Yes! I loved the concept, a short from a different indie creator for each letter of the alphabet.
I especially liked C, D, H, P, S, and U. What the hell Z even was, I couldn’t begin to say. (I think that ABCs is the anthology that shows the segment’s title only at the end, so if you haven’t seen it yet, don’t look up the episodes. Try to guess what the title will be.)
Parts 2 and 2-1/2 weren’t nearly as good, IMO.
This was a pretty decent one, I haven’t rewatched it but I have thought about it occasionally since seeing it.
V/H/S Is also a decent horror anthology. They all have their own highs and lows. I’d recommend all of them, except V/H/S Viral… vhs '94 might be my personal favorite.
I fell hard for Lorenza Izzo (the former Mrs. Eli Roth) in the New Year’s Eve episode. Even with the axe.
When I was a kid, Twice Told Tales (1963) scared the crap out of me. Three stories starring Vincent Price based on Nathaniel Hawthorne stories: Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment, Rappaccini’s Daughter, and The House of the Seven Gables. I suspect they don’t hold up so well, but the stories are good stories.
That’s what I was going to mention, but this is one of those series where they’ve made so many so fast (they’re on their 10th installment since 2012!) that I just can’t keep track of which I’ve watched, much less liked. I do remember liking the first one.
And because there is so many there is something for everyone. I consider the Halloween one the second worst yet it is the highest rated to other people.
The first one is a classic and even spun a feature film off of the first short story.
Dead of Night has one of the best “Puppet comes to life” stories. It may have been the first.
Easily the WORST Horror Anthology movie I’ve ever seen is Gallery of Horror (AKA Return from the Past AKA Tales from the Past – 1967) starring a slumming John Carradine, who would appear in anything. It consists of three stories with transparently predictable “twist” endings, narrated by Carradine. The techical quality of the fil m is absolutely awful – it looks like a tenth generation print from a damaged negative. Some of the most impressive shots are stolen from Roger Corman movies (like The Raven). It even features a vampire named “Count Alucard”, a hoary old joke that’s been used way too many times. (spell it backwards).
There are “good bad movies”, which are at least entertainingly bad, and show some sparks of originality. This one is simply boringly bad.
Completely agree. This was made just after Roger Corman made his run of Poe-inspired movies, which probably made a lot of people assume that this was one of them. It most definitely is not. The “Toby Dammit” segment takes significant liberties with the Poe short story Never Bet the Devil Your Head, but it’s arty and intriguing and definitely interesting.
This is a great movie.
Another great movie, and yes the ending is pretty good.
Other good movies include
The Mortuary Collection, stars Clancy Brown so you know it should be good.
Trick 'r Treat, is full on a Halloween movie with different stories set on Halloween. It’s a favorite among most horror fans.
If you want an all out B Movie go with Cillerama, it spoofs the 50s style movies.
Dead of Night is the film I was going to mention. The puppet sequence is great, but my favorite vignette is “The Christmas Party,” in which a teenaged Sally Ann Howes comforts a crying little boy who turns out to be a ghost. It’s very sweet and melancholy.
Sally Ann Howes had a very long career, beginning as a child actress, but is probably best remembered today for playing Truly Scrumptious in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
There’s also a Dan Curtis movie called Dead of Night that has three stories; the last one, “Bobby,” is pretty good.
The movie I have in mind is also the only feature film in which Vincent Price portrayed a vampire-The Monster Club. The framing device surrounding the small vignettes? John Carradine playing the author of horror stories, is accosted and bitten by a vampire played by Vincent Price. When the author comes to, he is assured by Price that he will not be killed or turned, but that he was just used as a source of sustenance. Instead of finishing the job (and as sort of an apology) Price insists that he escort Carradine to a nightclub called “The Monster Club”. He is served a drink there, listens to a rock band or two and watches as monsters of all kinds dance and have a good time. Price tells him three tales, and afterward he is resigned to his fate as the various vampires, werewolves, ghouls and every combination of the three possible descend on him ominously.
The twist? Price stops them, saying that he didn’t bring the human in to attack him-He invited him in to ask him to join them! He tells them of all the horribly imaginative ways humans have attacked and killed themselves over the centuries in numbers that dwarf the number of attacks that all the other monsters combined have done.
The Monster Club - Humans
Definitely not the usual wrap up to a horror anthology.
The Halloween edition of the V/H/S series was great! The segment Kidprint is the standout.
Three.. Extremes is another great (and super gross & disturbing!) horror anthology. It’s an Asian film featuring stories by Takasi Miike, Park Chan-wook & Fruit Chan and the “Dumplings” segment is… hooo boy, not something you’ll ever forget.