Sean of The Daily Rotation wrote, "I’ll admit, I’ve been waiting to see this movie since it was first announced, and Drafthouse Films released their director slate. New films (even if they are 5 minute or less shorts) from Jason Eisner, Xavier Gens, Noboru Iguchi, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Jon Schnepp, Ti West, Adam Wingard, Ben Wheatley, Ti West, Thomas Cappelen Malling, Nacho Vigalondo, and Srdjan Spasojevic? It’s like a list I would rattle off if I’m listing some of my favorite current genre directors, and here they all are making one film, if not together, collected."
The ABC's of Death 2 26th Director Contest approaches the deadline, and more crazy films keep popping up!
Nicholas of Movies Hate You Too writes:
This week in the continuing roller coaster that is the Blu-ray release schedule we are packed with both new and catalog releases. Just a few of the new releases include Schwarzenegger and Statham, there’s more bad teen supernatural melodrama, Soderbergh’s final film and the ”Indian” scientist from Short Circuit gets behind the camera. The catalog titles are even more diverse with beloved Japanese animation, a lot of schlocky horror, an early attempt to make a Marvel superhero movie, a vacation from hell and a lot of classic gangsters just to start with.
The ABCs of Death has gathered together directors, assigned them a letter and told them to make a short film relating to death. Marcel Sarmiento was assigned the letter D. His debut feature was Heavy Petting, a light dog-related romcom but his follow-up feature, Deadgirl, tugged him entirely in the other direction. Deadgirl relates the tale of two high school outcasts who discover a chained and naked dead girl who cannot die, completely refreshing the zombie genre, making it much more disturbing and distinguished.
