If anybody is rethinking about watching this, you'd better re-rethink it, cuz it's scary as hell and extremely well done!!!!
Anybody else feel like this was one of the scariest movies you've seen in the last 10 years??
"NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!!"
No way, this movie was one of the least scary horror movies I have seen.
Plus the "story" sucked. Good concept, poor execution.
I agree with you, if it was done with good writers/directors V/H/S would have been awesome.
shareJust ran across this while sick in bed. Yes, I found it scary in many places. And I go back to the days of real horror films - Dracula, The Mummy, etc. There are very few true horror films today - it's mostly just gore. I was pleasantly surprised that this actually made me jump.
š Rachel
Was pretty scary to me.
"I eat bananas with a fork so I don't look gay"-Noemotion
Scary..? No.
shareClearly you haven't seen many horror flicks... this was bad!!! From beginning to the end... No story, terrible acting, poor execution and extremely forgettable.
It felt more like a "made for TV" cheesy movie. Horrible
"Clearly you haven't seen many horror flicks"
Clearly this is an indication you are an arrogant idiot. Since when did someone's movie watching experience become an indicator of how many movies of a specific genre they've seen? NEVER.
Besides, I've seen at least 280 horrors, because I've rated 280 of them on IMDB. I've become a major connoisseur of horrors within the last 4 years. I know horrors. Since you wanna play the assumption game, I'm willing to assume I know more than you. But like that even matters.
This movie was great. You don't have to be a horror fan to like it. And guess what? There IS a story! You're too blind to see it
"NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!!"
I'd be interested in knowing what the story was in this movie. Apparently I was also "too blind to see it." Could you illuminate me, please.
sharewell let's see, there were actually SIX stories. I find it difficult for people not to see any of them.
The largest was the story of a handful of would-be criminals who get a strange job offer from an unknown source to break into a house and steal a VHS tape. As they rummage through they encounter strange things like a dead body and tapes filled with strange stuff. As they watch these tapes one by one, even stranger things start happening. I would go more into detail, but I don't want to spoil it for others and I find it redundant to have to explain a story that should be obvious.
Don't forget about the 5 other mini-stories in the movie.
"NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!!"
The point is that the stories didn't make any sense within the context of the entire movie. What did each vignette add to the greater story? What was the point in having them? The over-arching plot didn't connect any dots. If you want to recite what happened in this movie, then go ahead. I'm not an idiot. I saw it too. But, the plot needs to progress. There needs to be a point. Why were they sent to the house? Why were they targeted? What was the point of the corpse? How did the criminals disappear? There was nothing in this plot that actually resembled a full movie, other than its running time. While this might have been a good idea in concept, the execution lacked vision and purpose. There weren't just plot holes here, the entire movie was a plot hole. There was nothing connecting the short vignettes to one another and nothing connecting them to the greater story. The random scenes of the dude trying to tape himself having sex with an unsuspecting girl were never tied in or explained.
You can deem me stupid and patronize me for asking you to explain the story, but you didn't do a very good job of that at all. All you did was tell me a few of the things that happened. Events do not a story make. And some creepy scenes don't make a good horror movie, when no one has any clue what's happening or why, even after the movie is over. WIthout the benefit of some sort of reveal, climax, or resolution, all you have is an incomplete movie. period.
Why? WHY does the plot need to "progress?" WHY does every movie have to follow a typical linear Hollywood narrative? What's wrong with a collection of mini-stories?
Nothing. That's one of the reasons I love the movie "Rubber" because it shoves the middle finger in the face of all the dynamics that everyone expects a movie to follow. People need to stop questioning every move a movie makes. Just enjoy the damn movie, and stop trying to find an explanation for everything.
"NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!!"
"WHY does the plot need to "progress?""
That is the dumbest thing I've ever heard said in a serious manner. Sometimes a bad movie is just a bad movie. Having absolutely no point does not automatically make it a creative work of art. Usually it just means that its bad. This is no exception. I'm glad you liked it, but there's no story here, no continuity, no connection, and it makes no sense. It has nothing to do with typical Hollywood conventions or "dynamics." It just has to do with film making 101. I'm glad you liked this film, but to me (and most other viewers), it was just another good idea that was poorly executed.
That's ok. I can honestly see where you're coming from. I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree on the topic of the storyline for this movie.
"NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!!"
"WHY does the plot need to "progress?"
... I agree. I literally don't know what to say to that! Ha!
"Alright, you baaaaddddd boy, no more freebies" - The Genie - Aladdin.
I interpreted "WHY does the plot need to 'progress?'" to mean that an anthology film doesn't necessarily need continuity or connection between it's stories. In fact, I prefer it when collections of short films like this one don't have a framing story, I would honestly just prefer to sit down and watch five short films without some sort of "framework". Have you seen Creepshow? I love that movie, pretty much every segment is good, but I could really do without the framing story of the kid reading comics, it's just...not needed.
sharebut there's no story here, no continuity, no connection, and it makes no sense.
Wow lol. You really don't get it. V/H/S is just an anthology of found footage horror films. Like Tales from the Crypt, it has a set up (people finding the tapes) but the main concept is just short stories. And they are only around 10 - 20 minutes so, the stories wont be huge.
"WHY does the plot need to "progress?""
This is not dumb, you are obviously just a different kind of viewer. Not all films have to have a linear story with a beginning middle and end. If you think they do then you're watching films that weren't made for people like you. Anyway, these films were made for people who like crazy horror films but also like the found footage genre. It doesn't have a plot that progress's because the stories are only short! And they don't relate to each other either. Just like the short horror stories from The Simpsons: Tree house of horror or Creep Show. You understand??
I agree. The greater story of these guys breaking in to a house to find a specific tape is actually a good idea. But it was poorly executed and just lead nowhere. I was expecting the final short story to be the actual tape they were looking for and that that tape would actually tie everything up. Like why is there a guy in a house with a load of tapes of people getting killed? What's the significance of the tape these guys are looking for? What's on the tape they're looking for? None of these questions were answered and the blanket story was just an excuse to show lots of cheaply made handy cam horror stories.
However, I do think that this type of horror film (the handy cam style) is a great way to do horror films. Even though the Blair Witch Project isn't really scary on the surface, it is un nerving to watch. Paranormal Activity, although often slated, is scarier than most horror films because it's different and feels real. I'm a horror fan, but don't get really scared by many horror films these days, as the main technique they seem to use is just to make you jump but in my opinion watching something that could be real is a lot scarier.
So in summary I think the idea behind V/H/S was good but the film could have been so much better. Some stories were better than others ("Amateur Night", "Second Honey Moon" and "The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was Younger' being my favourites) but this could have been overlooked if the overall story (Tape 56) was explored in more depth. Apparantly VHS 2 is better so I will have to give that a watch!
Well said. It baffles me how so many people thought V/H/S had no story. It's an anthology. It has many stories!
shareYep, you are too blind to see it. Fair play for admitting that to yourself. You don't seem to understand the concept of an anthology.
shareAs a major "connoisseur" of horror... your standard must be pretty low if you think this crap is even remotely close to being scary!!!
And I'm not blind... i just have more brain cells than you to figure out what a pathetic movie this really is.
But you lack the brain cells to figure out that intelligence has nothing to do with the films we enjoy or the things that scare us....
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If you think these films were good... you have zero taste in horror films... ZERO!!!
shareNo story?? Clearly, you don't understand the concept of the series. There isn't mean to be a story. it is FOUND FOOTAGE done well! The tapes are made to appear like they have been FOUND.
And all the segments DID have a story. I'll give you that some of the acting was poor but that is only due to it being so low budget.
I don't mean to sound like a jerk, but what exactly did you find "scary as hell". I thought it was rather boring, predictable and annoyingly abusing the found-footage sub-genre. The only realistic thing about it was the characters being just random boring people, but you can also find plenty of than on Youtube.
"We all go a little mad sometimes"
Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates - Psycho (1960)
I enjoyed this movie - if you look and listen enough, you'll find little hints and clues to a bigger picture - however, don't dismiss the collective idea from the creators that they purposefully left things unexplained so you can come to your own conclusions. call them plot holes or call it on purpose - you can't box yourself into a corner saying it did or didn't have plot holes - that said, I'm glad I was able to enjoy it without labeling it so damn much
One does not simply keep clear of the moors . . .
IT'S ALMOST AS IF PEOPLE ARE AFFECTED DIFFERENTLY BY THINGS!
It had some pretty scary moments. Like where I turned the volume down so I wouldn't get too freaked out.
Honestly, most scary movies aren't very scary, so I'd probably put this in the top 10 for the past decade.
I agree the ideal of the movie is amazing but......... They failed. Nothing was explained. Nothing made any sense. And it wasn't scary at all. The one with the girl/monster was the only ok one, the rest were dumb.
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