‘The ABCs of Death’ was the ultimate mixed bag of horror shorts from some of the best genre talent around. A fully packed anthology of short shocking segments which frankly didn’t quite work as a whole. There were rushed and weak efforts, pointless segments, overly long gaps between interesting parts but did also include some flashes of brilliance. It reminded me strongly of those compilation DVDs of old exploitation trailers but also made me wish the alphabet was a lot shorter. And now ‘The ABCs of Death 2’ is underway and all the filmmaker spots have been filled (with the likes of Marcus Dunstan (‘The Collection’), the Soska Sisters (‘American Mary’), Vincenzo Natali (‘Splice’), Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo (‘Inside’)) apart from one. Once again 25 directors will be taking part each helming their own segment from a given letter of the alphabet. The 26th spot (of course) is up for grabs again like its predecessor which saw British entrant Lee Hardcastle win for his “T is for Toilet” entry. Details on how to enter your effort (with the letter ‘M’) is shown in the video feature below.
And the directors are:
Álex de la Iglesia
Rodney Ascher (‘Room 237’)
Bill Plympton
Erik Matti
Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper
Sion Sono (‘Cold Fish’)
Vincenzo Natali (‘Splice’)
Larry Fessenden
Marcus Dunstan (‘The Collection’)
Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo (‘Inside’)
E.L. Katz (‘Cheap Thrills’)
Jen and Sylvia Soska (‘American Mary’)
Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado (‘Rabies’)
Julian Gilbey (‘A Lonely Place to Die’)
Dennison Ramalho
Lancelot Imasuen
Jerome Sable
Robert Morgan
Julian Barratt (‘The Mighty Boosh’)
Todd Rohal
Steven Kostanski (‘Manborg’)
Alejandro Brugués (‘Juan of the Dead’)
Jim Hosking
Hajime Ohata
Chris Nash
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