ABCs of Death 2.5

The challenge was to make a horror short of three minutes or less, inspired by the letter 'M'. Over 500 entries were submitted from around the globe, of which 26 finalists were compiled to make The ABC's of Death 2.5.

With such a short run-time in which to try and tell a story, the majority of 2.5's episodes prove predictably insubstantial, mere excuses for the film-makers to be as bizarre or outrageously gross as possible ('M is for Munging' being the winner there!). And as much as I enjoy the occasional spot of weirdness or gratuitous splatter, this rapid-fire collection left me longing for something a little more coherent.

Of the 26 entries, only a handful manage to impress: opening effort 'M is for Magnetic Tape' delivers a fun premise and some great special effects, 'M is for Malnutrition' ends with a neat Twilight Zone style twist, 'M is for Morman Missionaries' has a warped EC comics style payoff, and 'M is for Mother' features a big-ass spider.

The rest of the entries left me either disappointed or scratching my head in bewilderment.

I haven't even seen this yet but i'm going to address the idiots in the room:

THIS FILM IS NOT A SEQUEL OR A CONTINUANCE IN THE SERIES. GET THAT THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULLS.

This is a composition of "Finalists" whose features did not make the cut. This is not Part 3, these are submissions/Entrants that didn't make the final cut.

For those saying it wasn't as good as the original or 2nd entry, to you I say: NO S#it!! You mongrels.

Clearly it isn't as good, otherwise they would have made the final cut. How stupid are all of you that you can't even comprehend what you are criticising.

Welcome to the idiotic age of millenials.

This was a major disappointment. If you're going to compare this one to the other two, you will be let down tremendously.

Everything in this movie looked very ameture. It's almost as if the scenes were the ones that didn't make the cut for the other ABCs of death. Everything was cheesy and very low budget. The other two movies made you at least cringe, had you overly disgusted, or were laughable. All I could do with this movie is roll my eyes.

I do not recommend this movie if you've happened to see parts one and two.

I enjoyed abc of death 1 & 2! I find this 2.5 disappointing and quite boring.

ABCs of Death 2.5 is a production created by Drafthouse Films. The good people at Drafthouse Films invited directors from all over the world to submit a short film (sometimes less that 2 minutes long)about their take on dead. Out of the 500 films submitted ABCs of Death 2.5 is a compilation of the best 26 shorts submitted. Just when you think it couldn't get any better each short film begins with the letter 'M'.

The film is basically like Rob Zombie and Quentin Tarantino both got together, got drunk and then make a completely over the top compilation of the weirdest ways to kill people, or kill themselves in some cases.

Even for the content there's nothing too gory here if you seen either one of their movies but I wouldn't bring the kids.