This shocking, funny, confrontational anthology is destined for notoriety.
If you are a fan of cult weirdness, toilet humour (there’s lots of it) and know your Ti West from your Jake West, then these 26 short films - which range from the absurd, the baffling and the cleverly comic - will float your boat, while the bucket loads of blood and guts are certain to test your gore levels.
Now out on DVD and Blu-ray, it's best to choose a letter at random and watch it in all its gory. And if you want to delve more into the warped minds of the film-makers, you can check out the commentaries which accompany each short in the extras.
For what it’s worth, here’s my breakdown: Purple (One to Watch) Green (Just OK) Orange (To be Avoided) A is for Apocalypse (Nacho Vigalondo, Spain) Comical. B is for Bigfoot (Adrían Garcia Bogliano, Mexico) Just ok soap opera spoof. C is for Cycle by (Ernesto Díaz Espinoza, Chile) Not very good. D is for Dogfight (Marcel Sarmiento, USA) Outstanding aural delight. E is for Exterminate (Angela Bettis, USA) Something about spiders. F is for Fart (Noburu Iguchi, Japan) Wretched bad taste joke. G is for Gravity (Andrew Traucki, Australia) Deadly dull surf death. H is for Hydro-Electric Diffusion (Thomas Malling, Norway) WTF! I is for Ingrown (Jorge Michel Grau, Mexico) Unforgettable Psycho shower scene. J is for Jidai-Geki (Yudai Yamaguchi, Japan) Harakiri with laughs. K is for Klutz (Anders Morgenthaler, Denmark) Very funny poo joke. L is for Libido (Timo Tjahjanto, Indonesia) Sick. Disgusting. Vile. M is for Miscarriage (Ti West, USA) Lazy, insulting miscarriage. N is for Nuptials (Banjong Pisathanakun, Thailand) Loved this talking bird comedy. O is for Orgasm (Bruno Forzani & Héléne Cattet, Belgium) Arthouse perfection. P is for Pressure (Simon Rumley, UK) Sad. Twisted. Worth a second look. Q is for Quack by (Adam Wingard, USA) Surprisingly dull. R is for Removed (Srdjan Spasojevic, Serbia) Incomprehensible. Disappointing. S is for Speed (Jake West, UK) A ripper speed trip to Hell a la Mad Max. T is for Toilet (Lee Hardcastle, UK) Another toilet joke, but the best by far. U is for Unearthed (Ben Wheatley, UK) Interesting, but not arresting. V is for Vagitus (Kaare Andrews, USA) Weird sci-fi horror that's better than Oblivion. W is for WTF! (Jon Schnepp, USA) Chucking everything at the screen isn’t clever. X is for XXL (Xavier Gens, France) This gorefest should come with a health warning. Y is for Youngbuck (Jason Eisener, Canada) A sick delight and a visual feast. Z is for Zetsumetsu http://youtube.com/v/9JAqUxEh2xI The ABCs of Death on Twitter (UK) Monster Pictures UK on Facebook Monster Pictures UK on Twitter
