The ABCs of Death (2012)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2012
	Director: Ti West (The Innkeepers), Ben Weathley (Kill List, Sightseers), Noboru Iguchi (Zombie Ass, Dead Sushi), Xavier Gens (Frontière(s),  Hitman), Brunio Forzani & Hélène Cattet (Amer), Jason Eisener (Hobo with a Shotgun), Angela Bettis (playing in May), Jake West (Evil Aliens, Doghouse), Srdjan Spasojevic (A Serbian Film)
	Actors: Ingrid Bolsø Berdal (Cold Prey 1-2), Iván González, Kyra Zagorsky, ...
	Country: USA
	Genre: Horror
	Conditions of visioning: 09.03.2013, CITY Kino, MFFFN13
Synopsis: 26 short horror stories based on the letters of the alphabet.
Review: An interesting concept for this anthology movie, and very different from the last movies I have seen of the type, V/H/S and The Theatre bizarre, that were telling 4-8 stories linked by another one. In the ABCs of Death all stories are independant, so that you can really jump between radically different styles from one second to the next. Note that the title of the segment appears at the end of it, because sometimes it would spoil the surprise, and in this way it also keeps you guessing what title could start with that particular letter. All stories have at least a bit of horror in them but in various styles: anime, stop-motion, pure horror, thriller, pure gore, conceptual and even one science fiction segment! Many of them are pretty disgusting and revolve around sex, blood, scatology or violence on animals. Out of all this mess are some very good and funny pieces. Others are also good while being serious. There are often good ideas and only a few segments I found really bad or out of place. About four segments (two of them japanese) are completely crazy and burst with ideas. One of the directors has put his segment for free on Youtube: "T is for Toilet".
Rating: 7 /10