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.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 22, 2023

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.

| Jul 24, 2019

The real standout is "Dogfight" from Marcel Sarmiento, an unsettling piece that lingers longer than any other story here.

| Feb 28, 2019

The ABCs of Death's overriding air of experimentalism is its ultimate downfall. Where some are undeniably mesmeric, the majority of the films seem like student projects -- not efforts from established filmmakers.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 25, 2019

If The ABCs of Death 2 seems like a slight improvement over its predecessor, that's simply due to the fact that it achieves a more consistent level of mediocrity.

| Oct 30, 2014

There are some good shorts in The ABCs of Death, and yet they're all overshadowed by some of the most awful, idiotic, infantile material I've ever seen in any film.

| Feb 20, 2014

This is an experimental horror film with 26 directors around the world each making a short film about death. Given the format, it is no surprise there are few hits and a lot of misses.

| Original Score: D | Jan 12, 2014

Far too many bad chapters to be an effective whole.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 15, 2013

A bomb.

| Original Score: C- | Dec 4, 2013

In truth, this movie is more like a parade of overtly shocking and disturbing images, done almost as a one-upsmanship contest rather than any actual need to say anything.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 21, 2013

It's a successful experiment, but like all experiments in their infancy, it needs to be repeated and tweaked before it becomes a standard.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 9, 2013

If we can make any overall assessment of this demented Rorschach test, it's this: had this been a real medical study, it would demand the institutionalisation of all participants.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jun 7, 2013

...two hours of brutality, excrement and viscera. Yes, some segments disturb and repel, and many try for dark humor, but the squirms they induce are far from pleasurable.

| Original Score: .5/5 | May 8, 2013

Anthology movies are always hit and miss, but the average here seems a bit low.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 2, 2013

Collectively they become rather tedious, not so much a satisfying meal as a platter (or splatter) of gores d'oeuvres.

| Apr 28, 2013

With 26 short segments, it's expected that this horror anthology will be hit and miss. But the experiment is an intriguing one, as the producers gave 26 filmmakers a letter of the alphabet and complete artistic freedom.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 26, 2013

Animal lovers will be particularly offended by some tales in this mind-numbing marathon.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 26, 2013

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).

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 25, 2013

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

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 25, 2013

Patchy but enjoyable, this is an excellent horror talent showcase that, if nothing else, feels like it offers value for money with the sheer number of shocks and splats it delivers.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 25, 2013