Host Samurai
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V/H/S Viral (aka V/H/S 3, horror anthology series) trailer released
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Askherserenity
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So excited for this! Love both V/H/S movies. Everyone should at least watch Safe Haven from the second movie. <3 Gareth Evans (The Raid director).
BotoxAgent
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I didn't realize that he was also the Raid guy. Man, this dude is talented!
Nope not yet, coming this fall apparently. But I know what you mean, I'm watching the second now and it's pretty creepy.
I think he meant he didn't want to watch the trailer so he wouldn't spoil the movie
Oh right my bad.
New trailer. This looks better and better, but the new trailer is kinda spoiler heavy, I think. It has me pumped though!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gd1-e8yTlY&list=UUKy1dAqELo0zrOtPkf0eTMw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gd1-e8yTlY&list=UUKy1dAqELo0zrOtPkf0eTMw
Demon Lizardman
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Neuromancer
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Good trailer. I'll check it out when it releases even though the individual movies are hit or miss.
Seconded. Trailer for this looks great.
Yeah, it was the worst one by far. I recommend ABCs of Death 2 over it surprisingly. but whatever, I'm all for more horror anthology films and will check out the next one.
NaughtyCalibur
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Just watched it. As a HUGE fan of the first two, this was absolute shit imo.
I'd do a proper review here but I'm just too tired and too disappointed.
The movie was like 20% found footage, 80% bad student film.
I'm gonna pretend this one didn't happen. At all.
I'd do a proper review here but I'm just too tired and too disappointed.
The movie was like 20% found footage, 80% bad student film.
I'm gonna pretend this one didn't happen. At all.
Fuck
except rec 3 is a good movie
I thought the first one was 2/5 for its stories. The first three were really stupid but the Skype and haunted house stories were both solid. The second one was way better with the zombie story being the only dud in the group. I had hoped they would continue in an upward trend. These negative reactions are bumming me out. :/
NaughtyCalibur
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Kiiiiinda, yeah.
And when they do rarely go back to the original format every so often they overdo the "glitch" effects to the point of obnoxiousness. The budget felt like it was all spent in the wrong places too. Some of the smoke and explosions legitimately looked like something from a lame After Effects tutorial, no joke.
Lumpy Onion
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Oh neat! Another anthology I can watch where I hate all but one of the shorts featured. The one with girl and the video glasses in the first, and the cult one of the second were the one's I dug.
OfWhiteSkinOnRedLeather
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Nah, Dead Girl was surprisingly good.
MagnaderAlpha
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Out of the three V/H/S movies, this one's probably the weakest in concept. The wrap around story was stupid as hell(and annoying for reasons I don't want to spoil, but damn, the main couple... urgh).
The first story was the one that deviated from the V/H/S first-person format(it's the only one that deviates from this). I thought it was alright.
The second story felt the most like something you'd see in the first two movies. It was probably the best of all the stories.
The third was filled with annoying helmet cam footage and even more annoying characters.
IMO, the first V/H/S movie's the best(I liked the majority of the stories). V/H/S/2, I only liked the cult compound one(the other stories were stupid as hell, especially the first one and the last one).
The first story was the one that deviated from the V/H/S first-person format(it's the only one that deviates from this). I thought it was alright.
The second story felt the most like something you'd see in the first two movies. It was probably the best of all the stories.
The third was filled with annoying helmet cam footage and even more annoying characters.
IMO, the first V/H/S movie's the best(I liked the majority of the stories). V/H/S/2, I only liked the cult compound one(the other stories were stupid as hell, especially the first one and the last one).
This was alright. Still liked the second one a lot, the first one as well. This one just wasn't as tightly wrapped and solid in concept as it should've been. Felt all over the place and unfocused, which is a damn shame. This series has a lot of potential but never seems to hit it.
Lumpy Onion
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Wow on second thought I won't even bother. Sounds rather awful.
Evil_Silver
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The Safe Haven bit in V/H/S 2 is an example of this franchise's potential. They just need to consistenly hit that level in order for this franchise to go from 'alright' to 'great'.
Lumpy Onion
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When it comes to Netflix I will at least watch the 2nd story. I guess that's why I like anthologies. I don't need to invest too much time and can just skip to the next one if I think one sucks.
I think back to Creepshow 1 as the best horror anthology movie I've seen.
plasmawave
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There are some cool ideas but yeah...
Fuck those skater kids.
Fuck those skater kids.
Intheflorsh
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I watched it tonight and yeah, it was garbage. The parallel universe segment was alright until the hilarious
showed up.
Hopefully we'll get a proper VHS 3 and this will just be treated like a dumb spinoff.
evil penises
Hopefully we'll get a proper VHS 3 and this will just be treated like a dumb spinoff.
How DARE you mock the awesome that is dub-step aliens...
The underwater bit was pretty spooky. It's a shame that didn't carry over for the rest of the short.
I personally really love the idea of horror anthologies. The genre is really suited to this format, especially because of the long tradition of short horror stories and, more recently, creepypastas.
terribletwo
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Man that second story is.... something else
V/H/S viral is all SHOW SHOW SHOW
no tension no mystery. its an sfx reel
V/H/S viral is all SHOW SHOW SHOW
no tension no mystery. its an sfx reel
It wasn't that bad.
The first one was okay but it didn't bother to look like a found footage film.
The second story was amusing. The third story was also amusing.
The wraparound was the most interesting of the V/H/S films, but it was still shit.
Overall, the film was more amusing than scary. 3 ducks out of 5
The first one was okay but it didn't bother to look like a found footage film.
The second story was amusing. The third story was also amusing.
The wraparound was the most interesting of the V/H/S films, but it was still shit.
Overall, the film was more amusing than scary. 3 ducks out of 5
TheProdigal
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I liked the second video but didnt like the obvious hand puppets. It reminded me of some new twilight zone or new outer limits episode about the military finding a window to.an alternate reality colonial period in the desert.
I know I shouldn't be surprised as it's a horror sequel, but holy crap, what a drop off in quality.
Barring Safe Haven, I thought V/H/S 2 was bad, but Viral showed how much worse it could've been.
Incredibly short too - have to wonder why the forth segment was cut? Speculation seems to be either it was terrible or the producers want to extend it into its own film as they're putting V/H/S on hiatus for a while (doubt that...).
Barring Safe Haven, I thought V/H/S 2 was bad, but Viral showed how much worse it could've been.
Incredibly short too - have to wonder why the forth segment was cut? Speculation seems to be either it was terrible or the producers want to extend it into its own film as they're putting V/H/S on hiatus for a while (doubt that...).
starchild excalibur
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Based off the trailers it looked like they had abandoned the found footage aspect of the first 2 somewhat. A lot of the shots looked like they had no point of subjective reference, but I figured I might be wrong.
The thing I really liked about the first 2 is that they always justified why someone was recording as all the crazy shit went down. Most found footage films can't reasonably justify this.
The thing I really liked about the first 2 is that they always justified why someone was recording as all the crazy shit went down. Most found footage films can't reasonably justify this.
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