Fresh
The mostly played-out found footage aesthetic has its limitations, and V/H/S doesn't escape all of them. But the collected directors do manage to make many of those limitations into the films' strengths.
Ian Buckwalter, The Atlantic
V/H/S
This collection is killer.
2012 · 1h 56m · R
Horror, Thriller
Directed by
Matt Bettinelli-Olpin
,
David Bruckner
,
Tyler Gillett
,
Justin Martinez
,
Glenn McQuaid
,
Joe Swanberg
,
Chad Villella
,
Ti West
,
Adam Wingard
Overview
When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire one rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they had bargained for.
Director and cast
- Matt Bettinelli-Olpin Director
- David Bruckner Director
- Tyler Gillett Director
- Justin Martinez Director
- Glenn McQuaid Director
- Joe Swanberg Director
- Chad Villella Director
- Ti West Director
- Adam Wingard Director
- Calvin Lee Reeder as Gary (segment "Tape 56")
- Lane Hughes as Zak (segment "Tape 56")
- Kentucker Audley as Rox (segment "Tape 56")
- Adam Wingard as Brad (segment "Tape 56")
- Simon Barrett as Steve (segment "Tape 56")
- Andrew Droz Palermo as Fifth Thug (segment "Tape 56")
- Joe Swanberg as Sam (segment "Second Honeymoon")
- Sophia Takal as Stephanie (segment "Second Honeymoon")
- Kate Lyn Sheil as The Stalker (segment "Second Honeymoon")
- Hannah Fierman as Lily (segment "Amateur Night")
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
56%
Tomatometer
Rotten
I came, I saw, I hunkered.
Christopher Orr, The Atlantic
Rotten
"V/H/S" probably sounded great in the pitch meeting, but it loses all luster through some shoddy execution.
Sean O'Connell, Washington Post
Rotten
Two hours of nausea-inducing shaky cam footage that fails to tell a coherent or engrossing central story.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Fresh
The film also plays to the strengths of the found-footage format, proving that sometimes the scariest things are the ones you can barely see.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
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