V/H/S: VIRAL's segments include the story of a deranged illusionist who obtains a magical object of great power; a homemade machine that opens a door to a parallel world; teenage skaters that unwillingly become targets of a Mexican death cult ritual; and a sinister, shadowy organization that is tracking a serial killer. The segments are tied together by the story of a group of fame-obsessed teens following a violent car chase in LA that unwittingly become stars of the next internet sensation.
Three playful yet thoroughly disposable experiments in short-form p.o.v. cinema.
– Peter Debruge,
Variety,
17 Oct 2014
rotten:
[Its] pleasures barely compensate for the vapidity of V/H/S: Viral's sketches.
– Simon Abrams,
Village Voice,
18 Nov 2014
rotten:
A sequel so slapdash and ineffectual that its army of directors-six of them total, counting the poor sucker whose contribution got axed-might well be accused of intentionally burying the franchise.
– A.A. Dowd,
AV Club,
20 Nov 2014
rotten:
I couldn't wait to hit eject on this whole jittery mess.