Plot
An ominous broadcast brings viewers forgotten nightmares of the 1980s: a disaster recovery crew unleashes the wrath of an ancient god; a lake that brings the dead back to life; a performance art piece makes contact with a creature from the beyond; an all-guns-out undead bloodbath, and a disturbing vision of videotaped murders.
Cast
Big ol' shrug on that one I'm afraid
Verdict
Though not a fan of the V/H/S movies I do adore horror anthology's so at time of writing I'm up to date and I've not hated a V/H/S movie yet but I've not exactly loved them either.
V/H/S: 5/10
V/H/S 2: 6/10
V/H/S Viral: 5/10
V/H/S 94: 5/10
V/H/S 99: 4/10
You see horror anthology films can only be as good as their worst story and V/H/S films are notoriously inconsistent. V/H/S 85 is consistent though, consistently bad.
The stories are generally terrible, I'd argue the first is the best and has quite a satisfying twist later but it's not enough to hold the rest up. It draws influence from Sinister, no let me rephrase it imitates Sinister to an offensive level. Then it hits you with ugliness, a lack of sense, not a vast amount of horror and certain parts you just can't take seriously as they're more campy than anything else.
The grainy VHS filter was neat at first, being of an age where I can truly appreciate it I enjoyed seeing it, but the novelty has passed as have the V/H/S movies watchability.
Rants
What happened to horror anthology's? It seems like a lot of them these days are just the creator shoving loads of peoples short films together and calling it a movie. No, stop doing that! The ABC's of Death was the best example, and also the worst. I was so hyped for that and I can't put into words how heartbroken I was after watching it. Truly dreadful, we need less V/H/S, less ABC's of Death and more Creepshow please!
Breakdown
- First story & it's great twist
- Ugly visuals
- Terrible writing
- Sinister ripoff scenes.
