ABCs of Death 2(2014)
2014 · 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 · 124 min
Taking all that was great from the first instalment, the movie aims to be a wilder, leaner, faster-paced and even more entertaining anthology this time around, with a new crop of award-winning, visionary filmmakers from around the globe.
Horror
5.4349 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
4/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How ABCs of Death 2 scares
Watching this feels like flipping through 26 completely different short films back to back, so the mood swings hard from silly and cartoonish to genuinely gross and upsetting within minutes. There's no slow build here since each segment has to make its point fast, so the scares lean on shock images, body horror, and dark jokes rather than long dread or jump-scare setups. Some parts are supernatural, some are sci-fi, some are just twisted real-world violence, so the type of threat keeps changing letter to letter. It's best for horror fans who like variety and can handle extreme gore mixed with weird humor, not for anyone wanting one consistent scary story.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, ABCs of Death 2 rates psychological 2/5, visceral 4/5, gore 4/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 2 of 5
- Visceral: 4 of 5
- Gore: 4 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 55 of 100 — balanced
Supernatural vs Real-world: 50 of 100 — balanced
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 60 of 100 — leans Disturbing
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A rapid-fire grab bag of short bursts that swing unpredictably between playful and brutal, with no single build—just constant jolts until a hard final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 3, 2, 4, 3, 2, 4, 3, 4, 2, 4, 5, 4.
How scary is ABCs of Death 2?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, ABCs of Death 2 rates 3/5 — solidly scary, balancing creeping dread with well-placed shocks. It attacks the body more than the mind — physical, in-your-face horror. Expect it to be heavy on gore and genuinely disturbing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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