The ABCs of Death

Mar 8, 2013

2h 9m

★ 5.0

26 directors, 26 ways to die.

Overview

An ambitious anthology film featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world's leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children's educational ABC books, the film comprises 26 individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.

Genres

Horror

Production Companies

Drafthouse Films

Timpson Films

Magnet Pictures

The ABCs of Death Trailers

Cast

Frau Scheisse (voice)

Ingrid Bolsø Berdal

Beat Down Dude (segment "D is for Dogfight")

Erik Audé

Bobo (segment "X is for XXL")

Iván González

Lainey (segment "V is for Vagitus")

Kyra Zagorsky

Hooded Man (segment "S is for Speed")

Peter Pedrero

Female Boxer (segment "D is for Dogfight")

Dallas Malloy

Dad (segment "T is for Toilet") (voice)

Lee Hardcastle

Lulu (segment "S is for Speed")

Lucy Clements

Roxanne (segment "S is for Speed")

Darenzia

Yoshie (segment "F is for Fart")

Arisa Nakamura

Bruno (segment "Cycle")

Matías Oviedo

A Bad Guy (segment "X is for XXL")

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