When a group of misfits are hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire a rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they bargained for.
After a short break on the Horror franchise reviews I’m back. As usual you voted for it, you got it! This should be fun.
I still remember seeing the trailer for this film for the first time, I got seriously excited for its release. As someone who is a huge fan of Horror anthology films this was a great film for me, as I know it was for many others who are fans of the sub genre.
I had seriously high hopes for this release, I was actually quite nervous because I hate it when I get my hopes up for a film (something that I try to rarely do) only to be let down, it has happened way too much. Luckily I and other fans weren’t disappointed.
There are five segments featured in the film plus a wraparound story and one thing that shocked me was that not one story was weak, no segment was a letdown, every single one was entertaining and catered to a different crowd so there was something for everyone.
The most important thing to me about this release was that it confirmed one thing, Anthology Horror was truly making a comeback and I for one could not have been happier about it. I also loved listening to and reading different peoples reactions to the film as it managed to cross that barrier into mainstream.
“V/H/S” to me is the modern equivalent of films like “Creepshow” and I think it certainly merits a watch if you haven’t already seen it.
Miscellaneous facts about the film:
The brick house the three guys break into where all the VHS tapes are located is the same house from Marble Hornets, a found footage web series on YouTube that popularized Slender Man.
The word “fuck” is said around 240 times.
One segment takes place in 1998.
Tuesday the 17th would take place right after Friday the 13th. The name and camping setting is a reference to the Friday the 13th (1980) series.
Sam and Stephanie’s fortune card from the machine in “Second Honeymoon” alludes to the other arcs of the anthology, as well as its own arc.
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