V/H/S: Viral

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V/H/S: Viral

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Released Nov 21, 2014

1h 22m

Horror

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A police chase through the streets of Los Angeles inspires dozens of fame-obsessed teens to try to capture the salacious footage, but they are unaware that they will face their own deaths as stars of the next video sensation.

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Critics Consensus

V/H/S/: Viral is hardly a sensation as it cycles through the franchise's least frightening vignettes yet.

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

I was mostly waiting for it to end.

Rated: F+

Sep 1, 2017

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Doug Knoop

Seattle Times

I couldn't wait to hit eject on this whole jittery mess.

Rated: 1/4

Nov 28, 2014

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Jordan Hoffman

Guardian

I recognize that it's part of the great horror tradition to beat a marketable name into the ground, but that doesn't make up for the disappointment.

Rated: 1/5

Nov 21, 2014

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

An unwatchable mess.

Rated: 1/4

Jul 18, 2022

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

While this is the only portion of this franchise entry to remotely deal with this motif, it's also the least effective, lacking in any real kind of cohesive design.

Rated: 1/5

Sep 12, 2019

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Molly Henery

The Blogging Banshee

I think aside from the shorts being more nonsensical and not even remotely scary, the thing that upset me the most was the overarching storyline of "Vicious Circles."

Rated: 3.5/10

Nov 3, 2018

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V/H/S: Viral’s wraparound tries to be hip and cool by featuring some supernatural viral thing that makes people’s nose bleed out? Also, it also has Kevin trying to try to go viral by recording the ice cream truck chase? This is so fucking confusing in all other ways which makes it even more of an annoyance to watch. All the other segments are just something. Dante The Great is an corny and stupid segment about some magician with some good aspects, Parallel Monsters would be an interesting and fine segment but the twist with the monster private parts is so gross and feels like they try to combine the freaky vibes from the first V/H/S and the cult monster stuff from the second V/H/S. Finally, Bonestorm follows slightly better douchebags and assholes from the first V/H/S that fuck up strangers’ daily life and go to Tijuana to get high? I don’t know it’s confusing as hell. Overall, this is a mess of a movie that poorly captures the found footage and “going viral” and is easily the worst in the franchise which caused the franchise to go in hibernation for 7 years before Shudder gave us V/H/S/94. You don’t need to see this one to get caught up. 2/10

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

11/07/24

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Jay H

This is maybe one of the least enjoyable movie I've ever seen. It is very boring, it's acting is awful, it's not redeemable at all. This movie sucks and I love the rest of the vhs franchise so it is very disappointing.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/21/24

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Samuel M

I would rather sit on a cactus than suffer through this garbage again.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/14/24

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Aktug A

I didn't understand what I was watching.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/12/24

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Jack L

This was a disappointment for the franchise that made it go into hibernation for 7 years.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/05/24

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Korra N

The V/H/S franchise is one of the best offerings of the horror genre, but Viral is the reason it went dormant for nearly a decade. Insincere, inconsistent and just plain stupid, this is the one installment I can only recommend to fans of the franchise or hardcore horror fans, if just to see how bad it got before SHUDDER saved the series with V/H/S/94

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

10/04/24

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Gregg Bishop

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Todd Lincoln

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Aaron Moorhead

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Marcel Sarmiento

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Nacho Vigalondo

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VHS: Viral: Official Clip - Magician vs. Magician

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VHS: Viral: Official Clip - Murderous Cultists

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VHS: Viral: Official Clip - The Demon Dimension

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VHS: Viral: Official Clip - Dragged by an Ice Cream Truck

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VHS: Viral: Official Clip - Demonic Wives

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VHS: Viral: Official Clip - Dante the Great

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VHS: Viral: Official Clip - S.W.A.T. Team vs. Magician

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Synopsis

A police chase through the streets of Los Angeles inspires dozens of fame-obsessed teens to try to capture the salacious footage, but they are unaware that they will face their own deaths as stars of the next video sensation.

Director: Justin Benson, Gregg Bishop, Todd Lincoln, Aaron Moorhead, Marcel Sarmiento, Nacho Vigalondo
Producer: Justin Benson, Gary Binkow, Gregg Bishop, Theo Brooks, Dan Caudill, Stephen Caudill, Adam Hendricks
Screenwriter: Justin Benson, Nacho Vigalondo, Gregg Bishop, Marcel Sarmiento, Todd Lincoln, T.J. Cimfel, David White
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
Production Co: 8383 Productions, The Collective, Bloody Disgusting
Rating: R (Language|Gore|Disturbing Strong Violence|Sexual Content|Some Drug Use)
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 21, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 17, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.6K
Runtime: 1h 22m

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