The ABCs of Death

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Rhys T Out of 26, I’d say less than 5 of the segments got my attention. However, I commend the experimental aspects of this film. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/12/25 Full Review Tom T 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. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 12/20/24 Full Review Sarah E What a joke embarrassing pathetic I don't know what else to say but what a waste of my life watching this Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 12/13/24 Full Review Sabrina D 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. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/28/24 Full Review John C `The ABCs of Death' is a hard film to review. Largely because it's not really a film. It's a two hour set of twenty-six different short films, each dealing with a different way of death (normally pretty horrific ones). I can't imagine there are many people who will love EVERY single segment. I certainly didn't. Because each part is written/directed by a different person, you have every type of interpretation of a death, ranging from humorous types, to sadistic types, to gory types and generally just surreal types. Yes, any horror fan is bound to love a percentage of them, you're also bound to find a few that leave you absolutely cold. I would say - as a horror fan - I `got' about half of them. The other half I could quite happily have skipped. At least each part is only about five minutes long, so, when you encounter one that just doesn't do it, you don't have to endure it for long. One for horror buffs only (just keep your thumb on the DVD remote's `skip' button - you'll quickly get the measure of each one and probably know if you're going to see it through to the end. If not... on to the next). Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 06/20/24 Full Review Andy B Anthology films are often patchy. This can work to their advantage as if you don’t like a segment, you don’t have too long to wait for it to finish. That advantage should be even more in play in this film as there are 26 segments. Each one is directed by a different person, so we should have 26 different visions of death. Some are light-hearted, some gritty, some grim. None are really scary and most are massively pretentious. Several segments go way over the line of good taste - L is for Libido particularly. Some are just plain weird - and not in a good way. Overall, a waste of time though it does give us a list of filmmakers to avoid. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 05/26/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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