024

This movie was insane! And I get where many reviewers are coming from in terms of disturbing content and low budget/over the top. But humanity is frequently predatory, depraved, vapid-and broke. All of which are on full display here. It's not meant to make you feel a simple thrill, knowing full-well that you're safe on your couch. It's supposed to make you wonder what worms are crawling in the minds of those around you. Your neighbor, your coworker, your lover...perhaps yourself? The stories don't flow, nor are they supposed to. Their disjointedness elevates the unnerving nature of the film as a whole. It was gross, it was dumb, it was funny, it was confusing, and somehow scary when it didn't mean to be. It was like watching humanity watch itself. Did I cringe? Yes. Did I get nauseated? Also yes. Did I watch it entirely, read the reviews, then post this? Absofrigginlutely.

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Synopsis

An anthology of stories helmed by more than two dozen directors details 26 ways to die, each corresponding to a different letter of the alphabet.

Director: Angela Bettis, Hélène Cattet, Ernesto Díaz Espinoza, Jason Eisener, Bruno Forzani, Adrián García Bogliano, Xavier Gens, Noboru Iguchi, Thomas Cappelen Malling, Jorge Michel Grau, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Simon Rumley, Marcel Sarmiento, Jon Schnepp, Srdjan Spasojevic, Timo Tjahjanto, Andrew Traucki, Nacho Vigalondo, Jake West
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
Production Co: Magnet Releasing
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 8, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 22, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $7.0K
Runtime: 2h 3m

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