Friday, July 19, 2013

The ABC'S Of Death - Movie Review

Ok I am really big on horror movies and I love a good anthology so I had high hopes for this one being awesome, like there might even be some mind-blowing moments here and there. Well there were some ok moments and as with all anthologies some stories were stronger than others. I think that's half of my allure for short film/stories because there's always the chance if something sucks, if you stick around there will be something cool that I will discover.
            Me and my sister grew up together on horror movies, something our mother always and still does encourage so my sister is my favorite person to watch movies with, we actually want to discuss the story and find out the meanings and whys behind the movie, which people who love movies often do- Ok on to the movie, The ABC'S Of Death - I have to admit I liked the title and the concept of directors taking one letter, then choosing a word and making a movie off the idea of the chosen word. The first story I thought started off strong and I immediately was intrigued and me and my sis were trying to think "what word did the first director choose for 'a'? " which became what me and my sis tried for the whole movie. You find out at the end of each tale what word the story is based on. The mini-films are so short I don't want to give any away for spoiler reasons, but I think some are really extreme over the top such as the one for letter 'L', the one for letter 'F' is just juvenile and silly and there's one that Angela Bettis directed and its for the letter 'E' and I really liked hers. I am glad I watched it, I would recommend if you like horror/weird anthology type movies but I prefer the movie v/h/s to this one as a comparable alternative. Any suggestions on some crazy movies to watch are most welcome<3