ABCs of Death 2 (2014)

Number Rolled: 30

Movie Name/Year: ABCs of Death 2 (2014)

Genre: Horror

Length: 122 minutes

Rating: NR

Production Companies: Drafthouse Films, Magnet Releasing, Okta, Producciones de la 5ta Avenida, Rook Films, Shaiker, Soychiume Co., Tea Shop & Company, Timpson Films

Executive Producer: James Harris, Mark Lane

Director: Assorted

Writer: Assorted

Actors: Assorted

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Like the first film, this movie is an anthology. Twenty-six directors, or teams of directors, were each given one letter of the English alphabet. The challenge was to create a story for their letter that explored death. None of the short films in this anthology are over ten minutes long. The list of segments is as follows:

          A – Amateur

          B – Badger

          C – Capital Punishment

          D – Deloused

          E – Equilibrium

          F – Falling

          G – Grandad

          H – Head Games

          I – Invincible

          J – Jesus

          K – Knell

          L – Legacy

          M – Masticate

          N – Nexus

          O – Ochlocracy

          P – P-P-P-P SCARY!

          Q – Questionnaire

          R – Roulette

          S – Split

          T – Torture Porn

          U – Utopia

          V – Vacation

          W – Wish

          X – Xylophone

          Y – Youth

          Z – Zygote

I was not looking forward to this movie. Since I’ve added The ABCs of Death 2 to my list, I’ve had dread in the pit of my stomach every time I’ve rolled. The first one was horrifying, and not in the good-horror-movie kind of way. It was horrifying in the: “OH MY GOD I CAN’T UNSEE THIS!” kind of way.

Like the first movie, there were a few segments that were not only acceptable, but kind of good. “Amateur,” “Capital Punishment,” “Falling,” “Split,” “Utopia,” and “Youth” are all segments I will remember as good. The majority of the others I’ll forget completely in the next couple of hours (if I haven’t already). Then there are the few that were so grotesque and/or strange that I will likely remember them all the way to my death bed. “Deloused,” “P-P-P-P SCARY!,” and “Wish” are among them.

Like the first film in the set, I’m left with a feeling of dread and hostility after watching it through. The only reason this film scored as high as it did, was because there were more segments I truly enjoyed and less segments that made me want to bathe in bleach.

Rotten Tomatoes Critic Score – 75%

Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score – 44%

Netflix’s Prediction for Me – 2.2/5

Trust-the-Dice Score – 2/5

The Random Rating: R

P.S. There’s a small scene after the credits that seems to be from segment “T”

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