V/H/S (2012)

When a group of misfits are 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.

Directors:

Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, David Bruckner

Writers:

Brad Miska (concept), Simon Barrett

Stars:

Calvin Reeder, Lane Hughes, Adam Wingard

5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Calvin Reeder	...	Gary (segment "Tape 56")
Lane Hughes	...	Zak (segment "Tape 56")
Kentucker Audley	...	Rox (segment "Tape 56")
Adam Wingard	...	Brad (segment "Tape 56")
Frank Stack	...	Old Man (segment "Tape 56")
Sarah Byrne	...	Abbey (segment "Tape 56")
Melissa Boatright	...	Tabitha (segment "Tape 56")
Simon Barrett	...	Steve (segment "Tape 56")
Andrew Droz Palermo	...	Fifth Thug (segment "Tape 56")
Hannah Fierman	...	Lily (segment "Amateur Night")
Mike Donlan	...	Shane (segment "Amateur Night")
Joe Sykes	...	Patrick (segment "Amateur Night")
Drew Sawyer	...	Clint (segment "Amateur Night")
Jasper Sams	...	Lisa (segment "Amateur Night") (as Jas Sams)
Nicholas Tecosky	...	Bartender (segment "Amateur Night")

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

found footage | anthology | female nudity | male nudity | death | 

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Taglines:

This collection is killer.

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for bloody violence, strong sexuality, graphic nudity, pervasive language and some drug use

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 September 2012 (Russia)

Also Known As:

Tape 56

Filming Locations:

Woodbury-Story House - 2606 N. Madison Avenue, Altadena, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$36,402, 7 October 2012, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$99,770, 11 November 2012

Company Credits

Production Co:

8383 Productions, Bloody Disgusting, Studio71

Technical Specs

Runtime:

116 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Tuesday the 17th would take place right after Friday the 13th. The name and camping setting is a reference to the Friday the 13th (1980) series.

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Goofs

On "10/31/1998", one of the characters, the Soldier, was wearing digital camouflage pants. Digital camouflage did not come out until after 2001/02.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Rox: Back up. Back up, back up. Turn around, turn around.
Gary: Oh, yeah.
[the men wearing masks drive by a couple walking, then the men get out of their vehicle to confront the couple]
Brad: [the cameraman tells the other assailiant] Show her tits! Ha ha ha! Whoo!
[the cameraman notices the boyfriend of the girl charge after them]
Brad: Oh, shit! Run, run, run! Go, go go!
Gary: [the camera cuts to the footage afterwards of the men destroying a building] It's cool, huh?
Fifth Thug: Hell, yeah!

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Alternate Versions

The 10/31/98 segment has an alternate ending, where the guys cheat death by escaping from their car.

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Connections

Followed by V/H/S Viral (2014)

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Soundtracks

Shake Ya
Written and Performed by Hacienda
Alive Records
Collective Songs B (BMI)
(segment "Second Honeymoon")

User Reviews

V/H/S (2012) - A Found-Footage Style Horror Movie! Doesn't that Remind You of Anything? Yeah, That's What I Thought!

Released early on demand, after it's premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, "V/H/S" is a horror movie told through the "already tired" aspect of found-footage material, shown from the perspective of a hand-held camera. A group of hoodlums has been strangely assigned to break into an abandoned haunted house, and steal a particular V/H/S tape. But once making it to the house, they start to find a wide collection of plenty of V/H/S tapes, and we are introduced to a series of "found-footage" shorts, as the group starts to watch each tape at a time, as if the audience is in the room, with these guys, watching the tapes. Each tape has a different particular horror story, some work, and some doesn't. Let's recap each one! 1. A group of guys start to become haunted by a strange woman during a "guys night out" (Works), 2. A married couple on their second honeymoon, whom doesn't realize that a certain someone has been sneaking on them (Kind of works), 3. A group of friends being hunted down while on a trip to the lake (Hardly works), 4. A young girl communicates with her "doctor-to-be" boyfriend over the Internet, believing that her apartment is being haunted (Doesn't work), and 5. A group of guys awaiting an awesome Halloween party, but they got more than what they bargained for (Perfectly works). "V/H/S" is probably one of the most scariest, and one of the most disturbing movies I've ever laid eyes on. Filled with plenty of great scares, some disgustingly grotesque moments, and tons of scenes that will leave you speechless. Now, there are times when this movie follows almost every horror cliché in the book, and although this movie is supposed to be portrayed as a "found-footage" feature, the camera movements are a little too shaky. But, this movie does stay true to it's promise by giving such scares that won't let audiences sleep later at night. Although I prefer "The Cabin in the Woods" as the better horror movie this year, I prefer "V/H/S" as the better horror movie in the terms of scaring me, grossing me out, and leaving me awake at night! In ordinary horror movie fashion, there is plenty of great fun to be found in "V/H/S". I'm just saying you've been warned, because if you're somewhat interested in seeing it, I must warn you that this movie is sick and grotesque, leaving audiences in a stage of vomiting and sleeping with the lights on. "V/H/S", in my review, "A freaky, original, and grotesque scare-fest".