The ABCs of Death
26 Directors, 26 Ways to Die.
26 Directors, 26 Ways to Die.
Horror
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2013
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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 film comprises 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.
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Runtime:
123 min
Release date:
8 Mar 2013
Country:
NZ, US
Languages:
Korean, English, Spanish, Japanese, German, French
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$21,660
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
It's a feast for fans of the genre and a guaranteed ordeal for everyone else.
– Jeff Shannon,
Seattle Times,
7 Mar 2013
fresh:
An enormously impressive and massively indulgent cornucopia of 26 short films from all over the world.
– Andrew O'Hehir,
Salon.com,
7 Mar 2013
fresh:
At its best when merging shocks with social commentary, this halting compilation improves significantly as it nears the end of the alphabet.
– Jeannette Catsoulis,
New York Times,
7 Mar 2013
rotten:
Most are exercises in sickening bad taste, with an emphasis on human bodily functions.
– V.A. Musetto,
New York Post,
8 Mar 2013
rotten:
Gives a sense of horror movie making learned by rote - at a boy's school where girls have been admitted under sufferance.
– Nigel Floyd,
Time Out,
24 Apr 2013