The ABCs of Death

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The ABCs of Death

2013

2h 3m

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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.

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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

Apr 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

Apr 25, 2013

3/5

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

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Nigel Floyd

Time Out

Apr 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

Sep 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

Jul 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

Feb 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, 2026

One of the best horror anthologies ever!

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Tim M

@tgmacman Jul 17, 2025

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 Feb 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 Dec 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 Dec 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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John C

@RT25427934 Jun 20, 2024

`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).

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Angela Bettis

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Hélène Cattet

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Ernesto Díaz Espinoza

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Jason Eisener

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Bruno Forzani

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Adrián García Bogliano

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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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