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This article was originally published on October 6, 2023.
It has been updated to include segments fromV/H/S/Beyond,now streaming on Shudder.
Timeless was not a word that leaped to mind while watching this collection of digital campfire stories.
A sequel seemed about as likely as VHS itself mounting a comeback.
Dont worry, that mostly just means that the monsters are from outer space this time.
Truthfully, though, the appeal ofV/H/Sis indeed rather timeless.
33.Dante the Great (V/H/S Viral)
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In theory, ditching the home-video concept for a mockumentary approach was a fun wrinkle in theV/H/Sformula.
(Who exactly is supposed to be filming the mayhem of the climax?)
32.Gorgeous Vortex (V/H/S Viral)
- doesnt make a whole lot of sense.
31.Dreamkill (V/H/S/85)
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30.Bonestorm (V/H/S Viral)
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Is the title an intentionalSimpsonsreference?
29.Abduction/Adduction (V/H/S/Beyond)
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It doesnt help that three of the other five entries inBeyondalso revolve around extraterrestrial terror.
28.Shredding (V/H/S/99)
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Pretty rudimentary in the scare department.
Once the beyond-the-grave comeuppance arrives, this short is just standard shambling ghouls and raining blood.
Director Maggie Levin also offers a pretty spot-on imitation ofJackass-era music-TV aesthetics.
27.To Hell and Back (V/H/S/99)
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V/H/Sliterally goes to Hell … and its surprisingly underwhelming?
26.Total Copy (V/H/S/85)
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25.Fur Babies (V/H/S/Beyond)
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Painless, but were voting#WalrusNo.
24.Second Honeymoon (V/H/S)
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The shocking twist would land harder if he better-seeded hints of trouble in paradise.
23.God of Death (V/H/S/85)
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A TV news crew is plunged into a hellish ordeal during an apparent earthquake in Mexico City.
22.10/31/98 (V/H/S)
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21.Stork (V/H/S/Beyond)
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20.Dream Girl (V/H/S/Beyond)
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Could this be the goriest short of the whole series?
Arms and faces are ripped off, but not before a format-breaking musical number!
19.Tuesday the 17th (V/H/S)
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18.Phase I Clinical Trials (V/H/S/2)
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Mostly, though, Wingard deploys his first-person POV gimmick for the purposes of cheaply effective jolts.
Its a good time for funhouse fans at least thinkJump Scare: The Movie.
17.Stowaway (V/H/S/Beyond)
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Its interesting to look at and a nice break from the run-and-scream formula of whats sequenced before it.
16.The Gawkers (V/H/S/99)
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American PiemeetsRear Windowmeets Greek mythology in Tyler MacIntyres cautionary tale of adolescent voyeurism gone wrong.
15.Parallel Monsters (V/H/S Viral)
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14.Live and Let Dive (V/H/S/Beyond)
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Sometimes, all you need is a good hook.
13.TKNGD (V/H/S/85)
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The punchline is perfection.
12.Ozzys Dungeon (V/H/S/99)
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11.The Empty Wake (V/H/S/94)
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Great makeup effects, too.
10.A Ride in the Park (V/H/S/2)
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Eduardo Sanchez made the most iconic and maybe the all-time greatest found-footage horror movie ever withThe Blair Witch Project.
9.Terror (V/H/S/94)
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8.No Wake (V/H/S/85)
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Death is where most of theV/H/Sshorts end.
Lets just say thats not exactly the case with this twisty portrait of American bloodlust.
7.Suicide Bid (V/H/S/99)
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6.The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was Younger (V/H/S)
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Call it a test balloon for ScreenLife, the laptop-horror genreUnfriendedwould run with a couple years later.
5.Storm Drain (V/H/S/94)
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Storm Drain is devious satire, ruthlessly skewering the sham altruism of its Pulitzer-hungry protagonist.
4.Slumber Party Alien Abduction (V/H/S/2)
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(Theres a great shot involving something lurking and only briefly glimpsed in the lake.)
Only sensitive dog lovers should skip this ride.
3.The Subject (V/H/S/94)
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Okay, so the digital video looks more 2014 than 1994.
In terms of pure holy-shit intensity, The Subject is eclipsed only by the otherV/H/Sinstallment from director Timo Tjahjanto.
Keep reading …
2.Amateur Night (V/H/S)
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1.Safe Haven (V/H/S/2)
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