V/H/S/2
Seen it?2013 | 96 min | Horror, Thriller
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a lukewarm 6.2 out of 10 from audiences and soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing and horror fans. If you loved Grindhouse or The Evil Dead, start here.
- The mood
- Scary and gory.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 36 min.
- What might put you off
- Some graphic violence despite the NR rating.
Inside a darkened house looms a column of TVs littered with VHS tapes, a pagan shrine to forgotten analog gods. The screens crackle and pop endlessly with monochrome vistas of static white noise permeating the brain and fogging concentration. But you must fight the urge to relax: this is no mere movie night. Those obsolete spools contain more than just magnetic tape. They are imprinted with the very soul of evil.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsSolid
71% on Rotten Tomatoes, 49 on Metacritic
- AudiencesBelow par
6.2 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$806K worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 155K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Simon Barrett, Adam Wingard, Eduardo Sánchez, Gregg Hale, Timo Tjahjanto, Gareth Evans, Jason Eisener
- Lawrence Michael LevineLarry (segment "Tape 49")
- Kelsy AbbottAyesha (segment "Tape 49")
- L.C. HoltKyle (segment "Tape 49")
- Simon BarrettSteve (segment "Tape 49")
- Mindy RobinsonTabitha (segment "Tape 49")
- Adam WingardHerman (segment "Phase I Clinical Trials")
- Hannah HughesClarissa (segment "Phase I Clinical Trials")
- John T. WoodsDr. Fleischer (segment "Phase I Clinical Trials")
- Hannah Al RashidLena (segment "Safe Haven")
- Fachry AlbarAdam (segment "Safe Haven")