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ABCs of Death 2

Play trailer Poster for ABCs of Death 2 2014,  2h 3m,  Horror Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 72% 32 Reviews Tomatometer 39% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
72% Tomatometer 32 Reviews 39% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
Twenty-six filmmakers from around the globe helm stories that detail 26 ways to meet your maker, each one corresponding to a different letter of the alphabet.
ABCs of Death 2

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Critics Consensus

ABCs of Death 2 delivers some inventively gory thrills, offering a surprising (albeit still somewhat uneven) upgrade over its predecessor.

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Anton Bitel Sight & Sound Jan 2, 2015
Once again, this format proves as much a curse as a blessing. Yet the variety that makes the collection so uneven is also its best asset. Go to Full Review
Jordan Hoffman Guardian Oct 31, 2014
3/5
Each film is too short to be really satisfying, but the iTunes shuffle-style format ensures you're rarely bored. You don't like the entry for the letter G? Don't worry, H will be here any minute. Go to Full Review
Glenn Kenny RogerEbert.com Oct 31, 2014
2.5/4
What results is a survey of what's both glorious or at least intriguing about the directions in contemporary horror, and what's problematic as well. Go to Full Review
Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com Sep 6, 2019
2/5
There are a few little masterful strokes here, though enjoying them feels a bit like trudging through a bargain bin. Go to Full Review
James Clay Fresh Fiction Dec 8, 2018
C
Hopefully, in the future, the franchise continues to improve, but not many people are demanding an ABCs OF DEATH 3 other than hoards of Fantastic Fest-ers. Go to Full Review
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews May 4, 2018
2/4
ABCs of Death 2 is, like its predecessor, riddled with pointless and somewhat interminable short films... Go to Full Review
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Finn W Dec 22, 2017 Much much better than part 1. This time there were 8 shorts that I thought were good. And the bad ones weren't nearly as bad as the comparable ones in part 1. For reference: Capital Punishment - very very good Equilibrium - funny Masticate - funny Roulette - good Split - very very good Vacation - crazy Xylophone - trippy Zygote - trippy See more
Poe S Aug 20, 2017 So I'm going to review this movie like I reviewed the first I will rated each of the 26 skits on a scale of 1 to 10 and then give My overall grade up above then a little discussion at the end O.K here we go! A is for Amateur 4/10 B is for Badger 3/10 C is for Capital Punishment 5/10 D is for Deloused 7/10 E is for Equilibrium 6/10 F is for Falling 3/10 G is for Granddad 7/10 H is for Head Games 5/10 I is for Invincible 2/10 J is for Jesus 7/10 K is for Knell 5/10 L is for Legacy 1/10 M is for Masticate 5/10 N is for Nexus 2/10 O is for Ochlocracy 6/10 P is for P-P-P-P-Scary 2/10 Q is for Questionnaire 5/10 R is for Roulette 7/10 S is for Split 6/10 T is for Torture Porn 5/10 U is for Utopia 5/10 V is for Vacation 6/10 W is for Wish 6/10 X is for Xylophone 4/10 Y is for Youth 3/10 Z is for Zygote 5/10 So in the end it was slightly better than the first movie most of the are pretty cool like D is for Deloused but some are pretty painful to watch like L is for Legacy and some are just odd in a good way like on G is for Granddad or in A bad way like in Y is for Youth, so if you are going to watch an ABCs of Death movie watch this one but I really don't recommend either of them. See more
Poe R Jul 29, 2017 I chose the movie out of my limited choice selection because it had a high rating. This movie of shorts is a c movie, filled with unrealistic gore and 'comedy'. I like a horror movie but this is Just... why such a high rating? Excuse my unedited grammar sentence structure See more
Luke M Apr 29, 2017 Like the first film, this is a very hit or miss horror anthology film where filmmakers from around the world (mostly who you've never heard of) made horror themed shorts based on one letter of the alphabet. Most of the shorts are pretty dull, not particularly clever, and most often seem to focus on just being gory (and consequentially pretty boring). However, none of them are longer than 10 minutes, so nothing really overstays its's welcome. The best entries were shorts that acted as if the audience had suddenly been plopped into the middle of a larger story already in progress, which were C is for Capital Punishment (a Shirley Jackson-like story about a mob seeking justice for a missing girl), I is for Invincible (an Evil Dead-like story about greedy family members trying unsuccessfully to kill off the monstrous family patriarch), O is for Ochlocracy (following a zombie apocalypse, a kangaroo court run by the living dead puts a living woman on trial for her crimes of zombie killing), R is for Roulette (a suspenseful game of backroom Russian roulette), and the very funny W is for Wish (a 1980s style He-Man-like toy commercial transports two boys into a gritty version of the fantasy toy world). There were a few self contained stories that were clever, such as F is for Falling (a two person drama about an Israeli paratrooper stuck in a tree who's discovered by an arab boy), M is for Masticate (a cleverly shot slow motion film about a crazed man running down a sidewalk with a funny punchline), and N is for Nexus (another cleverly edited short about a man on his way to see his girlfriend on Halloween). These good shorts were enough to balance out the bad ones and make the film worth watching. See more
Theodore S Mar 31, 2017 Never boring, with a handful of truly great horror stories and only a handful of rotten ones.
Rey M Dec 22, 2016 This time around, the movie feels too uneven to match it's predecessor. The films are all really short, which is superb for the letters that you don't enjoy, but for the ones you start investing in, they're over before you know it and then it's pot luck as you start again. See more
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Movie Info

Synopsis Twenty-six filmmakers from around the globe helm stories that detail 26 ways to meet your maker, each one corresponding to a different letter of the alphabet.
Director
Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado, Alejandro Brugués, Bill Plympton, Chris Nash, Dennison Ramalho, Erik Matti, E.L. Katz
Screenwriter
David Chirchirillo, Julian Barratt, Julian Gilbey, Robert Morgan, Alejandro Brugués, Jim Hosking, Toby Harvard, Erik Matti
Distributor
Magnolia Pictures
Production Co
Magnolia Pictures
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 31, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 3, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$7.2K
Runtime
2h 3m
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