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Metascore
10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 78Austin ChronicleAustin ChronicleThis is basically a Whitman’s Sampler of poor taste, and a tastier one at that.
- Omnibus features are by their nature uneven, so it’s to the benefit of the ABCs Of Death series that the creative constraints (26 short horror films, each one pegged to a specific letter of the alphabet) encourage brevity.
- 70Village VoiceRob StaegerVillage VoiceRob StaegerOverall, it's a strong sampler, with surprising variety.
- 63McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMcClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreThat miss-or-hit collection of horror shorts, “The ABCs of Death” becomes more hit or miss with its sequel, ABCs of Death 2.
- 63RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyRogerEbert.comGlenn KennyThis ABCs of Death is, either as a result of a surfeit of artistic freedom or just my own narrower-than-the-producers’ strictures of taste, as much of a hit-and-miss affair as the first, which came out in 2012.
- 50Slant MagazineEd GonzalezSlant MagazineEd GonzalezIrony is a popular pose struck throughout these shorts, which are less revealing of the existentialist despair that death often rouses than they are of their makers' prejudices.
- 40The DissolveScott TobiasThe DissolveScott TobiasThe shorts in The ABCs Of Death 2 are wholly forgettable, and leave the limits of the gimmicky conceit completely exposed.
- 40VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeFar too many of the shorts prove instantly forgettable.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckABCs of Death 2 mainly serves to demonstrate that even talented filmmakers need a lengthier running time to craft even a moderately successful short.
- 40Total FilmJamie GrahamTotal FilmJamie GrahamThe Soska sisters’ feminist ‘T Is For Torture Porn’ has the most to say but everyone will have their own favourites (D, K, T, X and Z, since you asked).