V/H/S
Movies review
As of Aug 18, 2026, V/H/S is rated 6.1/10 on TMDB (1,746 votes).
Is V/H/S worth it in 2026?
V/H/S earns its 6.1/10 on TMDB honestly, it's a found-footage horror anthology that delivers genuine invention and real scares across its multiple director segments, but it's structurally hobbled by the same flaws that sink most anthologies: a weak wraparound story and wildly inconsistent segment quality. The multi-director format is both the film's greatest asset and its biggest liability, since the variety of creative visions produces some genuinely disturbing highs but also stretches of dead weight that will have you checking the time. The deliberately degraded video aesthetic compounds the problem: if handheld shakycam and intentionally poor image quality actively grate on you, V/H/S stacks that irritant across its entire runtime, and no amount of inventive segments fully compensates.
Horror fans who actively enjoy found-footage filmmaking and want to see what multiple directors do with the format in short, gory bursts, the creative variety is real, and the best segments deliver genuine scares.
The wraparound story is a consistent weak point, segment quality is genuinely uneven rather than mildly so, and if the found-footage format already tests your patience, running it through an anthology structure means you may sit through significant dead weight before the next strong segment arrives.
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Pros
- inventive creative vision2
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- V/H/S, 9/10. Gory, fun and inventive - if flawed - portmanteau horror pic shot in the cinéma vérité (Cloverfield, [REC], The Blair Witch Project) style. Like all anthology piece...
- 77/100 This anthology centers around a gang of thugs breaking into a home to steal a specific VHS tape. What they find is a lot of tapes and when they start viewing them, things...
- disturbing frightening content2
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- 77/100 This anthology centers around a gang of thugs breaking into a home to steal a specific VHS tape. What they find is a lot of tapes and when they start viewing them, things...
- Anthologies are, by their very nature, pretty mixed. And found footage horror is not my kettle o' fish. So a found footage horror anthology did not have me ecstatic. I actually did...
- multiple director perspectives2
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- V/H/S, 9/10. Gory, fun and inventive - if flawed - portmanteau horror pic shot in the cinéma vérité (Cloverfield, [REC], The Blair Witch Project) style. Like all anthology piece...
- 77/100 This anthology centers around a gang of thugs breaking into a home to steal a specific VHS tape. What they find is a lot of tapes and when they start viewing them, things...
Cons
- weak wraparound story2
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- V/H/S, 9/10. Gory, fun and inventive - if flawed - portmanteau horror pic shot in the cinéma vérité (Cloverfield, [REC], The Blair Witch Project) style. Like all anthology piece...
- Anthologies are, by their very nature, pretty mixed. And found footage horror is not my kettle o' fish. So a found footage horror anthology did not have me ecstatic. I actually did...
- inconsistent segment quality2
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- V/H/S, 9/10. Gory, fun and inventive - if flawed - portmanteau horror pic shot in the cinéma vérité (Cloverfield, [REC], The Blair Witch Project) style. Like all anthology piece...
- Creeper Compendium. The horror anthology has a chequered history, some are bad but saved by one great segment, others boast a couple of genuine creepers but are undone by one in...
- poor intentional video quality1
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- Anthologies are, by their very nature, pretty mixed. And found footage horror is not my kettle o' fish. So a found footage horror anthology did not have me ecstatic. I actually did...
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