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When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire a rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they bargained for.

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Gary (segment "Tape 56")
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Zak (segment "Tape 56")
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Rox (segment "Tape 56")
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Brad (segment "Tape 56")
Frank Stack ...
Old Man (segment "Tape 56")
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Abbey (segment "Tape 56")
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Tabitha (segment "Tape 56")
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Steve (segment "Tape 56")
Andrew Droz Palermo ...
Fifth Thug (segment "Tape 56")
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Lily (segment "Amateur Night")
Mike Donlan ...
Shane (segment "Amateur Night")
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Patrick (segment "Amateur Night")
Drew Sawyer ...
Clint (segment "Amateur Night")
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Lisa (segment "Amateur Night")
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Sam (segment "Second Honeymoon")
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A POV, found footage horror film from the perspective of America's top genre filmmakers. A group of misfits are hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house in the countryside and acquire a rare tape. Upon searching the house, the guys are confronted with a dead body, a hub of old televisions and an endless supply of cryptic footage, each video stranger than the last. Written by Anonymous

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This collection is killer.

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Rated R for bloody violence, strong sexuality, graphic nudity, pervasive language and some drug use | See all certifications »

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Opening Weekend:

$36,402 (USA) (5 October 2012)

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$99,770 (USA) (9 November 2012)
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To much
27 August 2012 | by (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews

What we have in V/H/S are a bunch of prolonged horror moments that in usual cases would be the climax to any average horror movie. The movie manages to throw 5 of these 'money shots' at the viewer without the need to tell any real story, build any of the characters or introduce their personality's to the audience. Whether this is a stroke of genius originality or just laziness is the question.

You'd be forgiven for thinking that V/H/S is the result a brain storming session where five writers pitched five stories, with one 'Eureka' moment of making a movie of the ending of all five. What they seemingly failed to spend any real time on though was the glue to bind the five stories together. It is completely irrelevant, in fact I would go as far as to say the movie would be better without it, a "Here are five tapes that were found, now watch them" instead.

I have to say I am a fan of 'found footage movies'. To me they achieve the desired effect and can, at times, create some truly chilling moments. This movie does have it's moments but after a while it all gets to much, the 'found footage' angle is somehow lost with the constant change of story. You are never really allowed to reach the same level of suspense as with other films in this genre.

6/10. It passed the time but I eventually found myself wanting it to end and asking myself "How many stories to go?"


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