ABCs of Death 2 (2014) poster
2014 · horror

ABCs of Death 2

Directed by Erik Matti, Kristina Buožytė, Robert Morgan, Bill Plympton, Rodney Ascher, Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen, Vincenzo Natali, Alexandre Bustillo, Bruno Samper, Aharon Keshales, Dennison Ramalho, E.L. Katz, Jerome Sable, Jen Soska, Navot Papushado, Julian Gilbey, Julien Maury, Larry Fessenden, Sylvia Soska, Hajime Ohata, Sôichi Umezawa, Chris Nash, Todd Rohal, Julian Barratt, Alejandro Brugués, Marvin Kren, Jim Hosking, Robert Boocheck, Juan Martínez Moreno, Steven Kostanski, Wolfgang Matzl2h 4m2014
ElsewhereIMDb5.49kRT72%Metacritic53
  • heavy
  • kinetic
  • extreme
  • surreal
  • bleak
  • cold
Movie DNA

Heavy, breathless, extreme horror, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Taking all that was great from the first instalment, the movie aims to be a wilder, leaner, faster-paced and even more entertaining anthology this time around, with a new crop of award-winning, visionary filmmakers from around the globe.

Our read · ABCs of Death 2 (2014) reads as a heavy, breathless, surreal horror entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want wildly uneven horror shorts and will ride the misses.

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Skip it tonightGraphic gore and cruelty are dealbreakers, even in quick bursts.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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