The ABCs of Death

Horror anthology does it down to the letter.

"...good concept yields scattershot results in this horror-film anthology. The film’s producers lined up 26 directors and assigned each..."

March 22, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

One Letter Short for 'ABCs of Death 2'

25 director teams announced: Can you bring the mayhem for 'M'?

"...cloths. Drafthouse Films, Timpson Pictures and Magnet have announced the roster of 25 film making teams that will be..."

Aug. 14, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ABCs of Death 2

Let us count the ways this compilation of 26 short films gets its spook on.

"...As was the case with V/H/S/2, the brains behind ABCs of Death..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

The ABCs of VOD

Bill Hicks, video on demand and the future for indie film finances

"..."How many people here have heard of Bill Hicks?" asked Matt Harlock, and a sea of..."

March 12, 2012 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Time to Re-Learn Your 'ABCs'

Magnet announces 'ABCs of Death 2' loaded with Fantastic Fest faves

"...If you've seen the Drafthouse Films/Magnet co-production The ABCs of Death, you'll know..."

May 15, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Learning More ABCs

Ascher, Barratt, and Fessenden dissect their anthology segments

"...amateur assassins to a teenage zygote, alphabetical horror anthology The ABCs of Death 2 was an education in morbidity..."

Oct. 2, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest 2014: Simon Barrett Brings The Guest

Scripter talks Faults, Halloween, and running out of bullets

"...It's day eight of Fantastic Fest, and Simon Barrett may be the only..."

Sept. 27, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Housecore Horror to Open the 'The Profane Exhibit'

Festival to debut extreme horror anthology

"...Yesterday we had the great news that there will be a second volume..."

May 16, 2013 Screens Post

Fantastic Fest Goes for the Big 10

Kevin Smith's 'Tusk,' 'ABCs 2' and 'V/H/S 3' in first titles

"...Get giddy. Fantastic Fest, Austin's world-renowned celebration of all cinema geeky, strange, terrible and bizarre, has just..."

Aug. 5, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

TIFF Beats Fantastic Fest to 'Death'

Drafthouse Films' 'The ABCs of Death' debuting in Toronto

"...a bet. If, like me, you had money on The ABCs of Death breaking its bloody cherry at Fantastic..."

July 31, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

From the Vaults: Ti West Revives the American Horror Film

"The Innkeepers"' Ti West talks about his films

"...It's been fucked up so bad by becoming so profitable," said filmmaker Ti West in a 2007 Chronicle interview..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Fest Fills the Card

Massive list includes closing night film

"...The Fantastic Fest second wave is here, and bigger than..."

Sept. 5, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Horror for the Holidays Part II

New chillers and shockers to get you through the season

"...Hell, as Jean-Paul Sartre so adroitly concluded, is other people. So while many people regard the holiday season..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Field Guide to Evil

Folk horror anthology has intriguing international scares

"...Want to understand a culture? Then look at its nightmares...."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...film. Now Wes Anderson's new star-studded canine animation Isle of Dogs will be the top to its tail as..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Fall Film Festival Season Takes Flight

Programming updates from AFF, Fantastic Fest, and aGLIFF

"...as you've snarfed down what one festival has to offer, there's more fresh meat for the watching mere weeks..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Get Greasy With The Greasy Strangler

Director Jim Hosking on your new cult favorite

"...it's hard being original. English filmmaker Jim Hosking recalled, "There was an interview we did at Sundance, and the..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tales of Halloween Aims for Spooky Fun

New horror anthology screens this weekend

"...kid, she had a cousin who would tell her the most terrifying urban myths. Now, as one of the..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Gives Us the Horns

Daniel Radcliffe's latest heads up final wave of films

"...With the clock ticking (eight days and counting, folks), Fantastic Fest..."

Sept. 10, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How Fantastic Fest Is Shaping the Genre Film Scene

Fifteen years in and still fantastic

"...has a simple philosophy: "Unique voices that are telling either unique stories, or telling the stories in new ways."..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

A-B-C-Dethklok

'Metalocalypse' director for Drafthouse anthology plus contest news

"...The list of directors for Drafthouse Film's upcoming horror anthology..."

Aug. 28, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How Do You Spell Trouble?

The Soska sisters on breaking the rules in the alphabet horror anthology ABCs of Death 2

"...How did the Soska twins ends up directing a segment of new..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Come to Daddy

Family freakout with Elijah Wood in this slick and twisted thriller

"...debut takes Leo’s axiom as a starting point and then runs it straight into the gaping maw of a..."

Feb. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A, B, C, Die!

Alamo Drafthouse/Timpson Films film contest opens

"...heh – room for one more? That would be the Drafthouse Films, Timpson Films, and Magnet Releasing's ABCs of..."

June 13, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Alexandra Essoe Gazes Through Starry Eyes

Horror star talks body image, body horror, and audition angst

"...Take away the blood, murder, and Satanists from Hollywood horror story Starry..."

Feb. 7, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: My Neighbor Totoro

Hayao Miyazaki's sweet and monstrous classic arrives on Blu-ray

"...it was almost a disaster. Instead, 25 years later, the tale of two Japanese girls and their magical troll..."

May 21, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Horror Director Larry Fessenden Gets Depraved

Indie cinema's king of fear on creating a very modern Prometheus

"...As indie cinema's king of fear, Larry Fessenden has made a career finding the..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Interview: Ant Timpson Says Come to Daddy

How an old grieving tradition gave the filmmaker a new energy

"...Ant Timpson is (in)famous in genre circles as the producer of such gory gems as Deathgasm and The..."

Sept. 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Mexico Barbaro

Anthology horror from Mexico

"...Horror cinema and Mexico go together like fangs and bloods. Hint: There's a reason why..."

Nov. 10, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Gets 'Looper' For Second Wave

Stage two sees newbie Joseph Gordon-Levitt join FF veterans

"...always been as much a family as a festival. The second wave of films has just been announced, with..."

Aug. 16, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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