@@justinbondar2491 There's no real connection between films as you can start with any of them I'd say, Viral kind of tried to make them connect but in the most miniscule of ways so it doesn't matter 👏🏻
You can tell the succubus actress was having a really fun time playing the role, I love it when low budget indie movies cast professionals who take their acting seriously.
I always thought she looked like a mix between a Harpy, Siren, and Succubus, unless they were going more for the bird type of Siren. Depending on the lore Sirens are either bird women or fish women who lure men to their death with their song.
VHS is a surprisingly consistent horror series. Not every short is a total winner, but all of them are at least attempting something unique or creative and that alone should be respected.
Funny thing is the first two almost feel connected with how much they build off the horror cliches they feature in each short. The first one feels like each short is about a moral of story or some shit and the second one felt like each was a love letter to a different conspiracy theory (cults, aliens, eldritch tech, etc)
found footage horror really feels like an older cousin of analog horror and it makes me excited to see how analog horror will continue to develop!! we've gotten so much cool stuff from the starting point of blair witch (for found footage), and we can already see how analog horror is blowing up in a similar way.
Found footage is the direct ancestor, and it’s ancestor is campfire tales the newest generations being creepy pastas and now analog horror being the newest
@@ItRhymesWithunscary trash movie. I hope no more like that is made. So incredibly boring and not at all scary. Ooooo the toilet disappeared! What a garbage movie.
I started watching these with a friend and now it’s a whole event for the two of us. Even if the majority of the VHS clips are bad, it’s still fun to watch with a friend
I agree lmfao me and my boy have been doing the same since like 2013 with the V/H/S films going in blindly is still a fun experience to us even with watching the new ones
Amateur night is my favourite too. I was so impressed with the acting of the succubus girl who portrays just that right mixture between creepy and cute. Though I loved the tragic one of the zombie coming to remember his human origin as well. It seemed like a new take on the whole zombie genre.
Safe Haven from V/H/S 2 has got to be some of the scariest found footage I’ve ever seen, it felt so real and I couldn’t sleep for days after watching it
Check out the directors Gareth Evans other works. The Raid, the raid 2, marantau, Gangs of London, apostle. He also has a big project called Havoc coming out that's supposed to be his pièce de résistance
I think for Ozzys dungeon they should have picked one twist, having both makes it too unbelievable even for that series, like what are the odds of both things going down on a single tape lol
I’m being honest when I was watching this video and I saw the Ozzys dungeon thing I wanted to throw up and cry and I was. Sick and as I’m saying this I’m currently crying.
I would like to see a psychological horror fiction, where the character going insane KNOWS EXACTLY what's happening to him/her, but also realizes that there is nothing he/she can do to outweight the deterioration. Psychological horror is mostly very cryptic when it comes to a characters actual mental condition, but literally shoving it down his/her own face is actually a pretty interesting concept I've sadly never actually seen in horror fiction, though I'm almost 100% certain it HAS to be out there.
Personally, I'd recommend the TV series "Legion" and "Hannibal, " both of which ran for 3 seasons focusing on characters that are aware of their own mental instability while also facing legitimate threats that are beyond their comprehension, though Legion focuses on sci-fi and existential concepts while Hannibal mostly features criminals who have a little too much creativity.
Amateur Night has to be my personal favorite not because of the sexual theme but because the Succubus is practically Beauty and the Beast except more horrifying, to think that this guy could have had the most perfect partner anyone could ask for. Sure anyone can pick up from a mile away that something isn't right with her and how rather uncanny she is but then again in this day and age people are just getting weirder so she could have blended in but my personal theory is this. Her feelings torwards him were genuine, like practically Yandere levels of affection torwards this guy that she just met but with her being practically a monster she doesn't understand how to act or BE Human. Though the reasons why I love Amateur Night is because near the end where he breaks his wrist we see her in distress, obviously she knows something is wrong and she knows that she was rejected but she doesn't understand why. Perhaps this has happened before just like all of her previous 'lovers' and she is learning from trial and error but the fact that this Succubus shows genuine Human emotion is just something I can personally relate to as I have Aspergers and ADHD, the other reason as to why I love this scene is because we don't see a lot of horror films around the idea that the monster shows something other than the stereotypical monster persona, we never see the monster show a human emotion like fear or sadness and I wish we can have more horror movies like this one scene and so now to finish my rambling up I must ask, when was the last time you ever saw a monster cry?
I really liked the stand alone movie Siren which took the premise to its extreme. It makes you genuinely feel bad for the guy who has her affections and it doesn't shy away from her monstrous nature.
I’m glad to see vhs getting a lot more people checking it out. I saw the first two back in highschool and didn’t have anyone to talk to about these movies.
Honestly, for me out of the whole series, the Alien one will always be the one I think of as the scariest. Especially because the last shot is really sad.
The vampire one from vhs 94 is one of my personal favorites. Just love there’s a bit of a twist and to see all those guys get what they deserve at the end. And the idea of using the blood of it for their attack, just super cool
I remember seeing that hotel one as a kid and it traumatized and I was always convinced a vampire demon would attack my hotel whenever we stayed at one.
Love the series it’s so fun to watch. I think Dante tied himself up to impress Scarlet in that scene or the cape lending her magic cause it shows you don’t have to wear it. Either way a goofy tape❤
I do agree that amateur night's make-up for the succubus is horrifying. I remember the first time I saw her in a random clip and was taken aback from how creepy she looks. With time I understood that the thing that creeps me out is the uncanny valley of her face and her eyes. The face itself is almost human but then it splits in the middle (also noticed that you can see the slit where she splits that part throughout the tape) and her eyes because they are super freaky (like already in the scene at the club where she tells the guy that she likes him) which is also due to the actress doing a fantastic job to sell the unhinged but really diabolic lady.
I love how I got so immersed in this channel that I started to watch all of your videos then got sad when there wasn't anymore to watch! Keep up the good work!
Happy to see some Storm Drain appreciation here! People tend to overlook it in favor of The Subject, but I think it's one of the better ones of the series and fits the theme of 94 more.
I attempted to watch the first VHS movie with my father during Halloween, loving found footage horror and not being aware of how horrificly violent and sexual it was. The very first mini movie was about a succubus violently ripping off a guys penis and throwing it across the room. So it’s safe to say we didn’t finish the movie
V/H/S was always a weird series for me i saw it so young and so long ago it seemed almost like separate movies and somewhat fever dreams because how much of them I've forgotten and blurred. Last Halloween i stumbled across Viral and one of my personal oldest mysteries were solved. the occasional thoughts i have that creep me out comes from some of the films in this series all thanks to my older brothers and dad watching it for the shock value. now its one of my favorites.
VHS is what made me fall in love with the found footage genre again, and for some reason the anthology format really works for horror. Reminds me, I need to rewatch the original.
thank GOD people are finally talking abt this series!!! I always really enjoyed many shorts inside the movies and was sad to see very little of the horror community talking about it
My favorite thing about this series is that I know that I know the plot…but cannot describe it at all. I can just tell people it is scary and that need to watch it.
I shared your experience when i was around 12 and watched the first VHS movie on Netflix. It was on my 3DS when it had netflix available. I couldn't get past the first segment. I revisited way later in life and it continues to be one of my favorite franchises
Honestly I think I agree with every single one of your choices as being best. I do remember really liking the one that was the biker who gets turned into a zombie and it's like a zombie POV
The zombie biker and the cyborg-girl are not the scariest, but imo the coolest interpretation of both of these ideas : watching 2 humans turn into creatures and what happens to them through their own eyes is kindda impressive
The thing I like with the VHS movies is that the stories are so short that they don't overstay their welcome. A lot of horror movies tend to struggle keeping the plot interesting if it goes on for too long.
the first one made me so uncomfortable. like these are so golden because they probs write these to make you have that feeling when you see someone get horribly hurt, like your joints feel like they'd snap out of nowhere. 9.5/10, taking off .5 points because i'm shivering in my timbers a little too hard
Even though im probably never going to watch these in full. I still like these ideas and tapes. It shows you how messed up it can get and how far they are willing to go, and i think its actually better that theres no real conclusion to most of these, it just lets the viewer think of theories of what happens after the found footage tapes end
Timo Tjahjanto (who directed The Subject and co-directed Safe Haven) is unhinged. I'd recommend checking out some of his other feature films if you haven't, especially The Night Comes For Us.
ive never seen a full VHS film, nor have i looked too much into them in the slightest. However, being a film nerd, its incredible to see how a lower budget film crew can build worlds this intense. the films feel all-encompassing from what ive seen, and even the outlandish ideas (such as a magic cloak that feeds on humans) can feel daunting and real. Storm Drain has such a cool villain, and Ozzys Dungeon had such a unique story which impressed me. Ill definitely check out the series, even though im not too into horror.
Solid list. There are some people who hate Dante the Great, but i love it! As for my favorite from every movie, Amateur Night is my favorite from the first, with 10/31/98 as a close second. VHS 2 has Safe Haven with A Ride in the Park as a very, very close second. Interchangable, really. For Viral, I like Dante the Great, but Parallel Monstersnis my favorite. And I like Bonestorm too. 94, my favorite is Storm Drain with The Empty Wake as a close second. And 99 has my favorite segment overall, To Hell and Back. It's just my type of humor, and the design of hell is quite nice.
My dumb ass saw the thumbnail at 2am and was like “nope, no way I’m watching this”. Then I remembered vhs is my fave film franchise and I’ve seen each movie at least 4 times (except viral, only watched that once). A testament to how scary the movies are that they scared me, a fan who watched the first movie at 13 a couple years after it came out
I wanted to watch the vhs franchise a while ago but I forgot about it, I’m glad this vid got recommended to me cuz now I’m actually gonna go watch it :D
How do you not have 100.000 subs yet? You deserve it! V/H/S is such an underrated franchise, if you can ignore part 3. Really excited for VHS 85 next month!
wait there are more movies after the third one?! admittedly the third one didn't quite hit the same for me but there were still some fun parts-- the first two are some of my favorite horror movies though. really happy to see this series getting some appreciation, when it's good it is FANTASTIC.
Personally I loved the Parallel dimension one myself. The Amateur night was my favorite, and was made into a full movie I want to own on DVD if I can find it. Ratmah was very gross and freaky and I loved it as well as the Paradise Cult one. The others are forgettable sadly.
‘Dante the Great’ is just silly, but i personally think that the vhs tape with ‘Dante the Great’ knows how silly it is, and actually makes it enjoyable to watch. It’s almost like a refreshing breath of air
What an incredible anthology - these tapes seem sincerely well made, and I am so glad you showed us there. Something about this format - multiple VHS tapes of horror loaded onto a film, something just works so well. I really wanna see more anthologies like these, especially when they come with explainers like our lovely TH-cam presenter here to boil it down foe us ^&^
V/H/S: Viral was just as good as the others. I still think the wraparound story in it is one of the better ones throughout the series. Overall, V/H/S is my absolute favorite anthology/found footage series of all time. I'm always eagerly waiting for the movies every time one is announced.
Thank you for introducing me to this series, i love analog horror especially these little snippets and one shot movies. Never was gonna expect that safe haven was an Indonesian horror, and honestly it’s quite refreshing to see an indonesian style of horror taken away from the usual mystical dark voodoo vibe to a setting thats reminiscent of the Heaven’s Gate cult (except of course, with a demon and the zombie bullshit). Definitely a favorite of mine from this list!
storm drains premise seems familiar to the australian movie "The Tunnel" about a news reporter doing a story on missing homeless people in an abandoned subway and it devolves as a creature starts picking them off.
Gawkers really made me feel uneasy, not sure why, but that segment actually scared me lol. It felt realistic to me, like the moment they realized they fucked up was when I was like "Oh shit", like holy hell that segment was scary for me lol, it felt like I was watching one of my nightmares.
Dude lemme just say that you singlehandedly got me into the VHS series and im so thankful that yiu made this video because the movies are so good, ive watched the first 3 so far and im planning to watch the rest soon
Gotta say, the Storm Drain section is definitley one of the best *Ratmaa's* I've seen! The low budget they had to work with helps with the *Ratmaa*. I firmly believe that it is the best *Ratmaa!*
I am generally surprised that such movie series can be produced with such low budget, and I also like the fact that each of them have a big plot twist.
of all the movies, 6 or 7 by now... Safe Haven continues to be a stroke of mad genius. It's still easily the best short from all the tapes, and will probably never be surpassed.
Man, I love these movies! For the most part I agree with your picks, but I also really like "The Subject" from "V/H/S/94". It was directed by the same guy who directed "Safe Haven". And I liked "To Hell and Back" in "V/H/S/99". I also really, really liked the parts with the little green army men ("Stop posing!" "Sorry, sir!"). I know some people were upset that there wasn't a real wrap-around segment, but those have always been the weakest parts of these films, imo. Oh! "V/H/S/85" is scheduled for the 21st of September! And there's already a trailer here on TH-cam! Cool.
bro, i cant believe 4plus got this big. when caleb showed me the class in 5th grade when i had his mom as a teacher, i didnt think this would get to 40k.
I remember seeing these probably around the same age as you were but I don't remember it being that impactful, it felt very horror comedy given how ridiculous a lot of the shorts were
I completely agree. Safe haven is off the charts. I find myself going back to it again and again. I have lost count how many times I have watched it. And amature night was pretty damn good to.
Viral put the whole series on ice for a while. It was that bad. But I honestly thought the alternate dimension story was the best story out of the rest.
So glad to see all of you here! I truly appreciate all the support you bring with each new upload ❤
what that means: the scariest found footage??? the scariest is a person?
So the new vhs85 is it's own plot, or do I have to watch the others 1st to understand?
@@justinbondar2491 There's no real connection between films as you can start with any of them I'd say, Viral kind of tried to make them connect but in the most miniscule of ways so it doesn't matter 👏🏻
@4Plus419 how would you feel if vhs does one with a dinosaur
Weak.
You can tell the succubus actress was having a really fun time playing the role, I love it when low budget indie movies cast professionals who take their acting seriously.
She reprised that role in the movie Siren (2016)
pretty sure she is a harpy, but I could be wrong
@@evanlee93 I thought she was based off Lilith from the bible.
@@tearfullarc2089 could be, idk, i only saw this movie once 😬
I always thought she looked like a mix between a Harpy, Siren, and Succubus, unless they were going more for the bird type of Siren. Depending on the lore Sirens are either bird women or fish women who lure men to their death with their song.
VHS is a surprisingly consistent horror series. Not every short is a total winner, but all of them are at least attempting something unique or creative and that alone should be respected.
yeah ppl should watch vhs series its god damn terrifying if u imagine u live in that kind of world
Funny thing is the first two almost feel connected with how much they build off the horror cliches they feature in each short. The first one feels like each short is about a moral of story or some shit and the second one felt like each was a love letter to a different conspiracy theory (cults, aliens, eldritch tech, etc)
There’s literally no point in saying ‘not all of them are winners’. That’s inherent in the fact that personal opinion exists AND it’s an anthology…
sort of Who Dares Wins kind of thing, and I agree with that. More creators should experiment more.
Bingo
Not going to lie. That thumbnail has made me feel uneasy that i haven't really felt before in a very long time. Looking forward to this!
I never thought id see Pilps out in the wild while watching analog horror commentary. This dude makes hilarious total war vids!
Total war is a great warbringer song
That's the point 👉 it did it porpoise
Genuinely good horror art will never cease to amaze me.
Vhs is good
found footage horror really feels like an older cousin of analog horror and it makes me excited to see how analog horror will continue to develop!! we've gotten so much cool stuff from the starting point of blair witch (for found footage), and we can already see how analog horror is blowing up in a similar way.
I'm hoping that _Skinamarink_ starts a trend of (good) analog horror in the mainstream
Found footage is the direct ancestor, and it’s ancestor is campfire tales the newest generations being creepy pastas and now analog horror being the newest
Quite a few analogue horrors contain found footage elements so i’d argue they’re just variants of the Same thing
@@ItRhymesWithunscary trash movie. I hope no more like that is made. So incredibly boring and not at all scary. Ooooo the toilet disappeared! What a garbage movie.
@@ryanb4940oh cmon
the succubus pose is such a genius move, i will tell everyone this we need more of this lore in an internet format
We need more succubi in general
@@agoblintrippingonhorrordus145 and irl >:) no but for real, the pose she's doing when they come out of the bathroom is iconic, it's sooo cool
They made a movie based on that short if u havent seen it already
@@spookyfrogs1874
I think she might be a contortionist for doing that
@@ryneagheilim9782 a contortionist?
I started watching these with a friend and now it’s a whole event for the two of us. Even if the majority of the VHS clips are bad, it’s still fun to watch with a friend
I agree lmfao me and my boy have been doing the same since like 2013 with the V/H/S films going in blindly is still a fun experience to us even with watching the new ones
Amateur night is my favourite too. I was so impressed with the acting of the succubus girl who portrays just that right mixture between creepy and cute.
Though I loved the tragic one of the zombie coming to remember his human origin as well. It seemed like a new take on the whole zombie genre.
There is a whole movie about her called siren she plays the same character
@@josephrhodes5025 Thanks. I've heard of it, but haven't seen it anywhere.
Zombie POV. I loved it, too.
That part where he looked in the car window, seeing the horrid creature he had became was pretty sad in hindsight.
@@Leto85I've heard of it too. never saw it. finally decided to buy it off of eBay 🙂
Safe Haven from V/H/S 2 has got to be some of the scariest found footage I’ve ever seen, it felt so real and I couldn’t sleep for days after watching it
Lot of visuals from the real life Jonestown. I agree it's one of the scariest.
Man as an Indonesian, I'm used to seeing the actor for the father play sitcoms and I just couldn't take him seriously 😂
Check out the directors Gareth Evans other works. The Raid, the raid 2, marantau, Gangs of London, apostle. He also has a big project called Havoc coming out that's supposed to be his pièce de résistance
The demons a gangster Till the Messiah Shows up 😤
@@mulletmayhem3812 That never seems to happen in horror movies.
The rat one was pretty scary. Going into a dark tunnel, and not knowing what you will find
"She screams while it dumps all over her" truly terrifying
that emoji sucks ass
Wtf is that emoji 😭
@@HitTheFloor16 it's the emoji
I think for Ozzys dungeon they should have picked one twist, having both makes it too unbelievable even for that series, like what are the odds of both things going down on a single tape lol
I’m being honest when I was watching this video and I saw the Ozzys dungeon thing I wanted to throw up and cry and I was. Sick and as I’m saying this I’m currently crying.
I would like to see a psychological horror fiction, where the character going insane KNOWS EXACTLY what's happening to him/her, but also realizes that there is nothing he/she can do to outweight the deterioration.
Psychological horror is mostly very cryptic when it comes to a characters actual mental condition, but literally shoving it down his/her own face is actually a pretty interesting concept I've sadly never actually seen in horror fiction, though I'm almost 100% certain it HAS to be out there.
Personally, I'd recommend the TV series "Legion" and "Hannibal, " both of which ran for 3 seasons focusing on characters that are aware of their own mental instability while also facing legitimate threats that are beyond their comprehension, though Legion focuses on sci-fi and existential concepts while Hannibal mostly features criminals who have a little too much creativity.
"Thanatomorphose" (2012), where is concept is taken literally and figuratively.
you might like the anime/visual novel series Higurashi. it sort of has those vibes
The Fly (1986) is a classic take on something like that. Bit more on the nose but great for it’s time
Check out the movie “In The Mouth of Madness”
Amateur Night has to be my personal favorite not because of the sexual theme but because the Succubus is practically Beauty and the Beast except more horrifying, to think that this guy could have had the most perfect partner anyone could ask for. Sure anyone can pick up from a mile away that something isn't right with her and how rather uncanny she is but then again in this day and age people are just getting weirder so she could have blended in but my personal theory is this.
Her feelings torwards him were genuine, like practically Yandere levels of affection torwards this guy that she just met but with her being practically a monster she doesn't understand how to act or BE Human.
Though the reasons why I love Amateur Night is because near the end where he breaks his wrist we see her in distress, obviously she knows something is wrong and she knows that she was rejected but she doesn't understand why. Perhaps this has happened before just like all of her previous 'lovers' and she is learning from trial and error but the fact that this Succubus shows genuine Human emotion is just something I can personally relate to as I have Aspergers and ADHD, the other reason as to why I love this scene is because we don't see a lot of horror films around the idea that the monster shows something other than the stereotypical monster persona, we never see the monster show a human emotion like fear or sadness and I wish we can have more horror movies like this one scene and so now to finish my rambling up I must ask, when was the last time you ever saw a monster cry?
Thanks for this message tbh. I never thought about it in that way…
Well just watch tge Frankenstein movies there aren't gory but it's depressing and dark that makes you question things
I just figured she was upset that she didn’t seduce him, seeing as she’s a succubus. You put a lot more thought into it than me
I really liked the stand alone movie Siren which took the premise to its extreme. It makes you genuinely feel bad for the guy who has her affections and it doesn't shy away from her monstrous nature.
Well said!
I’m glad to see vhs getting a lot more people checking it out. I saw the first two back in highschool and didn’t have anyone to talk to about these movies.
Fun fact VHS Viral actually has 4 story’s one was just so abstract and weird they cut it from the movie
Maybe because Gorgeous Vortex wasn't really found footage horror, it was more analog.
Worthy to note that Amateur Night got a spinoff film called 'Siren' starring the same actress
Came here to say that as well.
Honestly, for me out of the whole series, the Alien one will always be the one I think of as the scariest. Especially because the last shot is really sad.
The vampire one from vhs 94 is one of my personal favorites. Just love there’s a bit of a twist and to see all those guys get what they deserve at the end. And the idea of using the blood of it for their attack, just super cool
The tape from V/H/S/99 was like a grown-up goosebumps story lmao, I kinda love it.
That’s exactly what I thought last time I watched it 😂
I remember seeing that hotel one as a kid and it traumatized and I was always convinced a vampire demon would attack my hotel whenever we stayed at one.
Love the series it’s so fun to watch.
I think Dante tied himself up to impress Scarlet in that scene or the cape lending her magic cause it shows you don’t have to wear it. Either way a goofy tape❤
I do agree that amateur night's make-up for the succubus is horrifying. I remember the first time I saw her in a random clip and was taken aback from how creepy she looks. With time I understood that the thing that creeps me out is the uncanny valley of her face and her eyes.
The face itself is almost human but then it splits in the middle (also noticed that you can see the slit where she splits that part throughout the tape) and her eyes because they are super freaky (like already in the scene at the club where she tells the guy that she likes him) which is also due to the actress doing a fantastic job to sell the unhinged but really diabolic lady.
Safe Haven in my mind is probably the most compelling piece of "found footage" that I ever saw growing up.
I love how I got so immersed in this channel that I started to watch all of your videos then got sad when there wasn't anymore to watch! Keep up the good work!
Happy to see some Storm Drain appreciation here! People tend to overlook it in favor of The Subject, but I think it's one of the better ones of the series and fits the theme of 94 more.
Ozzy's dungeon is like a more kid-friendly version of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
True, willy wonka was too gory for me.
The og willy wonka had a vid of a live chicken beheaded in the tunnel, along with some other disturbing stuff. It was genuinely gory
Nah fr
Are you referring to the musical version of Willy Wonka???
more like the game show legend of the hidden temple
I attempted to watch the first VHS movie with my father during Halloween, loving found footage horror and not being aware of how horrificly violent and sexual it was. The very first mini movie was about a succubus violently ripping off a guys penis and throwing it across the room. So it’s safe to say we didn’t finish the movie
V/H/S was always a weird series for me i saw it so young and so long ago it seemed almost like separate movies and somewhat fever dreams because how much of them I've forgotten and blurred. Last Halloween i stumbled across Viral and one of my personal oldest mysteries were solved. the occasional thoughts i have that creep me out comes from some of the films in this series all thanks to my older brothers and dad watching it for the shock value. now its one of my favorites.
Safe haven in vhs 2 is probably my favorite horror experience. One of the times i was truly disturbed by something
The creepiest part about Ozzy's Dungeon in my opinion is Donna's smile.
I think the creepiest part is when Trevor makes an appearance, but nobody says anything.
Amateur Night and Safe Haven are my 2 favorite shorts. I also loved the one with the zombie apocalypse taking place.
"SWAT team vs a wizard" is the coolest concept ever and deserves better
VHS is what made me fall in love with the found footage genre again, and for some reason the anthology format really works for horror. Reminds me, I need to rewatch the original.
amateur night was always really cool. kinda shows how the footage was stumbled upon. made a lot of sense hence made it a top tier movie
thank GOD people are finally talking abt this series!!! I always really enjoyed many shorts inside the movies and was sad to see very little of the horror community talking about it
Safe Haven from VHS2 is one of the best short horror films I have ever seen. The imagery. The idea. The effects. OMG
The one who played Donna in VHS 99 played Epiphany in "General Hospital". She died in 2022. Her name was Sonya Eddy,
Boy do I love this series. Saw the first vhs when I was younger at my aunts creepy Pennsylvania home. Good times.
I think my favorite segment is "10/31/98" from the first movie. I really love the concept.
My favorite was VHS Viral for some reason. It stayed with me for ages and captured my imagination. That Portal one was so out there, but I loved it.
VHS 1 and 2 scared the living shit out of me, i used to consider them the scariest films i have ever seen, i watched them both with my friends too
My favorite thing about this series is that I know that I know the plot…but cannot describe it at all. I can just tell people it is scary and that need to watch it.
I shared your experience when i was around 12 and watched the first VHS movie on Netflix. It was on my 3DS when it had netflix available. I couldn't get past the first segment. I revisited way later in life and it continues to be one of my favorite franchises
Honestly I think I agree with every single one of your choices as being best. I do remember really liking the one that was the biker who gets turned into a zombie and it's like a zombie POV
The zombie biker and the cyborg-girl are not the scariest, but imo the coolest interpretation of both of these ideas : watching 2 humans turn into creatures and what happens to them through their own eyes is kindda impressive
The thing I like with the VHS movies is that the stories are so short that they don't overstay their welcome. A lot of horror movies tend to struggle keeping the plot interesting if it goes on for too long.
the first one made me so uncomfortable. like these are so golden because they probs write these to make you have that feeling when you see someone get horribly hurt, like your joints feel like they'd snap out of nowhere. 9.5/10, taking off .5 points because i'm shivering in my timbers a little too hard
Even though im probably never going to watch these in full. I still like these ideas and tapes. It shows you how messed up it can get and how far they are willing to go, and i think its actually better that theres no real conclusion to most of these, it just lets the viewer think of theories of what happens after the found footage tapes end
Def my favorite movie franchise and I'm happy they are still making them.
I remember the storm drain the most out of all these. It’s scary how almost real it feels.
Timo Tjahjanto (who directed The Subject and co-directed Safe Haven) is unhinged. I'd recommend checking out some of his other feature films if you haven't, especially The Night Comes For Us.
What i like vhs series is that they include kids in gore moments ,something that other rated r movies are to afraid to pull
ive never seen a full VHS film, nor have i looked too much into them in the slightest. However, being a film nerd, its incredible to see how a lower budget film crew can build worlds this intense. the films feel all-encompassing from what ive seen, and even the outlandish ideas (such as a magic cloak that feeds on humans) can feel daunting and real. Storm Drain has such a cool villain, and Ozzys Dungeon had such a unique story which impressed me. Ill definitely check out the series, even though im not too into horror.
Safe Haven is brutal af....the ending to that film was the cherry on top.
Ozzy's Dungeon was actually directed by hip-hop producer Flying Lotus, thats the way I found out about these movies
Amazing upload, will never forget my first run through with this franchise
yknow.... Ozzy's Dungeon is exactly something that I'd see Steven Ogg do
one of my favorite franchises
easily my favorite movie series of all time. been a fan since vhs 2 and the music is amazing.
Solid list. There are some people who hate Dante the Great, but i love it! As for my favorite from every movie, Amateur Night is my favorite from the first, with 10/31/98 as a close second. VHS 2 has Safe Haven with A Ride in the Park as a very, very close second. Interchangable, really. For Viral, I like Dante the Great, but Parallel Monstersnis my favorite. And I like Bonestorm too. 94, my favorite is Storm Drain with The Empty Wake as a close second. And 99 has my favorite segment overall, To Hell and Back. It's just my type of humor, and the design of hell is quite nice.
My dumb ass saw the thumbnail at 2am and was like “nope, no way I’m watching this”. Then I remembered vhs is my fave film franchise and I’ve seen each movie at least 4 times (except viral, only watched that once). A testament to how scary the movies are that they scared me, a fan who watched the first movie at 13 a couple years after it came out
The first 2 movies from the series are some of my favourite horror movies of all time. :) I'm glad you made this video
vhs 2 was the first horror movie to traumatize me in middle school! really an iconic series that still leaves me uneasy
this series could go on for a long time. analog horror is just so good. ❤
I wanted to watch the vhs franchise a while ago but I forgot about it, I’m glad this vid got recommended to me cuz now I’m actually gonna go watch it :D
How do you not have 100.000 subs yet? You deserve it!
V/H/S is such an underrated franchise, if you can ignore part 3. Really excited for VHS 85 next month!
wait there are more movies after the third one?! admittedly the third one didn't quite hit the same for me but there were still some fun parts-- the first two are some of my favorite horror movies though. really happy to see this series getting some appreciation, when it's good it is FANTASTIC.
Personally I loved the Parallel dimension one myself. The Amateur night was my favorite, and was made into a full movie I want to own on DVD if I can find it. Ratmah was very gross and freaky and I loved it as well as the Paradise Cult one. The others are forgettable sadly.
‘Dante the Great’ is just silly, but i personally think that the vhs tape with ‘Dante the Great’ knows how silly it is, and actually makes it enjoyable to watch. It’s almost like a refreshing breath of air
What an incredible anthology - these tapes seem sincerely well made, and I am so glad you showed us there. Something about this format - multiple VHS tapes of horror loaded onto a film, something just works so well. I really wanna see more anthologies like these, especially when they come with explainers like our lovely TH-cam presenter here to boil it down foe us ^&^
V/H/S: Viral was just as good as the others. I still think the wraparound story in it is one of the better ones throughout the series.
Overall, V/H/S is my absolute favorite anthology/found footage series of all time. I'm always eagerly waiting for the movies every time one is announced.
Thank you for introducing me to this series, i love analog horror especially these little snippets and one shot movies.
Never was gonna expect that safe haven was an Indonesian horror, and honestly it’s quite refreshing to see an indonesian style of horror taken away from the usual mystical dark voodoo vibe to a setting thats reminiscent of the Heaven’s Gate cult (except of course, with a demon and the zombie bullshit). Definitely a favorite of mine from this list!
very underrated channel, keep up the good work!
storm drains premise seems familiar to the australian movie "The Tunnel" about a news reporter doing a story on missing homeless people in an abandoned subway and it devolves as a creature starts picking them off.
Gawkers really made me feel uneasy, not sure why, but that segment actually scared me lol. It felt realistic to me, like the moment they realized they fucked up was when I was like "Oh shit", like holy hell that segment was scary for me lol, it felt like I was watching one of my nightmares.
Dude lemme just say that you singlehandedly got me into the VHS series and im so thankful that yiu made this video because the movies are so good, ive watched the first 3 so far and im planning to watch the rest soon
Great work dude! Love the VHS series. It’s my favorite find footage series
Gotta say, the Storm Drain section is definitley one of the best *Ratmaa's* I've seen! The low budget they had to work with helps with the *Ratmaa*. I firmly believe that it is the best *Ratmaa!*
My top 5 favorite tapes:
1. Safe haven
2. Amateur night
3. To hell and back
4. The empty wake
5. Ozzy dungeon
The Empty Wake is definitely one of my favorites 💀😵
19:02 oh yeah, I absolutely hate and despise that one... Always sends chills down my spine.
The game show in the beginning looks like an old show I used to watch on Nickelodeon. Legends of the Temple or something. It was cool.
This vid not only caused me to subscribe to your channel, but also piqued my interest in the V/H/S franchise; great job!!
That robot/cyborg one was really cool, but I have to agree that storm drain is hands down 10/10
Hail Ratmaa
I've only seen the first 2 many years ago but the one where all of the friends go into the woods to camp/ hang out was my favorite.
I am generally surprised that such movie series can be produced with such low budget, and I also like the fact that each of them have a big plot twist.
The webcam one from the second movie absolutely messed me up for awhile. It’s very low budget but goodness so great
It's not the scariest, but I freakin' love em. Hoping a new one comes out this year.
of all the movies, 6 or 7 by now... Safe Haven continues to be a stroke of mad genius. It's still easily the best short from all the tapes, and will probably never be surpassed.
we all know actual trevor would not take some random family torturing his ass
Vhs makes paranormal activity look like a regular episode of ghost hunters
Man, I love these movies! For the most part I agree with your picks, but I also really like "The Subject" from "V/H/S/94". It was directed by the same guy who directed "Safe Haven". And I liked "To Hell and Back" in "V/H/S/99". I also really, really liked the parts with the little green army men ("Stop posing!" "Sorry, sir!"). I know some people were upset that there wasn't a real wrap-around segment, but those have always been the weakest parts of these films, imo.
Oh! "V/H/S/85" is scheduled for the 21st of September! And there's already a trailer here on TH-cam! Cool.
Same, loved "the subject" for its originality !!!
Thanks for reminding me of the name !
bro, i cant believe 4plus got this big. when caleb showed me the class in 5th grade when i had his mom as a teacher, i didnt think this would get to 40k.
You're welcome
This video is great! Awesome hidden gem here on youtube. keep up the good work man!
I remember seeing these probably around the same age as you were
but I don't remember it being that impactful, it felt very horror comedy given how ridiculous a lot of the shorts were
I need to see Safe Haven. Kinda sounds like John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness except the VHS crew fail at keeping the Anti-God away from Earth lol.
I completely agree. Safe haven is off the charts. I find myself going back to it again and again. I have lost count how many times I have watched it. And amature night was pretty damn good to.
These videos are super underrated! Wish I could watch on, but alas I have work tomorrow 😂 keep them coming!
First time I saw VHS, I was alone. Amateur Night has never left my brain since that day. Fucks me up even now.
How many videos are there of Steven freaking out because everyone calls him Trevor? How hard is it to call the poor guy Steve
I love the Alien Abduction Slumber Party and the one with the zombies in the park (I forgot the name)
Viral put the whole series on ice for a while. It was that bad.
But I honestly thought the alternate dimension story was the best story out of the rest.