V/H/S

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V/H/S

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Released Oct 5, 2012

1h 55m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Hired to steal a rare VHS tape from a remote house, a ragtag band of crooks finds a dead body, old TVs and a lot of cryptic footage.

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Critics Consensus

An uneven collection of found-footage horror films, V/H/S has some inventive scares but its execution is hit-and-miss.

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London Evening Standard

A nauseating experience on every level.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 18, 2013

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Smart, scary stuff.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 17, 2013

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Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Several of the shorts build ingeniously, and their brevity solves the serial problem of found footage, which is how to maintain interest and plausibility in shaky-cam antics for a whole feature.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 17, 2013

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Brian Bisesi

Horror Movie Club Podcast

V/H/S is hindered by the onslaught of unlikable, misogynistic characters in nearly every one of its segments, but it succeeds due to creative premises and the effective use of the found footage technique to achieve shocking, intense, and scary moments.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 25, 2023

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

A diverse blend of horrors that all have an organic connection to one another to justify the found-footage format.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 24, 2023

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

For all its tension and shock value, the experience is uneven.

Rated: 2/4

Sep 25, 2022

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Erik B

A pretty decent effort - an anthology of found-footage format stories that are all tied together through another found-footage style setup. Pretty decent effects and definitely creepy, but the jankiness of the filming makes it a bit difficult to watch at times. Still, a worthy effort, and it made me want to explore the remainder of the series.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/18/24

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Ricardo d

A idéia geral até que é bacana, um conjunto de contos amarrados por uma história de roubo. Cada conto com sua direção específica, o que daí para mim, prejudica a qualidade do filme. Nem todo conto tem uma boa construção, e dai acaba pecando em algum requisito. Acho que maquiagem e efeitos são os principais problemas, seguidos de roteiro com lacunas que deixam a história sem explicação de alguns fatos. Tomara que seja explicado nas sequências, e dai até justificaria tal suspense, senão torna-se um grande problema para este projeto.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

11/18/24

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Rami A

This one was all over the place.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/11/24

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Audience Member

V/H/S may be actually unnerving in some segments like the Skype call one and the wrap-around and that some characters are actually good and solid. However, the film is heavily sunken down on how weird and perverted most of the characters in this movie are and how the main protagonists are very foul and make the movie an grueling experience. Especially when they mention that they get paid for sexually assaulting women. Overall, this is a lackluster first installment that feels too long and follows awful and weird protagonists. 4/10

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/04/24

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Landon J

This one was a nostalgia trip for me, something I watched in my formative horror movie years. A menagerie of mostly disjointed short stories without much of any magnetism to speak of for any of the movies happenings. A decent time waster to be sure but nothing special.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/31/24

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Guy P

What starts as a simple premise with shock value found footage, some segments are good but most are bad due to lack of imagination and some flat acting.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/21/24

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Joe Swanberg

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Ti West

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V/H/S: Official Clip - Investigating the Noise

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V/H/S: Official Clip - My Apartment is Haunted

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V/H/S: Official Clip - Close Your Eyes

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Synopsis

Hired to steal a rare VHS tape from a remote house, a ragtag band of crooks finds a dead body, old TVs and a lot of cryptic footage.

Director: David Bruckner, Glenn McQuaid, Joe Swanberg, Ti West, Adam Wingard
Producer: Gary Binkow, Roxanne Benjamin, Brad Miska
Screenwriter: Simon Barrett, David Bruckner, Tyler Gillett, Justin Martinez, Glenn McQuaid, Nicholas Tecosky, Ti West, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Chad Villella
Distributor: Magnet Releasing
Production Co: The Collective
Rating: R (Graphic Nudity|Bloody Violence|Pervasive Language|Some Drug Use|Strong Sexuality)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 5, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 5, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $65.1K
Runtime: 1h 55m

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