ABCs of Death 2
A 26-part horror anthology turns alphabetized death prompts into a parade of grotesque, inventive, and darkly comic nightmares.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- visceral
- irreverent
- disturbing
- late night horror marathon
- halloween viewing
What critics said
Critics generally found the sequel to be an inventive but uneven anthology that improves on its predecessor through gory, imaginative thrills.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film consists of 26 separate chapters, each presenting its own variation on death within the alphabet-based anthology format.
The film is described as offering inventively gory thrills, while its genre classification includes comedy horror and several segments use absurd or darkly comic premises.
The anthology moves through contrasting episodes such as assassin stories, punishment scenarios, soldiers, family figures, and surreal death tableaux rather than maintaining one continuous tone.
The premise explicitly presents death in its vicious wonder and brutal beauty, foregrounding stylized brutality and disturbing visual invention.
Films like ABCs of Death 2, and why
The ABCs of Death
anthology horror built from sharply varied short segments, combining inventive gore with uneven experimental tones
V/H/S/2
international horror anthology with graphic violence, dark humor, and markedly different directorial styles across episodes
The Theatre Bizarre
extreme horror anthology favoring grotesque imagery, transgression, and uneven but memorable segment construction
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
comic horror anthology using short-form variations on death, shock, and macabre spectacle
Movie Details
- Directors
- Rodney Ascher, Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen, Erik Matti, Kristina Buožytė, Julian Gilbey, Alexandre Bustillo, Aharon Keshales, Robert Morgan, Navot Papushado, Jerome Sable, Bill Plympton, Vincenzo Natali, Larry Fessenden, Julien Maury, Dennison Ramalho, Jen Soska, Bruno Samper, E.L. Katz, Sylvia Soska, Hajime Ohata, Sôichi Umezawa, Chris Nash, Todd Rohal, Alejandro Brugués, Julian Barratt, Steven Kostanski, Robert Boocheck, Marvin Kren, Jim Hosking, Juan Martínez Moreno, Wolfgang Matzl
- Release Date
- 2014-10-02
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Rating
- 5.4 / 10 (350)
Cast
- Eric Jacobus
- Julian Barratt
- Ian Virgo
- Miguel Ángel Muñoz
- Dana Meinrath
- Nicholas Amer
- Richard Hardisty
- Sherry Lara
- Francisco Barreiro
- Julija Steponaitytė
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel, Monsters and Nightmares Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is ABCs of Death 2 about?
- A 26-part horror anthology turns alphabetized death prompts into a parade of grotesque, inventive, and darkly comic nightmares.
- What is ABCs of Death 2 like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of ABCs of Death 2 as brisk, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as layered.
- Is ABCs of Death 2 violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in ABCs of Death 2 as graphic.
- What did critics think of ABCs of Death 2?
- Critics generally found the sequel to be an inventive but uneven anthology that improves on its predecessor through gory, imaginative thrills.
- Which films are like ABCs of Death 2?
- Films with a similar feel include The ABCs of Death, V/H/S/2, The Theatre Bizarre, and Tales from the Darkside: The Movie.
- How long is ABCs of Death 2?
- ABCs of Death 2 runs 124 minutes.
- Where can I watch ABCs of Death 2?
- In United States, ABCs of Death 2 streams on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel, Monsters and Nightmares Amazon Channel.
