236 | V/H/S 85

• Not Rated

• Runtime: 1hr 50min

• Stars: Freddy Rodríguez, James Ransone and Jordan Belfi

• Premiered at Fantastic Fest September 22, 2023

• Released on Shudder October 6, 2023

• RT: 73%/71%

  Synopsis 

• Total Copy (frame story): Directed by David Bruckner

• No Wake (Segment 1): Directed by Mike P. Nelson

• God of Death (Segment 2): Directed by Gigi Saul Guerrero

• TKNOGD (Segment 3): Directed by Natasha Kermani

• Ambrosia (Segment 4): Directed by Mike P. Nelson

• Dreamkill (Segment 5): Directed by Scott Derrickson

Join us next time when we’ll be reviewing Appendage, streaming on Hulu starting October 6.

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Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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93 | The Ritual

Director: David Bruckner

Writers: Joe Barton & Adam Nevill (novel)

Synopsis: Following a terrible tragedy, four friends decide to continue their group’s planned hiking trip through the virtually untouched wilderness of Sweden. However, when weather and injury force them to take a shortcut through the woods, the group soon realizes they’re being hunted by a sinister presence.

Intro/Outro music courtesy Peter Perfect. Check him out on Instagram | Soundcloud

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Do you enjoy haunted houses/forests? Would you enjoy them as much if the workers trapped you inside coffins? Shoved vomit in your face? If this sounds bananas to you, join the club. Next time you hear from us, we'll be reviewing Haunters: The Art Of The Scare, which covers this exact topic. Haunters is currently streaming on Netflix US.

2 | V/H/S & V/H/S/2

In episode two we tackle the V/H/S movies, which illustrate the age-old adage that you should never get caught up watching home videos when you sneak into someone's house. Just like last time we do a lot of spoiling here, so you've been warned. Enjoy!

The Movies

V/H/S (2012)

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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What'd we think of V/H/S?
(out of 5 stars)

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V/H/S/2 (2013)

Searching for a missing student, two private investigators break into his house and find collection of VHS tapes. Viewing the horrific contents of each cassette, they realize there may be dark motives behind the student's disappearance.

We also discuss the upcoming release V/H/S: Viral. You can see the trailer here.

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What'd we think of V/H/S/2?
(out of 5 stars)

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