September 18, 2014 (Fantastic Fest)
January 1, 2017 (Limited release)
ABCs of Death 2 is a 2014 American comedy horror anthology film produced by Ant Timpson and Tim League. It contains 26 different shorts, each by different directors spanning various countries. It is a sequel to The ABCs of Death (2012), and second installment in the ABCs of Death film series. Directors featured include Jim Hosking, Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen, the Soska sisters, Julian Barratt, Rodney Ascher, Kristina Buožytė, Larry Fessenden, Navot Papushado, Aharon Keshales, Bill Plympton, and Vincenzo Natali.
The film received a much more positive response than its predecessor. A second sequel titled ABCs of Death 3: Teach Harder was announced to be in development during the post-credits title card. However, due to illegal pirating of the second film, the status of the project has been left in development hell. Despite this, producers released what they categorized as a spin-off, titled ABC's of Death 2½ in 2016.
Storyline
Like the first film, the sequel is divided into 26 individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free rein in choosing a word to create a story involving death. The varieties of death range from accidents to murders.
A contest was held for the role of the 26th director. The winner was music video director Robert Boocheck, who submitted his short for M.
Content
The movie begins with a creepy stop-motion storybook that opens showing children doing a variety of fun activities that end up being very deadly (i.e. a jump rope slices a girl in half, children playing ball with a boy's head and a girl on a swing made from a boy's intestines). Throughout the film, a teacher with a skeleton face presents the titles to all the segments, with each of the segments ending and beginning with a focus on, or a fade into, the color black.
Also See
- The ABCs of Death (2012)
- ABCs of Death 2.5 (2016)
Movie Trailer
- ABCs of Death 2 (2014) (Trailers)
Sound Effects Used
- Hollywoodedge, Baby Crying Slowly PE144001 (Heard once in "S is for Split".)
- Hollywoodedge, Glass Breaks Medium FS024805 (Heard once in "H is for Head Games".)
- Hollywoodedge, Object Being Squashe PE105301 (Heard once in "H is for Head Games".)
- Hollywoodedge, Screams 7 Woman Three PE134101 (Heard once in "I is for Invincible".)
- Hollywoodedge, Small Hinge Squeak Hv PE188401 (Heard once in "V is for Vacation".)
- Hollywoodedge, Whistling Wind Mediu PE032901
- IOS Tap Sound (Heard often in "S is for Split" and "Y is for Youth".)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BELL - SMALL BRASS CHIMES, GLISS DOWN, MUSIC, PERCUSSION (Heard once in "W is for Wish".)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SQUISH - BORK (Heard once in "Y is for Youth".)
- Sound Ideas, CLOCK, STOPWATCH - RUNNING (Heard once in "N is for Nexus".)
- Sound Ideas, DOOR, WOOD - OPEN 03 (Heard once in "Z is for Zygote".)
- Sound Ideas, ELECTRICITY, SPARK - HIGH VOLTAGE SPARK, ELECTRICAL 01 (Heard once in "U is for Utopia".)
- Sound Ideas, FOOTSTEPS, CONCRETE - COMBAT BOOTS: WALK (Heard once in "N is for Nexus".)
- Sound Ideas, HORROR - BLOOD SPLAT, HUMAN 01 (Heard once in "B is for Bigfoot" and "T is for Toilet".)
- Sound Ideas, HUMAN, SCREAM - SCREAM: FEMALE, HORROR 04 (Heard once in "I is for Invincible".)
- Sound Ideas, LEAVES - LEAVES: RUSTLING 02 (Heard twice in "E is for Equilibrium".)
- Sound Ideas, SQUEAK, METAL - TURNING (Heard often in "X is for Xylophone".)
- Sound Ideas, SQUISH, SLIME - VARIOUS SLIME SQUISHES AND OOZES, HORROR (Heard once in "G is for Grandad".)
- Sound Ideas, THUNDER - THUNDER CLAP AND RUMBLE, WEATHER 01 (Series 6000) (Heard twice in "W is for Wish".)
- Sound Ideas, ZIPPER - CLOTHES: ZIP UP PANTS 02 (Heard once in "N is for Nexus".)