Rickting 26 ideas. 26 directors. 26 short films. Each short film features death in some way and the film is mostly, though not exclusively horror. Being an anthology, this is incredibly hit and miss. The acting isn't great, a lot of it is just trying to be as disgusting as possible with no real purpose and it takes a little while to get into. However, when it's good, it's a firecracker. Here are the segments rated out of 5. A is for Amateur: 4/5 not particularly horror-like, but in terms of comedy and pay-off this is one of the highlights.B is for Badger: 3/5 you can see what's coming a mile off, but it's still quite amusing. C is for Capital Punishment: 4/5 even if it tries to accomplish too much in not enough time, it's still a sobering watch. D is for Deloused: 4.5/5 the story makes no sense, but who cares? This is seriously, seriously disturbing and scary, and a minor masterpiece of creepiness. E is for Equlibrium: 1/5 just stupid. F is for Falling: 1.5/5 this goes for deep but winds up just being boring. G is for Grandad: 1.5/5 this one is creepy, but not in the right way at all. Not only will you cringe so much your mouth will hurt, but the acting is at its possible worst in the entire short here. H is for Head Games: 2.5/5 once you get it, it's decent. I is for Invincible: 1.5/5 a lame, annoying comedy fail with a highly unsatisfying conclusion. J is for Jesus: 3.5/5 an interesting one with a good plot, although it is too over-the-top for its own good. K is for Knell: 4/5 a well-done science-fiction short where the story seemingly ends as the film begins, which is always the sign of a good short film. L is for Legacy: 0.5/5 oh dear. This one couldn't be any less scary and the CGI is laughable. M is for Masticate: 3/5 this one gets a bit repetitive, but it is well-structured and amusing with a good pay-off. N is for Nexus: 2/5 good cinematography and idea, bad and incoherent execution. O is for Ochlocracy: 2/5 another good idea badly executed. P is for P-P-P-P SCARY!: 0/5 I've seen better filmmaking from 7 year-olds. Q is for Questionnaire: 3.5/5 a silly but interesting short with some clever editing. R is for Roulette: 4.5/5 until the annoying ending, this is unbearably tense, short film gold. S is for Split: 5/5 a masterfully executed suspense piece with some of the best split-screen use ever. T is for Torture Porn: 3/5 rather silly, but still an interesting and worthwhile short. U is for Utopia: 4/5 powerful and well directed if confusing. V is for Vacation: 4/5 this one gets a little crazy in the best way. W is for Wish: 3/5 an excellent idea and plot, although it translates somewhat awkwardly to screen. X is for Xylophone: 4/5 a real gut punch. Y is for Youth: 5/5 an incredibly moving and beautifully made short film with a feature film's worth of material. Z is for Zygote: 4.5/5 crazy, twisted, disturbing and rather masterful body horror. An uneven film with a weak first half, but it gets better and better and when it's at its best, it really hits the mark. Overall, a flawed but worthwhile project. S and Y are the best, while L and P are the worst. 6/10

trashgang The idea is so great, let us gather some famous directors and let them do a short so we can compile it on a DVD. But sometimes you better watch out what you are doing, because i was looking forward to the second entry liking part 1 but after seen it I was left with a bitter feeling.For me the A en Z entry was by far the best. There are a few other ones that did deliver the gore and scare but most of the entries I asked myself, how did they ever got on this DVD. There's no gore or horror to catch. I have seen it before with the V/H/S franchise. Starting off above mediocre, part 2 being the best and part 3 sucks real hard. If you think you are going to sit and watch 2 hours of gore and horror then you are wrong. I don't mind the stop-motion shorts and done with clay, they are good but there's so much crap here that I hope part 3, which is announced already will pick up again the real horror. Maybe the Asian entries are above mediocre and do contain gore and full frontal, and A do deliver nudity and black humour, if all entries would have been done that way (or like Z) this would have been a gem but for know it's below mediocre.Gore 1,5/5 Nudity 1/5 Effects 3/5 Story 2,5/5 Comedy 0/5

BA_Harrison Another collection of twenty-six horror shorts from twenty-six very different directors, The ABCs of Death 2 is, once again, an extremely mixed bag, in subject matter and in style. With such a varied range of work, it's likely there'll be something to intrigue most adventurous horror fans, but be prepared to wade through an awful lot of nonsense to get to the good stuff.A is for Amateur, directed by E.L. Katz, kicks off proceedings in fine form. This segment follows an accident prone hired killer who successfully carries out his latest hit, even if it doesn't happen quite how he had imagined. Expertly told, with an unexpected twist and a deliciously dark sense of humour, this was easily my favourite part of the whole film—a shame because that meant that everything that followed was a disappointment by comparison.The best of the rest:C is for Capital Punishment (directed by Julian Gilbey), which effectively highlights the potential failings of the death penalty and boasts a really brutal decapitation.G is for Grandad (Jim Hosking): seriously warped fun that sees a young man taunted by his grandfather, who just happens to have no penis!M is for Masticate, a stylish zombie short filmed almost entirely in slow-motion.V is for Vacation: a man regrets calling his girlfriend when his friend grabs the phone and shows her what they have really been up to while on vacation.W is for Wish: two boys wish themselves into the World of Zorb, the fantasy setting for a popular range of toys. It isn't as much fun as they expected.Z is for Zygote, which sees a woman delaying giving birth for 13 years, the child growing inside her until there is no more room. In order to create more space, the kid removes her mothers internal organs and bones. Nice 'n' grisly with a really twisted finish.The absolute dregs:H is for Headgame: director Bill Plympton delivers an animated short that looks like an excerpt from his 1988 film 'How To Kiss'. Yawn!L is for Legacy, directed by Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen: Nigerian movie-making at it's most amateurish.P is for P-P-P-P SCARY!: No… P is for P-P-P-P S**T!What was the point?:N is for Nexus: seriously, what was the point?What the hell was that all about?:Y is for Youth: seriously, what the hell was that all about?

mr_teoxon1617 first what do your expect in an anthology movie that consist of so many episodes... with their limited time they are not able to build a proper plot, but forget about it. i am very satisfied with the disturbance of this movie.''SPOILER'' but what i am proud of is from the episode INVINCIBLE, maybe non Filipino audiences are wondering what is the stone all about?to explain further , the family in the INVINCIBLE Episode are ASWANG (PHILIPPINE VAMPIRE, HUMAN-MONSTER)the stone made the grandmother immortal and that's why she have to past the stone in one of the family member to continue her legacy and to finally die. =)