The ABCs of Death, Anthologies, etc.

Only a few sleeps to go now before the 26-chapter horror omnibus The ABCs of Death finally makes its appearance on NZ soil. Described as an "anthology that showcases death in all its vicious wonder and brutal beauty", it'll screen at the mighty Civic Theatre in Auckland this Saturday as part of NZFF's Autumn Events programme. I did a bit of backtracking to find previous mentions of this film here, and it was first announced way back in May 2011! So yeah, it's been a long time coming. Here are a few things to get you up to speed for all you need to know about it:

The Red Band trailer (squeamish/sensitive viewers can skip it):
Interviews with producer Ant Timpson (Incredibly Strange): NZ Herald, Flicks.

And if you're thinking, "I wonder if Fatso has any of these anthology things for rent?" Why, yes we do! I did some digging into our library and came up with these horror anthos - most of them available for Get Now now:

Asylum
Black Sabbath
Cat's Eye
Creepshow 2
Dead of Night (1945)
Dead of Night (1977)
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Four
Kwaidan
Spirits of the Dead
Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Tales of Terror
The House that Dripped Blood
3 Extremes
3 Extremes II
Trick 'r Treat
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Two Evil Eyes
V/H/S

Trailer: The ABC's of Death

Highly anticipated horror anthology The ABC's of Death now has a trailer for the competition they've been running to decide who will be the 26th director to make the cut. Click here to see all the entries so far and vote for your favourite. Lots of gore and nasty stuff to follow so consider this NSFW...

More The ABCs of Death Videos

Round-up: Recent Exciting Film Announcements

In case you missed them, three very cool announcements in the last week or so:

The ABCs of Death - incredibly genius idea for horror anthology. 26 directors, 26 different short stories about death. Local filmhead Ant Timpson is one of the producers.

Re-stored Taxi Driver at NZFF - Scorsese's '70s classic back on the big screen. Don't miss it.

Jodorowky's Dune - the story behind Alejandro Jodorowsky's legendary adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune that was never made. Check out the promo video here - sounds like Jodorowsky was really looking to blow minds, which is saying something, coming from the guy who gave us The Holy Mountain.