lorcan-61881 The ABCs Of Death was a film that was always on my watchlist. Finally, I found it on DVD while binge buying DVDs in a small town a few miles from my own, after I had completely forgotten about it and I watched it that night with so much excitement and well, what did I think of it? It was good! The film was definitly not going to be one of my favourite horror films which I knew, there would be bad ones and there would be good which was what happened. Some shorts were good, some were terrible and some were alright. My favourite, personally, was probably G is for Gravity which was a POV shot film of a man who goes into the ocean and kills himself which I thought was just really cool and interesting. The shorts that were probably my least favourite was probably O is for Orgasm which was just so stupid and pathetic. The ABCs Of Death is a good funny and disgusting film but don't expect a amazing anthology like V/H/S which it was mostly compared to. Stay tuned for my review of Unsane, hopefully tonight :)

GL84 Twenty-six different stories tell ways of dying according to the alphabet.A-This one wasn't all that bad, the tormenting and attacking being nice and bloody, but the twist ending to tie into the story proper doesn't have any real set-up and seems tacked on, otherwise there's no point to it.B-There's a solid set-up here for the main killer as the urban legend told about him would make for a solid introduction in a more nominal horror effort, and the atmosphere isn't that bad, but overall this one just doesn't tie into it's setup.C-This one manages to be pretty chilling as the various shots of the hole in the fence are far creepier than they should be and the bodies disappearing into it is a solid suspense tactic, making for a quite enjoyable effort.D-This is such an incredibly difficult watch with all the violence against animals by engaging it in an underground street-fight match, and with the distorted sounds and slow-motion scenes it becomes really difficult effort.E-This was simply a pointless waste of a segment with the entire running time subtly hinting at something that has nothing to do with the concept as a whole, making it a wholly unremarkable and overall waste.F-This was pretty bad as the central black-comedy joke of it's main running theme isn't horrific which leaves this to rely on the outrageous theme to work and it's too hit-and-miss.G-Though the photography is nice, this one really makes no sense and doesn't have any kind of connection to what it's about as the dialog-free narrative doesn't make the connection to it's purpose, leaving it's inclusion an utter mystery.H-This one was quite a bit of fun, with the arousing strip-tease and utterly fun action with the different contraptions utilized throughout trying to kill him, and though the costumes are cheap it doesn't distract from the segment.I-This one really only works nicely because of it's brutal gore scenes showing her scratching her neck and body leaving bloody sores and welts, but for the most part there's really little to tie this one into its theme.J-This one doesn't really make much sense as it's too goofy and silly and tends to meander around far too much on the silly faces to be of much impact leaving this one to be quite nonsensical overall.K-This one was such an unneeded segment, the concept is absolutely ridiculous and really isn't scary in the slightest so along with the ridiculous animation there's no point in this one being here.L-This one was quite enjoyable and manages to get in some really bizarre imagery along with the fine graphic deaths with the drill penetrations, and though the final death seems to be quite an accident it's still one of the better entries.M-This one was so short and pointless there's no reason for this one being here.N-This one was quite funny and enjoyable, with the bird's antics being really funny and the overall turnaround into the horrific being a nice surprise which makes for a rather enjoyable entry.O-This one overall makes very little sense with the bizarre experimental imagery and camera-work not being in the slightest bit scary and it's central premise isn't discernible at all leaving this a really curious and questionable effort.P-This one really doesn't have much of a true horror feel at all which consists of the extreme rapid-fire edits and wordless scenes which isn't even that much of a horror theme and gives this a really troubling feel.Q-This one here was quite a lame segment overall as the meta- questioning of the directors is rather ridiculous and even with all their questioning it still has nothing to do with their segment overall making it rather unneeded.R-This one really has some creepy images in the beginning as there's a lot to like with the work of the doctor and the nurse working on the body, though it loses itself with it's lame wordless narrative and bizarre feel making for a somewhat entertaining effort.S-This one was a whole lot of fun as there's a more pronounced action-packed feel here with the gunfight and flamethrower battle as well as the high-speed car-chase while the tie-in with the actual title is quite nice, making this one of the better entries overall.T-This one was just plain lame, the claymation style really doesn't look appealing, and along with the lame joke at it's center makes this a wholly useless segment.U-This one was quite the fun effort with the frantic creature running around leading to some chilling encounters with the different firefighters around the woods, and along with the night- time setting and twisted finale it's one of the better entries.V-This was quite a fun and exciting effort with the high-energy action and firefights engaged in the sci-fi universe offering plenty of fun here, though to tell the story set in a very complex and convoluted universe it makes much of the actions here confusing.W-This one was quite a confusing entry as the meta-squabbling of the directors and the general weirdness of the different scenes flashing by it really sinks itself in it's own general incoherence that has nothing to do with it's central theme.X-This one really only works for the mutilation scenes which are nice and graphic, otherwise it's mostly lame and pointless.Y-This one really doesn't make any sense and offers up nothing really scary as the music video style doesn't make this scary at all.Z-This one doesn't really work with only the nudity to save it as the storyline doesn't make any sense and doesn't really tie into its letter at all.Rated R: Extreme Graphic Violence, Extreme Graphic Language and Full Nudity.

ckmfox Having just watched this I wondered how many of the directors had actually forgotten what their short film was supposed to be about, and that this was intended to be a horror anthology. I thought that about five of the shorts could be considered comedy rather than horror, which was disappointing. Although two of the funny shorts I.e. K for Klutz and T for Toilet were funny and entertaining but belonged on a show like Robot Chicken rather than a horror anthology. One other funny short was N for Nuptials which was just so funny and crazy. My personal horror faves of these 26 shorts were D for Dogfight and X for XXL. Both of these were very good indeed with plenty of horror and thought-provoking too. Dogfight was my personal fave and the quality of the visuals was amazing. I was expecting some proper horror and shocks from the Japanese directors involved in the project and I was shocked, but mostly not in a good way. F for Fart (or should that be Farcical) was shockingly bad and I would personally not wish my name, if I had directed it to be linked with such guff. L for Libido was shocking too, but in a good way and was more like what I expected, with its sexual deviancy and all sorts of wrongness. P for Pressure was entertaining and shocking about a woman forced into prostitution to make some money for a birthday present for her daughter, and had a twist I wasn't expecting, which was good. However, overall I found myself disappointed. Too many forgettable shorts, a few lazy ones and just not enough horror. Also a good short can be shocking, suspenseful, and thought provoking, but I would say less than a quarter of this collection managed any of those qualities. Now to watch ABCs of Death 2.

EbonWolf I think this is probably the worst thing i've ever seen. The few descent segments are terrible at best, but the rest range from stupid to disorienting to pretentious to outright plagiarism. I gave it a shot and sat through the entire boring and too terrible to laugh at couple of hours, but i gave up on it after the third or fourth poop joke. I want the 129 minutes of my life that i wasted on this "film" back. I suppose i could have forgiven it for being innovative as it claims to be, if it was in fact innovative. The most disappointing thing is the fact that IMDb does not have a '0' star rating. Please for the love of all that is holy, watch something else.