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So the cynical answer is that whenever any company spams sponsoring all across UA-cam (which vessi does (also see raycon, nordvpn, just about every supplement,...)) without any link to what the video is actually about, it usually means that their company is trash to mid tier quality at best. They just compensate through aggressive, constant marketing. An easy way to check this is to google that company's name and 'reddit' for actual reviews and discussion. Honestly I have mixed feelings about it. One one hand I want these UA-camrs to get paid, on the other hand a fat yikes for shilling.
@@TheSanjay307 I've got a pair, they are pretty good, fairly durable and definitely nice they are water proof. Haven't compared to any other shoes that are waterproof though so I can't really say if the price is the most bang for your buck.
Hot take, but Empty Wake might be my favorite segment of this one. Simple story, one location, unsettling funeral music, terrifying monster. Also, taking place during a tornado makes it even scarier
I spat my coffee out when Ryan said it was arguably the weakest. To me it's one of the strongest of the entire VHS franchise. I found it pretty scary too!
@@timatkins2228agreed. I think the last segment was the weakest. The one with the white nationalists using vampire blood as a weapon. It just dragged on too long.
Yay other people who loved "Empty Wake" too! It was my favorite as well, 100%. I thought it was so classically creepy and I was very much on edge while watching it. But I do think Ryan's opinion on it is probably very popular, as I know a couple people who saw this and also didn't care for that segment, and I've seen several other UA-camrs also say they thought it was the weakest one. Ha I'm glad I'm not the only one who loved it!
I think it's much less of Trump commentary relevant to the current time of production, but rather the 90s. There was an explosion of conspiracies, cults, militia movements and general background paranoia in America during the 1990s. The X-Files really captures the zeitgeist of the era.
Ruby Ridge, Waco, Oklahoma City, the first Twin Tower attack. The conservative conspiracy theory culture was alive and well and exploding in the 90’s thanks to the goings on. It’s a side of things not everyone remembers thanks to the likes of Seinfeld and Friends tainting our collective memories of the time.
10:43 Stephen King couldn’t have “lifted” the idea for Cell from The Signal, his novel was published in February of 2006 (it was also optioned for a film almost immediately) before The Signal had even started filming. The VHS franchise had even used the idea prior to Bruckner’s involvement, in Viral’s frame story it was heavily implied the madness and chaos consuming Los Angeles was being spread through internet videos.
You're right in this case. However, Stephen King 'lifts' quite a bit. From Pet Sematary basically being a retelling of The Monkey's Paw to a pivotal scene in Dead Zone being lifted almost completely intact from The Night has a Thousand Eyes.
The ending of the first segment, where the anchor smiles and says "Hail Raatma" felt like a bizarre Tim and Eric Skit. Honestly this is my favorite VHS so far. I'm so glad the anthology continues, there's usually at least one REALLY GOOD short and a few decent ones, but they always feel very creative!
VHS is a fascinating franchise. 1 & 2 were really solid then Viral happened and killed the momentum of the series dead in its tracks. Then…the revival series of 94, 99, 85 was a shot of adrenaline that it needed. Great Vid Ryan!
@@tzindombre8640can't for the life of me remember which VHS had the two friends accidentally go to Hell during a witch's recording ceremony but for some reason I really enjoyed that one. Also VHS 2 probably has my favorite full set of shorts
@@BestCupid yeah the hell segment was the only one that was worth it in 99. I agree with VHS 2. VHS 2 has safe haven which is the best segment in the VHS series
My usual process: 1. Wake up Monday and begrudgingly get the work day started 2. Sometime in the late morning notice a new Ryan Hollinger video drops, day drastically improves! 3. Enjoy the video, continue working 4. Proceed to forget Ryan uploads on Mondays until the next week 5. Repeat step 1
I need more horror fiction that follows a group of Soldiers/SWAT Officers encountering supernatural/paranormal forces that they can't even hope to understand. There's just something I love so much about the idea of Modern Mankind encountering mind-bending supernatural stuff. Especially trained personnel like that. It's why I love stuff like "House of Ashes" and "Dog Soldiers".
Cell was published 2006, the year before The Signal was released at Sundance. Unless King saw an advance copy, he couldn't have lifted the plot from that movie (though the idea certainly isn't original to him)
The Subject was actually directed by Timo Tjahjanto, who co-directed Safe Haven from V/H/S 2 with Gareth Evans (the director of The Raid 1 and 2), a short which is considered not only the best segment in V/H/S 2, but the entire franchise as a whole!
I still say that Slumber Party Alien Abduction in VHS 2 is still my favorite of all short films. The fakout with police lights blew me away. Its such a punch in the gut. I loved it.
Excuse me Waco did not have illegal guns. They were registered gun dealers, it was a business. They had all their paperwork in order and every firearm was legally held. One of the perpetrators of this atrocity later went on to state he wanted every gun over a single shot 22lr made illegal
Great video, Ryan. One thing i wanted to bring up tho is that the weapons stashed in David Koresh's compound were not actually illegally owned/manufactured and in fact, they had extensive records pertaining to the purchase/sale/etc of said firearms.
Yup. I believe they even had a gunsmithing license, so the ATFs entire justification of "they COULD be making full auto guns" just doesn't hold water. Like, the cult leader was not a good guy by any means but what the ATF did was despicable
I scrolled through the comments to see if someone else would say something about this or not. I'm glad you did. I don't want to seem like I'm defending this crazy cult, but the illegal guns story from the ATF was bs.
love how he ignores these type comments. starting to question being subbed to this channel, he's good for movies, but i'm starting to think he's a leftist who would just think us ists and phobes because we recite facts.
I read that the local police chief had good insight into the cult and essentially offered himself as a go-between between Koresh and the feds. He was ignored.
@@kyrdakl7116Based on your comment and what it implies about your worldview, I would suggest you unsubscribe if you want to avoid future discomfort. Relative to you at least, Ryan is exactly what you said he is.
I love your work. I have to point out an error, respectively. Stephen King’s Cell was not inspired by “The Signal” because the signal came out in 2007 and Stephen King’s novel came out in 2006.
Love your videos Ryan! Here’s some movies you should cover: - Lords of Salem (dir. Rob Zombie) - Drag Me To Hell (dir. Sam Rami) - Day Shift (dir. JJ Perry)
VHS 94 really blew me away because I watched it at the tail end of a binge streak of REALLY mediocre horror and I had pretty low expectations going into it. I was really impressed by how much of the settings they managed to convey without ever having to focus on anything but the main context of scene, honestly one of my favourite films of recent memory.
As someone who is too much of a scaredy cat to watch horror movies first hand, videos like these are always a treat. The woman's initials being "S.A." feels so tragically intentional, though. The violation of her body feels akin to s*xual as*ault
I love the V/H/S series -- even the so-so entries, if I'm honest. Really, any anthology horror film is A+ in my book, I just love super-short-form horror, and I was really happy to hear your take on '94. Great work!
This is my absolute favourite of the VHS movies. So much goodness, original perspectives and stories and just good old fun. Ryan, are you aware of the 'found footage'-style novels that are appearing these days? I'm a reviewer and they're just as good as the movies!
Man I've seen a lot of UA-camrs get rid of their facial hair but I think Ryan here is the only one I've seen that actually looks like a completely different person
The first time I watched this movie I genuinely came out of it feeling like I'd just gone through a super fun haunted house. Like. I told my brother, who showed it to me, that I felt like we'd just gone on a fair ride and that I wanted to ride it again. I had SO much fun. This movie is such a fun time, honestly, like. I highly suggest it to anybody who likes horror. It's just a blast, spooky and fun and it has some really unique ideas going on and manages to catch you off guard on multiple occasions.
The film making reference to militia groups, doomsday cults and societal paranoia isn't a commentary on "Trump's presidency", it's what literally happened in the Bush/Clinton era of the early 90s. See the militia group scare and subsequent gun control measures, Waco/Ruby Ridge, and popular fiction like The X-Files. Not everything is about Trump.
@markjackson3531 you need to do some research, your speech isn't as free as you think it is. And that right to defend yourself is also why so many of your school children are needlessly massacred on a regular basis.
The first time I saw Terror, I thought the militia was in a time loop, rather than the vampire regenerating. At the time, I was consuming media where time loops were more probable
15:41 I showed my husband and he sees it too so now I'm fairly sure the writing on the box says "Guten Morgen", which means "good morning" in German. I took German for 6 semesters in college so it jumped out at me. If that is the case, it'd be a cool nod to the vampire stuff.
I have some big issues with found footage, although it's mostly the fault of movies not doing the genre properly. The movies rarely justify why someone is filming 100% of the time even when it makes literally no sense, the camera man somehow manages to perfectly frame things cinematically even when unaware of the lurking danger or while running or fighting for his life, and finally (this is actually an issue I have with the genre itself), is that there is usually absolutely 0 attempts to justify how we're watching this supposed "found footage" that contains people getting murdered for real in a cinema/on Netflix. This series is one of the few I can think of that actually does justify these things (at least mostly).
your video (and thumbnail, ofc) has been haunting me across YT for 3 days now. I was like: "I know, I know, I'm gonna watch it, I swear; really, I'm two movies in, I need to see Viral first, please, Raatma, wait a little bit longer" xD
As someone who felt the all the prior VHS installments overall were either pretty meh, or downright forgettable, 94' absolutely blew me away. I came in with very low expectations, and was genuinely surprised how every segment was a total banger. Was really glad to see you cover this one.
I’ve used your code, and I bought vessies, as a frequent viewer and contributed please put a time stamp right after your totally genuine ad I hear every. Single. Time.
ok so one thing, that last segment with the militia, doesn't seem to have anything to do with trump, i get why you'd say that given the politics which pop up in american debates all the time, but you might be too young, and european to remember this, but during the nineties and late eighties their was a massive rise in militia groups, aryan type groups, and others who felt they where fighting for change or some other stuff, also the IRA gets used a LOT in eighties and nineties media, so much so theirs a specific episode dedicated to it in highlander the series, as well as a couple eps about it in walker texas ranger, so all in all i think it starts off being like that and about some group who is portrayed as crazy until you realise their probably killing vampires and literally trying to stop the spreading of a disease, or sickness, which is actually a pretty neat twist
I know this is an older movie, but would you ever consider covering Antiviral (2012)? Not enough people have seen it, and I feel you'd appreciate the body horror.
I love the V/H/S movies apart from V/H/S 3 but all the others I love with a passion. I've always loved found footage films even the cheesy ones but if I'm ever bored, I put on V/H/S because most of the segments are scary in their own right. Love your videos, can't wait for more 👍🏻
I cannot be the only one who think viral is over hated af. Parallel monsters is top tier and the connecting segment was entertaining and really funny. I don’t understand why it’s soooo hated. Yeah it’s no the best one, but it’s not terrible.
I think you would really enjoy Petscop and Valle Verde. These are both YT series that use fictional video games from the ‘90s as a medium to tell a horror story. This isn’t a request for a video, just a genuine recommendation to a horror fan.
VHS 94 is absolutely a strong installment in the series, and the cyborg tape is one of my favourites in general, but personally i prefer VHS 85. It is absolutely the most consistent and coolest for me, especially with the connected tapes No Wake and Ambrosia, but Dreamkill is my favourite tape of the whole VHS series. So cool and unique, fucking loved the dream sequences
VHS franchise has always interested me due to its premise of anthology Found footage. Sadly, majority of the stories and segments are very lackluster; while the great ones you wish had more time cook and flush out aspects. Overall, it is a good small franchise to exist and has seen many creators go on to do awesome things. Just wish it wasn’t treated as a stepping stone, and given more respect to flower as its own crazy series.
I love the concept of the subject seeing as sa's point of view is really cool and her looking into the mirror is such a terrifying scene, kinda reminds me of the iron man, or the human centipede. Seeing what the turned Into is horrifying.
The varying quality of the individual sketches of the first few movies causes the films to all blend together for me (without googling it, I'm not even 100% sure if I've seen the third one) and a lot of the less memorable sketches fall by the wayside of my memory, but I remember all the sketches from VHS 94. Maybe it's recency bias, but I feel like that still counts for something.
COVER NEXT? How about Odd Thomas? We lost that young man far too young. Also John Dies at the End is one of my favorite horror comedies, would love to hear your take :)
i need to rewatch that movie. i loved it but had to give up watching it after losing my fiance. one of the rare times i actually prefered the movie to the book.
@@Lazrael32 Oof, that's rough man, I'm sorry to hear that. The end is pretty heartbreaking, I could see it being too much after a loss like that. I'm just a voice in the aether, I wish there was something I could say to provide some comfort. All I can do is thank you for sharing with us and hope you're doing ok, wherever you are.
Really dug the first one. Loved the second one, and was told to stay away from Viral. Either I forgot about this, or it flew under my radar. Thanks, Ryan!
The only major weak spot for me in VHS 94 is the frame story’s ending, it’s the kind of illogical, unsatisfying “surprise twist” that lazy horror (and mystery) fiction loves using as a crutch. My only other real gripe (and it’s minor) is something you pointed out, the core theme (as much as it has one) feels a lot more late 2010s than mid ‘90s. Especially in “Terror,” the militia’s rhetoric was more in line with modern day MAGA chuds than ‘90s anti-government extremists. If it had been a cult like the Branch Davidians or a “lone nut” scenario like Ruby Ridge, the Unabomber and Timothy McVeigh it would’ve felt a lot more 1994.
I think the best found footage horror movies are the ones where they try to make it look and feel as authentic and real as possible, because it actually helps live up to the premise inherent to the genre: that what we are watching are the footage of real events recorded by everyday people.
I was concerned that, with the previous posts we have seen from Ryan, that he was going to be quitting or at least slowing down on here. I'm glad the uploads are still coming and Ryan seems to be doing really well for himself. Keep it coming man, love your content!
I’ve just gotta say this is why I hate when Europeans try not only talking but having opinions on what happens here in America the people at Waco were not stockpiling illegal guns everything was above board and they sold the guns to help fund their compound it takes 5 seconds of research to see that that was the angle the atf and fbi tried using and David offered them to come in and tried showing it was above board they attacked the people at Waco because of their religious extremism not because of the guns
Bro I'm european and I know there were no illegal guns at Waco. Hollinger is probably just a lefty that needs to defend the government everytime they murder people.
People from the Isles will twist anything to get their hands on for their benefit. Its the case with both the left and the right, its just more common to see the left lie in order to justify bad things happening to people they don't like
Love VHS 94! I'd say it's probably my favourite in the entire franchise, even more than the first one. Storm Drain and The Subject in particular are absolutely fantastic...
My personal experience with 1994 was pretty fucking gnarly. That was the year I graduated High School & subsequently found myself in US Army Infantry Basic Training 5 days later...
I love some of these films. There are some shorts that are so iconic I still remember them years on. The cult from VHS2 and the funeral wake in 94 was so good.
A very eerie thing happened as I clicked on the video, I went through 3 sponsored ads just to face another ad at the beginning of the video, thus completing the "anthology"
have you ever seen the 80s horror film Pin? starring Jonathan Majors? it is WILD, just watched it and immediately wished i could hear your thoughts on it
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"A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night."
Pretty please?
the mckinney family home videos. Up and coming arg that deserves to be seen
Late night with the Devil
The short lived surreal dark comedy British sketch show "Jam" would be neat.
The Blackcoats Daughter, Gretel and Hansel, I really like Oz Perkins and Longlegs is one of my most anticipated films of the year!
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Dead is no reason to lack drip
All Hail Ra Ta MAAl
It'll keep your shoes dry while you run through disgusting sewage water
Raatma?
I loved "The Subject " segment. It starts as a Tetsuo body horror, then the last 10 minutes was just a Doom/CoD FPS.
One of the directors of it also did Safe Haven from an earlier V/H/S/ entry. It was also amazing~!
My favourite one!
Yup. Just add some "things" that happened during the 90s in Indonesia and you got "The Subject"
So glad someone knows Tetsuo
The best one easily.
why is a random shoe company a horror movie channel's most consistent sponsor
The best shoes to wear when running for yoir life?
So the cynical answer is that whenever any company spams sponsoring all across UA-cam (which vessi does (also see raycon, nordvpn, just about every supplement,...)) without any link to what the video is actually about, it usually means that their company is trash to mid tier quality at best. They just compensate through aggressive, constant marketing. An easy way to check this is to google that company's name and 'reddit' for actual reviews and discussion.
Honestly I have mixed feelings about it. One one hand I want these UA-camrs to get paid, on the other hand a fat yikes for shilling.
Horror fans love shoes.
Because people are watching...?
@@TheSanjay307 I've got a pair, they are pretty good, fairly durable and definitely nice they are water proof. Haven't compared to any other shoes that are waterproof though so I can't really say if the price is the most bang for your buck.
Raatma is about to vomit his black bile into your mouth, when suddenly you hear it from one of the adjacent tunnels:
"HOYEVAH!"
Hot take, but Empty Wake might be my favorite segment of this one. Simple story, one location, unsettling funeral music, terrifying monster. Also, taking place during a tornado makes it even scarier
I spat my coffee out when Ryan said it was arguably the weakest. To me it's one of the strongest of the entire VHS franchise. I found it pretty scary too!
I really loved Empty Wake. It was so creepy. While I think The Subject is awesome, this and Storm Drain are my favorites from 94.
Agreed wholeheartedly. There was something so unsettling about it that stood out above a lot of found footage horror I've seen.
@@timatkins2228agreed. I think the last segment was the weakest. The one with the white nationalists using vampire blood as a weapon. It just dragged on too long.
Yay other people who loved "Empty Wake" too! It was my favorite as well, 100%. I thought it was so classically creepy and I was very much on edge while watching it. But I do think Ryan's opinion on it is probably very popular, as I know a couple people who saw this and also didn't care for that segment, and I've seen several other UA-camrs also say they thought it was the weakest one. Ha I'm glad I'm not the only one who loved it!
I think it's much less of Trump commentary relevant to the current time of production, but rather the 90s. There was an explosion of conspiracies, cults, militia movements and general background paranoia in America during the 1990s. The X-Files really captures the zeitgeist of the era.
Well said.
It’s like poetry. It rhymes. A lot of the 90’s is happening again today
Ruby Ridge, Waco, Oklahoma City, the first Twin Tower attack. The conservative conspiracy theory culture was alive and well and exploding in the 90’s thanks to the goings on. It’s a side of things not everyone remembers thanks to the likes of Seinfeld and Friends tainting our collective memories of the time.
10:43 Stephen King couldn’t have “lifted” the idea for Cell from The Signal, his novel was published in February of 2006 (it was also optioned for a film almost immediately) before The Signal had even started filming. The VHS franchise had even used the idea prior to Bruckner’s involvement, in Viral’s frame story it was heavily implied the madness and chaos consuming Los Angeles was being spread through internet videos.
You're right in this case. However, Stephen King 'lifts' quite a bit. From Pet Sematary basically being a retelling of The Monkey's Paw to a pivotal scene in Dead Zone being lifted almost completely intact from The Night has a Thousand Eyes.
@@matthewharper7333”Be careful what you wish for” has been stolen by everyone
I'm a simple woman, I see a silly guy in the thumbnail, I gotta know what he's all about.
With such a winning smile
Big Brain women honestly
Del Toro’s first film “Cronos”
The ending of the first segment, where the anchor smiles and says "Hail Raatma" felt like a bizarre Tim and Eric Skit. Honestly this is my favorite VHS so far. I'm so glad the anthology continues, there's usually at least one REALLY GOOD short and a few decent ones, but they always feel very creative!
First "hoyevver" drops at 0:46, guaranteeing that some of us won't skip the pre-show ad read.
VHS is a fascinating franchise. 1 & 2 were really solid then Viral happened and killed the momentum of the series dead in its tracks. Then…the revival series of 94, 99, 85 was a shot of adrenaline that it needed. Great Vid Ryan!
I think Viral was originally intended to be a finale of sorts
We don’t talk about Viral
Viral doesn't exist.
another peak video
It's God!
zillaaaa
It's the Kaiju horror man!
Cool
Can't wait for you to go see Iceberg boy again.
Your series cost me 1532 dollars
YES! Love that you’re covering this. VHS 2 had better individual segments, but imo VHS 94 was just a more fun experience overall
vhs 94 and 85 were so good ,99 had one interesting segment steve ogg one the rest was kinda ,,,,
@@tzindombre8640can't for the life of me remember which VHS had the two friends accidentally go to Hell during a witch's recording ceremony but for some reason I really enjoyed that one. Also VHS 2 probably has my favorite full set of shorts
@@BestCupidthat was 99
@@BestCupidit was 99, the directors of that made deadstream as well, which is one of the better found footage films in recent years
@@BestCupid yeah the hell segment was the only one that was worth it in 99. I agree with VHS 2. VHS 2 has safe haven which is the best segment in the VHS series
My usual process:
1. Wake up Monday and begrudgingly get the work day started
2. Sometime in the late morning notice a new Ryan Hollinger video drops, day drastically improves!
3. Enjoy the video, continue working
4. Proceed to forget Ryan uploads on Mondays until the next week
5. Repeat step 1
As is custom.
I need more horror fiction that follows a group of Soldiers/SWAT Officers encountering supernatural/paranormal forces that they can't even hope to understand. There's just something I love so much about the idea of Modern Mankind encountering mind-bending supernatural stuff. Especially trained personnel like that. It's why I love stuff like "House of Ashes" and "Dog Soldiers".
Waco was a cult. But did not have illegal firearms. Wendigoon has a great video breaking down the tragedy
I was looking in the comments to see if anyone else said this
Cell was published 2006, the year before The Signal was released at Sundance. Unless King saw an advance copy, he couldn't have lifted the plot from that movie (though the idea certainly isn't original to him)
First foundflix puts up his 99 video last night, now Ryans got a series wide analysis just in time for lunch? Hell yeah!
Ikr! We're eating goooooooddd
The Subject was actually directed by Timo Tjahjanto, who co-directed Safe Haven from V/H/S 2 with Gareth Evans (the director of The Raid 1 and 2), a short which is considered not only the best segment in V/H/S 2, but the entire franchise as a whole!
Safe Haven is insane! It has the gnarliest throat cut I've ever seen put on film.
@@RainbowRenegade I wouldn't expect any less from the guys behind The Raids and the Night Comes for Us
I still say that Slumber Party Alien Abduction in VHS 2 is still my favorite of all short films.
The fakout with police lights blew me away. Its such a punch in the gut. I loved it.
Excuse me
Waco did not have illegal guns. They were registered gun dealers, it was a business. They had all their paperwork in order and every firearm was legally held.
One of the perpetrators of this atrocity later went on to state he wanted every gun over a single shot 22lr made illegal
He’s British don’t worry I don’t think he understands gun laws lmao.
I came to comment this. The Waco guys weren't good people. But spreading misinformation isn't a good thing. 🙂
@@degen_dude3159 as a brit, definitely not.
The Raatma makes me giggle cause i saw a clip from behind the scene where Raatma is dancing and someone behind the scenes yells "i love you raatma!" 😂
Twist ending, the militia was all Feds.
Great video, Ryan. One thing i wanted to bring up tho is that the weapons stashed in David Koresh's compound were not actually illegally owned/manufactured and in fact, they had extensive records pertaining to the purchase/sale/etc of said firearms.
Yup. I believe they even had a gunsmithing license, so the ATFs entire justification of "they COULD be making full auto guns" just doesn't hold water.
Like, the cult leader was not a good guy by any means but what the ATF did was despicable
I scrolled through the comments to see if someone else would say something about this or not. I'm glad you did. I don't want to seem like I'm defending this crazy cult, but the illegal guns story from the ATF was bs.
love how he ignores these type comments. starting to question being subbed to this channel, he's good for movies, but i'm starting to think he's a leftist who would just think us ists and phobes because we recite facts.
I read that the local police chief had good insight into the cult and essentially offered himself as a go-between between Koresh and the feds. He was ignored.
@@kyrdakl7116Based on your comment and what it implies about your worldview, I would suggest you unsubscribe if you want to avoid future discomfort. Relative to you at least, Ryan is exactly what you said he is.
I’m sorry Ryan, did you say Raatma was slightly cute???
Don’t deny it!!
I mean I definitely thought aww that's oddly adorable when I first saw it lol
Looks like i am guilty aswell.
In The Empty Wake the mysterious man actually just speaks normal Hungarian, I can transcript and translate it if you're interested
Ooh! Ooh! I am!!
Of course we're interested why would you toy with us like this
WHAT DOES IT SAY? WHAT DOES IT SAY?
VHS 94 was an awesome found footage anthology. Even brings back memories of my high school days in the 90s
then your high school experience must have been wild lmao
@@printsbyreformed The 90's were a wild time to be in school.
ive never been into the found footage subgenre myself, but i will say, your enthusiasm for it has definitely helped me warm up to it
I love your work. I have to point out an error, respectively. Stephen King’s Cell was not inspired by “The Signal” because the signal came out in 2007 and Stephen King’s novel came out in 2006.
I remember when the very first V/H/S came out and FREAKED me out. Good to see it return to form in this rendition. Thanks for the awesome video!
Love your stuff Ryan, and I’m so glad VHS is back after Viral killed it, but Waco is a rabbit hole that deserves way more research
I was hoping someone else caught that. Waco was a $hit show.
Love your videos Ryan! Here’s some movies you should cover:
- Lords of Salem (dir. Rob Zombie)
- Drag Me To Hell (dir. Sam Rami)
- Day Shift (dir. JJ Perry)
VHS 94 really blew me away because I watched it at the tail end of a binge streak of REALLY mediocre horror and I had pretty low expectations going into it. I was really impressed by how much of the settings they managed to convey without ever having to focus on anything but the main context of scene, honestly one of my favourite films of recent memory.
As someone who is too much of a scaredy cat to watch horror movies first hand, videos like these are always a treat. The woman's initials being "S.A." feels so tragically intentional, though. The violation of her body feels akin to s*xual as*ault
I love the V/H/S series -- even the so-so entries, if I'm honest. Really, any anthology horror film is A+ in my book, I just love super-short-form horror, and I was really happy to hear your take on '94. Great work!
This is my absolute favourite of the VHS movies. So much goodness, original perspectives and stories and just good old fun.
Ryan, are you aware of the 'found footage'-style novels that are appearing these days? I'm a reviewer and they're just as good as the movies!
Horror is the best genre and found footage is one of the best sub genres of horror. amazing video and content as usual.
All I can imagine is Ratmaa with a skaven voice. Like you see that thing come around the corner and just hear "yes-yes man-things, worship Ratmaa"
For me, the cult segment in VHS 2 was still one of if not the best of all the movies
Perfect video to watch after work! Hope all are doing well! Another awesome video, Ryan 😁👍
Man I've seen a lot of UA-camrs get rid of their facial hair but I think Ryan here is the only one I've seen that actually looks like a completely different person
The first time I watched this movie I genuinely came out of it feeling like I'd just gone through a super fun haunted house. Like. I told my brother, who showed it to me, that I felt like we'd just gone on a fair ride and that I wanted to ride it again. I had SO much fun. This movie is such a fun time, honestly, like. I highly suggest it to anybody who likes horror. It's just a blast, spooky and fun and it has some really unique ideas going on and manages to catch you off guard on multiple occasions.
The film making reference to militia groups, doomsday cults and societal paranoia isn't a commentary on "Trump's presidency", it's what literally happened in the Bush/Clinton era of the early 90s. See the militia group scare and subsequent gun control measures, Waco/Ruby Ridge, and popular fiction like The X-Files.
Not everything is about Trump.
I'm so happy someone finally said this
Europeans trying to have nuanced opinions on America, to the usual results.
@@robt6425 Yeah because it's so much better when it happens in reverse right? typical Yank response.
@@jelstone20 Hey, at least WE still have free speech and the right to defend ourselves! you guys are DEEP in the shlt
@markjackson3531 you need to do some research, your speech isn't as free as you think it is. And that right to defend yourself is also why so many of your school children are needlessly massacred on a regular basis.
The first time I saw Terror, I thought the militia was in a time loop, rather than the vampire regenerating. At the time, I was consuming media where time loops were more probable
15:41 I showed my husband and he sees it too so now I'm fairly sure the writing on the box says "Guten Morgen", which means "good morning" in German. I took German for 6 semesters in college so it jumped out at me. If that is the case, it'd be a cool nod to the vampire stuff.
I have some big issues with found footage, although it's mostly the fault of movies not doing the genre properly. The movies rarely justify why someone is filming 100% of the time even when it makes literally no sense, the camera man somehow manages to perfectly frame things cinematically even when unaware of the lurking danger or while running or fighting for his life, and finally (this is actually an issue I have with the genre itself), is that there is usually absolutely 0 attempts to justify how we're watching this supposed "found footage" that contains people getting murdered for real in a cinema/on Netflix.
This series is one of the few I can think of that actually does justify these things (at least mostly).
The Signal will always be one of my favorite horror anthologies. Good on ya for shouting it out.
I watched this movie for the first time on a whim this morning, so the synchronicity here was a shocking surprise.
your video (and thumbnail, ofc) has been haunting me across YT for 3 days now. I was like: "I know, I know, I'm gonna watch it, I swear; really, I'm two movies in, I need to see Viral first, please, Raatma, wait a little bit longer" xD
As someone who felt the all the prior VHS installments overall were either pretty meh, or downright forgettable, 94' absolutely blew me away. I came in with very low expectations, and was genuinely surprised how every segment was a total banger. Was really glad to see you cover this one.
I’ve used your code, and I bought vessies, as a frequent viewer and contributed please put a time stamp right after your totally genuine ad I hear every. Single. Time.
Found footage is horror’s best subgenre? Nah, it’s gotta be creature features for me. I love it when there is a horrid beast 😃
The Slasher subgenre gotta be top 3.
Gotta agree, Horrid Beasts are the best
ok so one thing, that last segment with the militia, doesn't seem to have anything to do with trump, i get why you'd say that given the politics which pop up in american debates all the time, but you might be too young, and european to remember this, but during the nineties and late eighties their was a massive rise in militia groups, aryan type groups, and others who felt they where fighting for change or some other stuff, also the IRA gets used a LOT in eighties and nineties media, so much so theirs a specific episode dedicated to it in highlander the series, as well as a couple eps about it in walker texas ranger, so all in all i think it starts off being like that and about some group who is portrayed as crazy until you realise their probably killing vampires and literally trying to stop the spreading of a disease, or sickness, which is actually a pretty neat twist
Can you review the mckinney family home videos arg? It's still new but has so little coverage around itself.
I know this is an older movie, but would you ever consider covering Antiviral (2012)? Not enough people have seen it, and I feel you'd appreciate the body horror.
Absolutely love it. Glad to know someone appreciates it.
Yesterday Foundflix covered VHS and today's Ryan uploaded a review as well, what a time to be alive
I love the V/H/S movies apart from V/H/S 3 but all the others I love with a passion. I've always loved found footage films even the cheesy ones but if I'm ever bored, I put on V/H/S because most of the segments are scary in their own right. Love your videos, can't wait for more 👍🏻
I cannot be the only one who think viral is over hated af. Parallel monsters is top tier and the connecting segment was entertaining and really funny. I don’t understand why it’s soooo hated. Yeah it’s no the best one, but it’s not terrible.
Same here. The connective through line was still better than the toy soldier nonsense
This is not only the best VHS in the series but it’s one of my favorite found footage movies period.
I think you would really enjoy Petscop and Valle Verde. These are both YT series that use fictional video games from the ‘90s as a medium to tell a horror story. This isn’t a request for a video, just a genuine recommendation to a horror fan.
You're a fellow 94 baby! Happy 30th dude!
The best subgenre hands down. I've always thought that and always felt like I needed to hide that thought from the world. Thank you.
2:34 You can't fool me AI Ryan Hollinger.
VHS 94 is absolutely a strong installment in the series, and the cyborg tape is one of my favourites in general, but personally i prefer VHS 85. It is absolutely the most consistent and coolest for me, especially with the connected tapes No Wake and Ambrosia, but Dreamkill is my favourite tape of the whole VHS series. So cool and unique, fucking loved the dream sequences
Your thoughts on VHS 99 lol?
Man, watching the empty wake reminded me of that one episode of Hill House that is a continuous shot. The setting is really similar.
VHS franchise has always interested me due to its premise of anthology Found footage. Sadly, majority of the stories and segments are very lackluster; while the great ones you wish had more time cook and flush out aspects. Overall, it is a good small franchise to exist and has seen many creators go on to do awesome things. Just wish it wasn’t treated as a stepping stone, and given more respect to flower as its own crazy series.
I love the concept of the subject seeing as sa's point of view is really cool and her looking into the mirror is such a terrifying scene, kinda reminds me of the iron man, or the human centipede. Seeing what the turned Into is horrifying.
The varying quality of the individual sketches of the first few movies causes the films to all blend together for me (without googling it, I'm not even 100% sure if I've seen the third one) and a lot of the less memorable sketches fall by the wayside of my memory, but I remember all the sketches from VHS 94. Maybe it's recency bias, but I feel like that still counts for something.
Shout-out to Ryan for coverings movies we never would've heard about otherwise 📣
COVER NEXT? How about Odd Thomas? We lost that young man far too young. Also John Dies at the End is one of my favorite horror comedies, would love to hear your take :)
i need to rewatch that movie. i loved it but had to give up watching it after losing my fiance. one of the rare times i actually prefered the movie to the book.
@@Lazrael32 Oof, that's rough man, I'm sorry to hear that. The end is pretty heartbreaking, I could see it being too much after a loss like that. I'm just a voice in the aether, I wish there was something I could say to provide some comfort. All I can do is thank you for sharing with us and hope you're doing ok, wherever you are.
Never had I clicked on a notification this quick! Yay Ryan video!
Really dug the first one. Loved the second one, and was told to stay away from Viral. Either I forgot about this, or it flew under my radar. Thanks, Ryan!
Ryan my man, it's 2024.... there are so many great videos on youtube explaining waco and what exactly happened and why it did. No illegal guns
The Subject was absolutely my favorite segment. Felt like early 2000s Japanese body horror. it was fantastically done, even with the bad CGI.
The only major weak spot for me in VHS 94 is the frame story’s ending, it’s the kind of illogical, unsatisfying “surprise twist” that lazy horror (and mystery) fiction loves using as a crutch.
My only other real gripe (and it’s minor) is something you pointed out, the core theme (as much as it has one) feels a lot more late 2010s than mid ‘90s. Especially in “Terror,” the militia’s rhetoric was more in line with modern day MAGA chuds than ‘90s anti-government extremists. If it had been a cult like the Branch Davidians or a “lone nut” scenario like Ruby Ridge, the Unabomber and Timothy McVeigh it would’ve felt a lot more 1994.
Cover a video on the 2005 film “The Skeleton Key” starring Kate Hudson! Very underrated
Digging the clean shave look ryan my dude ❤️ another great vid
45 seconds in with no “Hoyever” you fell off 😔
no fr
I think the best found footage horror movies are the ones where they try to make it look and feel as authentic and real as possible, because it actually helps live up to the premise inherent to the genre: that what we are watching are the footage of real events recorded by everyday people.
I was concerned that, with the previous posts we have seen from Ryan, that he was going to be quitting or at least slowing down on here. I'm glad the uploads are still coming and Ryan seems to be doing really well for himself. Keep it coming man, love your content!
The next film you should do is Come and See (directed by Elem Klimov in 1985). A harrowing and disturbing Russian anti-war film.
I love that we are getting another Go for the VHS saga, another 10 year and we will have a 3 trilogy movie set
In alternative universe we have a horror movie series called "beta max "
Most of them only have 1, maybe 2 segments I enjoy but somehow that's enough to keep me coming back.
I’ve just gotta say this is why I hate when Europeans try not only talking but having opinions on what happens here in America the people at Waco were not stockpiling illegal guns everything was above board and they sold the guns to help fund their compound it takes 5 seconds of research to see that that was the angle the atf and fbi tried using and David offered them to come in and tried showing it was above board they attacked the people at Waco because of their religious extremism not because of the guns
Bro I'm european and I know there were no illegal guns at Waco. Hollinger is probably just a lefty that needs to defend the government everytime they murder people.
They found multiple guns illegally converted to be full auto
You do understand the word "illegal" right?
People from the Isles will twist anything to get their hands on for their benefit. Its the case with both the left and the right, its just more common to see the left lie in order to justify bad things happening to people they don't like
@@devonchafe2764according to the Constitution of the United States there are no "illegal" guns.
@@devonchafe2764that's not illegal lol.
Always adored your videos, Ryan!! And this movie is SO GOOD! Shudder has been on a roll with these movies!!
Love VHS 94! I'd say it's probably my favourite in the entire franchise, even more than the first one. Storm Drain and The Subject in particular are absolutely fantastic...
My personal experience with 1994 was pretty fucking gnarly.
That was the year I graduated High School & subsequently found myself in US Army Infantry Basic Training 5 days later...
I love some of these films. There are some shorts that are so iconic I still remember them years on.
The cult from VHS2 and the funeral wake in 94 was so good.
Love your videos man!
that last short was truly genius, it earned the double hoyever
one of my favourite series of films EVER, always a fun watch (besides from viral but we can forget that exists)
thank you so much for this video!
I was born in 95 and I gotta agree the 90’s had some good shit as far as horror is concerned
A very eerie thing happened as I clicked on the video, I went through 3 sponsored ads just to face another ad at the beginning of the video, thus completing the "anthology"
Adthology
Damn, Ryan cleaned up real good
i think that the Subject is moreso inspired by Tetsuo the Iron Man
have you ever seen the 80s horror film Pin? starring Jonathan Majors? it is WILD, just watched it and immediately wished i could hear your thoughts on it
This franchise is up there for my favorite horror ones. This movie might be up there for my favorite horror movies of All time.