FuzzyTagz
If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.
Ella-May O'Brien
Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
Fleur
Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
LouAbbott
As of December 5, 2017, there are 288 IMDb reviews of this film. Almost everything written about V/H/S – the good, the bad and the ugly – is written. So, here may be a unique comment. No, I haven't read every review, but I'm still going forward. Hannah Fierman, who plays Lily, may have bigger eyes then Barbara Steele, "The Queen of All Scream Queens." Steele's most famous appearance is in the Mario Bava Italian Gothic film classic "Black Sunday." Also, is there a count of the number of times the F-word is in V/H/S? A record may be broken!! I wonder if George Romero saw this film? If he did, I'd bet he'd like it.
CinematicSyndrome
seriously its not worth it. I could end the review right here as its not even worth reviewing as one already knows what to expect form 6 different found footage recordings in one movie with each one supposedly offering different things but is mostly boring and creepy at best. If not a story i at least expected good scares but its actually not at all as scary as i expected or as people here are telling you it is (i was actually laughing as to wtf is happening).Verdict: not at all worth watching
th_om-31754
It's a compilation of several horror plots witch works great for me. I'm always trying to find sickening horror flicks but I think they all get ruined by the crappy character building and story lines. You know which character is going to die when and how. They all explain the origin of the ghost/killer/monster/entity and the latest films just don't have enough boobs.Now take a movie like "Cabin in the woods". The horror in that movie is something we mortals would never understand just like the stuff that goes on in the V/H/S movies. Watchin all three game me a little idea of the story that's underneath all the events but I still don't get it which makes me want to watch them again.Last thing I liked about the films was the unfamiliar actors. Not the same faces you see in all the Hollywood based movies. That's the power of indie films.Overall: Lots of horror, lots of gore and just the right amount of boobies.9/10
Tim Morgan
I don't consider myself a fan of the found footage genre, but I've seen V/H/S show up on several lists of the best of the genre, so I thought I'd check it out.There's some semblance of story setup (bunch of thugs break into a house to steal a tape, but find a dead body and a bunch of other tapes instead). Then it dives into a series of unrelated short films.In a feature you need a story; in shorts you can get by with a gag. I'm going to give the writers a tip of my hat and admit each of the shorts has an effective gag. Some of the shorts work better than others and some just don't work at all.A few of the shorts feature some head-scratching, WTF moments. There are a couple of scenes that almost threw me out of the movie, but I'm glad I continued to watch.I think the team put most of the film's budget into the last short and it shows. I feel it was the best of the batch. I was going to rate the film a 5 but as I think about it, the effectiveness of that last short warrants a higher mark.If you're a horror fan and/or a found footage fan in particular, you can't go wrong streaming this.
