JamesG
05-13-2011, 04:21 PM
26 Horror Directors Tackle the ABCs of Death
By Sharon Knolle
Posted May 13th 2011
A is for Ax, B is for Beheading": not your traditional way to teach the ABCs...
but 26 horror directors from around the world will each tackle a segment that will "showcase death in all its strange and brutal beauty."
Each director will be assigned a letter and given the same budget to create bloody mayhem. The stories will be connected with a linking device.
The final slot will be awarded to a beginning filmmaker, the winner of a soon-to-be-launched global competition.
Alamo Drafthouse CEO/founder Tim League and Timpson Films CEO Ant Timpson will co-produce the project.
"'The ABCs of Death' offers us a chance to work closely with a large number of visionary filmmakers to create a film with more jaw-dropping moments than a whole summer of blockbusters," League said.
Timpson related that the project was inspired by his sons' ABC books.
"The idea of subverting that format to reveal a study in all the dastardly and humorous ways a person can leave this world appealed on multiple levels."
And, of course, the idea isn't completely new:
"It was somewhat fitting to learn that the earliest forms of the ABCs books actually did use fear of punishment to teach the young," Timpson said.
The Directors Include:
Angela Bettis - Roman
Adrian Bogliano - Cold Sweat
Helene Cattet - Amer
Jason Eisner - Hobo With a Shotgun
Ernesto Diaz Espinoza - Mirageman, Mandrill
Bruno Foranzi - Amer
Gadi Harell - DeadGirl
Thomas Malling - Norwegian Ninja
Yoshihiro Nishimura - Tokyo Gore Police
Simon Rumley - Red, White and Blue
Marcel Sarmiento - DeadGirl
Srdjan Spasojevic - A Serbian Film
Timo Tjahjanto - Macabre
Andrew Traucki - The Reef
Nacho Vigolando - True Crimes
Jake West - Doghouse, Evil Aliens
Ti West - The House of the Devil, The Innkeepers
Ben Wheatley - Down Terrace, Kill List
Adam Wingard - Pop Skull, A Horrible Way to Die
http://blog.moviefone.com/2011/05/13/26-horror-directors-tackle-the-abcs-of-death/
By Sharon Knolle
Posted May 13th 2011
A is for Ax, B is for Beheading": not your traditional way to teach the ABCs...
but 26 horror directors from around the world will each tackle a segment that will "showcase death in all its strange and brutal beauty."
Each director will be assigned a letter and given the same budget to create bloody mayhem. The stories will be connected with a linking device.
The final slot will be awarded to a beginning filmmaker, the winner of a soon-to-be-launched global competition.
Alamo Drafthouse CEO/founder Tim League and Timpson Films CEO Ant Timpson will co-produce the project.
"'The ABCs of Death' offers us a chance to work closely with a large number of visionary filmmakers to create a film with more jaw-dropping moments than a whole summer of blockbusters," League said.
Timpson related that the project was inspired by his sons' ABC books.
"The idea of subverting that format to reveal a study in all the dastardly and humorous ways a person can leave this world appealed on multiple levels."
And, of course, the idea isn't completely new:
"It was somewhat fitting to learn that the earliest forms of the ABCs books actually did use fear of punishment to teach the young," Timpson said.
The Directors Include:
Angela Bettis - Roman
Adrian Bogliano - Cold Sweat
Helene Cattet - Amer
Jason Eisner - Hobo With a Shotgun
Ernesto Diaz Espinoza - Mirageman, Mandrill
Bruno Foranzi - Amer
Gadi Harell - DeadGirl
Thomas Malling - Norwegian Ninja
Yoshihiro Nishimura - Tokyo Gore Police
Simon Rumley - Red, White and Blue
Marcel Sarmiento - DeadGirl
Srdjan Spasojevic - A Serbian Film
Timo Tjahjanto - Macabre
Andrew Traucki - The Reef
Nacho Vigolando - True Crimes
Jake West - Doghouse, Evil Aliens
Ti West - The House of the Devil, The Innkeepers
Ben Wheatley - Down Terrace, Kill List
Adam Wingard - Pop Skull, A Horrible Way to Die
http://blog.moviefone.com/2011/05/13/26-horror-directors-tackle-the-abcs-of-death/