I'm this audacious anthology film, 26 masters of horror work their way down the alphabet with terrifying, humorous and poignant takes about death.
Anthology films are usually just alright overall. Some good segments, some bad. This one has 26. The premise behind it is that 26 directors chose a letter from the alphabet and a word that began with it. Then created a short tale relating to it. They really are short stories though and the bulk of them were international. Full creative freedom was given and they definitely took advantage of that.
The titles are displayed after the short, but you can generally guess the name by its content. I wasn't planning on reviewing each one individually just pointing out a few here and there.
B is for Bigfoot sucks but provides our first titty.
C is for Cycle is mindfucky and actually pretty interesting.
D is for Dogfight is wild. You kind of have to see it to believe.
On the other end,
P is for Pressure is rough. Sad.
S is for Speed is decent.
V is for Vagitus (The Cry of a Newborn Baby). Considering everything that came before it, this was nothing that I expected.
W is for WTF is actually very tongue in cheek, and one of the better entries because it includes my favorite concept: clown zombies
At a little over two hours, I feel like the bulk of the tales in the ABCs of Death were mediocre and didn't really stand out. There were maybe one or two more on top of those I've mentioned, but not many more. Watching the whole thing is almost worth it for F, N W and Z alone, but all in all it was pretty average. Inexplicably, I find myself looking out for a sequel though, as I was surprisingly entertained.
Violence? Yes
Explosions? Eh
Nudity? Yes.
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