Sydney Lee Horror Movie Talk Dec 4, 2025 9/10

I really enjoy this movie, how it switches from a slowburn creep out to a ghost story to a slasher and so on. I think it is a great movie to get you into horror, it is a great movie to revisit, it is a great movie period.

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Brian Bisesi Horror Movie Club Podcast Oct 25, 2023 4/5

V/H/S is hindered by the onslaught of unlikable, misogynistic characters in nearly every one of its segments, but it succeeds due to creative premises and the effective use of the found footage technique to achieve shocking, intense, and scary moments.

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Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh Sep 24, 2023 4/5

A diverse blend of horrors that all have an organic connection to one another to justify the found-footage format.

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Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Sep 25, 2022 2/4

For all its tension and shock value, the experience is uneven.

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Josh Larsen LarsenOnFilm May 27, 2022 2/4

...icky stuff that doesn’t deserve a pass just because the awful men in it get what’s coming to them.

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David Bax Battleship Pretension Mar 10, 2021

There are, as you can see, worthwhile elements to V/H/S. Sadly, they don't show up until the end.

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Brent McKnight The Last Thing I See Jul 19, 2020 C

Like so many anthology movies, individual pieces shine, but others sink the ship and the connective framework overstays its welcome and becomes tedious.

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Ed Travis Hollywood Jesus Apr 1, 2020

This is hard horror told by genre lovers with many winks to the audience. Horror fans will fall for VHS but the faint hearted should look elsewhere.

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Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com Jul 9, 2019 3/5

A slick and fun little romp of offerings from some newer voices in horror cinema.

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Naila Scargill Exquisite Terror Feb 28, 2019

Naturally there is variance in quality, but overall an exhilarating experience that brings pleasure back to found footage.

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Adam Lowes CineVue Feb 8, 2019 2/5

Although the filmmakers have a shorter time span to tell their tales, there's a distinct lack of imagination and genuine sense of fun on display.

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Abbie Bernstein Assignment X Jan 31, 2019 B

It doesn't feel over-produced or over-ambitious, but rather as close to what it purports to be as it can get. The results are admirable and often honestly scary.

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Frank Ochieng SF Crowsnest Nov 19, 2018 1.5/4

Relentlessly murky and meandering, V/H/S will have some wanting the urge to push the eject button on their 25 year-old VCR player.

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Johnny Gayzmonic Fanboys of the Universe Nov 2, 2018 8/10

Quite possibly the most effectively unsettling found-footage horror film to date.

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Jamie Neish HeyUGuys Aug 14, 2018 4/5

V/H/S not only features some of the most imaginative horror films of our time, but also manages to present these as a collection that continuously defies out expectations and leaves us begging for more.

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Charles Webb MTV Jul 3, 2018

V/H/S could have been really, really good instead of just really, really interesting. As it stands, it's worth watching just to see the seeds of several very clever ideas emerge.

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Steve Biodrowski Cinefantastique Jun 18, 2013 3/5

Consistently intense but inconsistently satisfying ... in its attempt to pack relentlessly downbeat horror into 20-minute packages.

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Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed Jan 22, 2013

A solid and entertaining anthology film...

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Alistair Harkness Scotsman Jan 21, 2013 3/5

Conceptual pedantry aside, there are things to enjoy here.

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Philip French Observer (UK) Jan 20, 2013

A hit-and-miss affair.

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