The ABC's of Death was a mostly vile, juvenile and pointless exercise, with only a few shades of brilliance. With 26 directors on board that have their own letter, only four came up with something pretty memorable with their segment relating to death. None of them were scary, they lacked logic and when I think some horror movies over think their ideas, this anthology didn't put enough thought into it. I mean F for fart is the best you could come up with. I guess if you like Troma films, you might dig this because it's pure trash entertainment.
I can't really say much about the performances because they did not have that much screen time. Some of the segments were short enough to be a twisted, gimmicky ads from hell and flashes of disturbing images that you wish you didn't see. None of it added up brilliantly as a whole, for which it should have done. If I had to pick then I have to go with Sarah Bonrepaux who plays X from the segment XXL. She gives such a disturbing, mesmeric and shattering performance in such a short amount of time.
I am only going over the directors whose segments impressed me the most. D Is for Dogfight segment, directed by Marcel Sarmiento was pure genius and brutal, I loved how the tables were turned at the end of this one. E is for Exterminate, directed by horror genre regular and underrated Angela Bettis was skin crawling and stomach turning. That segment makes you want to kill every bug you see, before it's too late and they lay larva eggs in you. T Is for Toilet, directed by Lee Hardcastle, is a Claymation film at its most sadistic, hysterical and bloody brilliant. Last but not least is X Is for XXL, directed by Xavier Gens who directed the ultra violent Frontier(s) from 2007. XXL is a story about an overweight woman that gets harassed on a daily basis because of her weight. She reaches a breaking point and all I can say is that you will be shocked from its jaw-dropping conclusion.
Overall, The ABC'S of Death is a hit and miss but a mostly missed opportunity. You will never be bored through its 123 minute running time but it's not a pleasant watch. It's one of those films that it's so disgustingly bad and shocking that you can't look away. As a whole though, it's a pointless horror anthology that's bold but uneven and brainless. It's no V/H/S.
I can't really say much about the performances because they did not have that much screen time. Some of the segments were short enough to be a twisted, gimmicky ads from hell and flashes of disturbing images that you wish you didn't see. None of it added up brilliantly as a whole, for which it should have done. If I had to pick then I have to go with Sarah Bonrepaux who plays X from the segment XXL. She gives such a disturbing, mesmeric and shattering performance in such a short amount of time.
I am only going over the directors whose segments impressed me the most. D Is for Dogfight segment, directed by Marcel Sarmiento was pure genius and brutal, I loved how the tables were turned at the end of this one. E is for Exterminate, directed by horror genre regular and underrated Angela Bettis was skin crawling and stomach turning. That segment makes you want to kill every bug you see, before it's too late and they lay larva eggs in you. T Is for Toilet, directed by Lee Hardcastle, is a Claymation film at its most sadistic, hysterical and bloody brilliant. Last but not least is X Is for XXL, directed by Xavier Gens who directed the ultra violent Frontier(s) from 2007. XXL is a story about an overweight woman that gets harassed on a daily basis because of her weight. She reaches a breaking point and all I can say is that you will be shocked from its jaw-dropping conclusion.
Overall, The ABC'S of Death is a hit and miss but a mostly missed opportunity. You will never be bored through its 123 minute running time but it's not a pleasant watch. It's one of those films that it's so disgustingly bad and shocking that you can't look away. As a whole though, it's a pointless horror anthology that's bold but uneven and brainless. It's no V/H/S.