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The ABCs of Death

2012

Angela Bettis, Hélène Cattet ...

Dallas Malloy, Kyra Zagorsky, Peter Pedrero, Fraser Corbett ...

4.7

1,613

Horror 26 letters. 26 directors. 26 ways to die. The idea couldn’t be simpler: each filmmaker is given a letter, and total freedom to create a short film where death plays a prominent role. This way, an anthology of exquisite corpses is built in what is, without a doubt, one of the most ambitious projects that genre has come to know in its entire film history (not in vain, the production has spread out over fifteen different countries). The ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Rob Nelson Variety	"'The ABCs of Death' is an appallingly bad concoction of disgusting shorts that run through the alphabet but really should've stopped at 'A'."	NEG
United States	Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"At its best when merging shocks with social commentary, this halting compilation improves significantly as it nears the end of the alphabet"	NEU
United Kingdom	Catherine Shoard The Guardian	"Twenty-six horror directors concoct a death for each letter of the alphabet - but there's not much intentional fun here (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Justin Lowe The Hollywood Reporter	"More erratic than consistently frightful, 'The ABCs of Death' might have benefited from firmer curatorial guidance, but at least it’s laid the groundwork for developing a number of potentially effective feature-length films"	NEU
United States	Brad Miska Bloody Disgusting	"Even through the film’s best shorts (...) the project just felt overtly long and fragmented. The problem reviewing such a film is that, while some of the shorts warranted a perfect score, others deserved much less."	NEU

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