V/H/S: Viral

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V/H/S: Viral

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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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Dylan C.

Worst of the franchise. Hands down.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/03/25

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Horror fan 4

A very entertaining movie but wasn't that scary. The effects were good. Tim Treakle

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/03/25

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Erik B

Third chapter in the anthology series...and this one is a little less cohesive than the previous two entries. The stories contained herein are just OK at best, and the "story" that weaves them all together is pretty incomprehensible. Fun...but very forgettable.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/22/25

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Ian H

Bit too confused to be really scary or cohesive

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

10/09/25

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Caleb L

A film with segments that all have something good in them, but also with a wrap around so incoherent, confusing, and just all around awful.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

10/08/25

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Jeremy B.

This one is not good. Made worse by the fact that there was no transition story between “episodes”. Effects and production were about the only two good points.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

06/22/25

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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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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: The Collective, Bloody Disgusting, 8383 Productions
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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