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V/H/S
2012 116 min United States of America R 18+
★5.5
Thriller, Horror
Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, David Bruckner, Tyler Gillett
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Description
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.
Budget:
$242,000
US Gross:
$100,345
Worldwide:
$100,345
Starring
Calvin Lee Reeder
Actor
Lane Hughes
Actor
Adam Wingard
Actor
Awards
5 nominations total
Key opinion
V/H/S is a polarizing found-footage anthology that divides audiences through its uneven segment quality and abrasive aesthetic. While some viewers appreciate the raw, experimental nature of the shorts, others find the framing narrative incoherent and the technical style physically exhausting.
| Cinematography | The shaky-cam, low-fidelity VHS aesthetic is highly divisive, serving as an effective tool for realism for some and a source of motion sickness or visual frustration for others. | |
| Screenplay | The anthology format suffers from significant inconsistency, as segments vary wildly in quality, narrative focus, and effectiveness. | |
| Screenplay | The framing narrative involving the group of criminals fails to provide a cohesive structure, leaving many viewers feeling the anthology lacks a unified purpose. | |
| Emotion | The film relies on extreme gore and visceral shocks, which some find successfully intense and others deem gratuitous or hollow. |