V/H/S (a found footage horror anthology film)

[jvince]

Genre:
Horror | Thriller

Synopsis:
When a group of misfits is 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.

Running Time:
1 hour, 33 minutes


Directors:
David Bruckner (The Signal)
Glenn McQuaid (I Sell the Dead)
Radio Silence
Joe Swanberg
Ti West (The House of the Devil)
Adam Wingard (You're Next)

Writers:
Simon Barrett
David Bruckner
Glenn McQuaid
Radio Silence
Nicholas Tecosky
Ti West (The Innkeepers)

Some early reviews...

HitFix says:

... one of the scariest movies I've seen in recent memory.... This movie is loaded with unnerving imagery, simple and direct scares that play on a primal nightmare level, and ideas that blindside you with the way they twist expectation.... The first segment by David Bruckner sets the tone for just how crazy things might get, and the final segment by Radio Silence feels like the brakes are off and you're flying off the mountain into the void. It's crazy, and the audience tonight was screaming, jumping, viscerally reacting. This is the sort of film that's going to creep into the permanent nightmare vocabulary of the audience, and I think the cheap, shitty VHS look of everything is a big part of why....

Ain't It Cool News says:

... What these filmmakers remembered was that horror needs an element of fun. Not stupid fun, but real energy and excitement.... V/H/S certainly has all that. Plus gratuitous nudity, crazy gore and some incredibly inventive tweaks to a subgenre that’s trying its damndest to wear out its welcome....

/Film says:

V/H/S is the return of the horror anthology film....

Movieline says:

... The Devil Inside this ain't; V/H/S is fresh and pulse-quickening to the end, one of the best discoveries of this year's fest....