@@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’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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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
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.
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.
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 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
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
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.
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.
i remember watching V/H/S 2 when i was young after begging my older sisters to watch a scary movie. traumatized me so much i wasn’t able to watch any of them up until last year when i turned 18😭
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
40 foot tall corn cobs scare me to the point that I wish my Uncle Fred was at least twelve foot or less from me physically along with his special corn cob cutting tool
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 UA-cam presenter here to boil it down foe us ^&^
Just found your channel a few minutes ago love the VHS series. There were a couple on here I haven’t seen yet, but I do like the first two the one with the chick with the weird eyes 👀 is Hannah Fhurman I guess Shazam in another movie, kind of like a prequel to this one before they found out who she was or something I think is made by the same people that were the same company that makes these ones but I haven’t seen that one, but I was quite impressed with this one. I’ve never seen clips just like you are and I the only one you didn’t talk about was the guy that was running through the park on his way home to see his fiancé and he turned into a zombie that one was pretty gnarly. Oh, they had some gnarly affects, but I like to have the whole ZOMBIFIED thing or people were vomiting and turning into zombies. That was a pretty creepy want to though.
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
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.
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!
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.
I adore this series. This and Terrifier are probably the best horror franchises running right now. It was a little lukewarm at first, but all of the segments I thought were the weak ones have grown on me. And I think the last 3 films really have no weak spots. Hope they keep making these for a good long while. Side note, I wish I could just get Shudder alone and not have to piggyback it with another service that I don't want. But I'm honestly kind of impressed with the production side of it. Lot of really good international cinema as well.
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 UA-cam! Cool.
i don’t know the name of it but my favorite tape is in v/h/s 2 its the one where the biker becomes a zombie. the end just really gets me the phone call from his girlfriend just makes me sad
I had never heard of this VHS series before this. This is the only content relating to it I've ever seen. It sounds like it was really popular? Was it?
Absolutely great video, I love the V/H/S series a shit ton lol. Although, if another video is made on the series (considering how large it is) it would be cool to see “The Subject” sequence in V/H/S/94. It has a fantastic story and great act-work! Best part is definitely near the end with the commander and Jono.
Amateur Night is the high bar for the franchise from my perspective. So much gets communicated so quickly but with an awful lot of ambiguity... Lily might be out looking for a meal, or she might be just another lonely creature looking for someone to forge a relationship with. It's kind of tragic when you look at it that way - she's willing to do anything to be accepted by the guy she likes, but mauling his douchebag buddies to death is a bridge too far I guess. His loss. Hannah Fierman's very birdlike performance sells this segment so damn well, monstrous nature or not I couldn't not like her. Oh, and hail Ratmaa, obviously.
I love all the VHS series just like I love all of the Paranormal Activity. edit note: Hannah Fierman's character and performance will always be my most favorite.
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.
Amateur Night did get a feature-length spinoff in the form of Siren, 4 years after the original V/H/S, with the same actress playing the succubus. I wonder how other feature-length versions of V/H/S shorts would fare. Edit: Apparently Kids vs. Aliens, which released this year, is a feature-length spinoff of Slumber Party Alien Abduction from V/H/S/2.
vhs is crazy. the stories don't really scare me but they make me feel uneasy. always such strange and nonchalant violence that gives me a weird feeling lol
I agree with most of your choices but the best of best is definitely the one where the old Japanese dude makes the lady into a camera cyborg and the police are even freaked out
Yo, I randomly found this video & I remember watching the VHS 2/Safe Haven YEARS ago. I really love horror/disturbing movies personally & I love when I come across people who share that interest. I wanted to suggest a movie to you (if you haven't already seen it) this movie called Martyrs from 2008. They remade it in 2015, I have not seen that version but the 2008 Martyrs, still sits today as the most disturbing movie that I have ever seen in my life. I own the DVD & the director even has a brief apology intro for how messed up this movie was about to be. I bring this movie up because that VHS 2 section that you summarized is like the closest thing a movie has come to reminding me of how utterly insane Martyrs was.
ozzys dungeon is just so silly to me, this family decided to hold a massive grudge cus their daughter broke her leg in a gameshow like yeah that sucks but take it on the chin and take your daughter to a hospital but no they decide to let her rot and kidnap the host years later. also why was a mystical wish granting creature in a film studio
hey. She didn't broke her leg at the final round by herself. It was her rival who broke her leg and the host (Steven Ogg. If you don't know who is that guy, is Trevor from GTA V) didn't give a shit and yet the game continued. Also, her parents couldn't take her to the hospital because they couldn't afford for money. Also, idk why the creature in his film studio
The magician one could have easily been fixed so that the fight happens during a live show, and the recording is being done by a TV crew. Frame it all to happen in a large theater on the stage and in the seats as people panic and run away, it would add a degree of gritty realism to have the entire sequence shot from one angle. Could even have the film crew escape but leave the camera rolling, with no-one to control it it just sits static. A clever director could use the fixed framing to his advantage, leaving the viewer to wonder what is happening off screen.
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.
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.
"SWAT team vs a wizard" is the coolest concept ever and deserves better
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 😭
@@HitTheFan16 it's the emoji
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.
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”
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.
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 😂
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.
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!
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 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.
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
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.
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
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.
Safe Haven in my mind is probably the most compelling piece of "found footage" that I ever saw growing up.
Worthy to note that Amateur Night got a spinoff film called 'Siren' starring the same actress
Came here to say that as well.
Boy do I love this series. Saw the first vhs when I was younger at my aunts creepy Pennsylvania home. Good times.
Amateur Night and Safe Haven are my 2 favorite shorts. I also loved the one with the zombie apocalypse taking place.
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.
yknow.... Ozzy's Dungeon is exactly something that I'd see Steven Ogg do
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
I think my favorite segment is "10/31/98" from the first movie. I really love the concept.
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
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
I remember the storm drain the most out of all these. It’s scary how almost real it feels.
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
Safe Haven from VHS2 is one of the best short horror films I have ever seen. The imagery. The idea. The effects. OMG
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.
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.
First time I saw VHS, I was alone. Amateur Night has never left my brain since that day. Fucks me up even now.
i remember watching V/H/S 2 when i was young after begging my older sisters to watch a scary movie.
traumatized me so much i wasn’t able to watch any of them up until last year when i turned 18😭
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
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.
The first 2 movies from the series are some of my favourite horror movies of all time. :) I'm glad you made this video
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.
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.
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.
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
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
very underrated channel, keep up the good work!
40 foot tall corn cobs scare me to the point that I wish my Uncle Fred was at least twelve foot or less from me physically along with his special corn cob cutting tool
Amazing upload, will never forget my first run through with this franchise
10:43 I love the vibe of "WIZARD VS THE POLICE"
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 UA-cam presenter here to boil it down foe us ^&^
Just found your channel a few minutes ago love the VHS series. There were a couple on here I haven’t seen yet, but I do like the first two the one with the chick with the weird eyes 👀 is Hannah Fhurman I guess Shazam in another movie, kind of like a prequel to this one before they found out who she was or something I think is made by the same people that were the same company that makes these ones but I haven’t seen that one, but I was quite impressed with this one. I’ve never seen clips just like you are and I the only one you didn’t talk about was the guy that was running through the park on his way home to see his fiancé and he turned into a zombie that one was pretty gnarly. Oh, they had some gnarly affects, but I like to have the whole ZOMBIFIED thing or people were vomiting and turning into zombies. That was a pretty creepy want to though.
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
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.
this series could go on for a long time. analog horror is just so good. ❤
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!
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 💀😵
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.
My favorite VHS scene of all of the movies is the one where the guy opens the portal to the demonic world.
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!*
Omg i know the rat man clip I didn’t know it was from a movie this series seems like a fun watch Thxs ^^
That robot/cyborg one was really cool, but I have to agree that storm drain is hands down 10/10
Hail Ratmaa
vhs 2 was the first horror movie to traumatize me in middle school! really an iconic series that still leaves me uneasy
easily my favorite movie series of all time. been a fan since vhs 2 and the music is amazing.
i don’t know why i decided to watch this at 1:44am but it was unsettling and fun. great video
The fact that the voice actor for trevor was in one of these movies is genuinely hilarious. Bro is typecast for crazy folks.
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.
I adore this series. This and Terrifier are probably the best horror franchises running right now.
It was a little lukewarm at first, but all of the segments I thought were the weak ones have grown on me. And I think the last 3 films really have no weak spots.
Hope they keep making these for a good long while.
Side note, I wish I could just get Shudder alone and not have to piggyback it with another service that I don't want. But I'm honestly kind of impressed with the production side of it. Lot of really good international cinema as well.
Def my favorite movie franchise and I'm happy they are still making them.
DUDE V/H/S IS MY FAVORITE MOVIE SERIES!!!!!!!!!! THIS MADE ME SO EXCITED
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.
everyone talking about how scary and real it looks 😭 this is a nostalgia watch for me
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 UA-cam! Cool.
Same, loved "the subject" for its originality !!!
Thanks for reminding me of the name !
i don’t know the name of it but my favorite tape is in v/h/s 2 its the one where the biker becomes a zombie. the end just really gets me the phone call from his girlfriend just makes me sad
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 had never heard of this VHS series before this. This is the only content relating to it I've ever seen. It sounds like it was really popular? Was it?
imo its pretty popular. definitely one of the best found footage series out there.
It's not the scariest, but I freakin' love em. Hoping a new one comes out this year.
Absolutely great video, I love the V/H/S series a shit ton lol. Although, if another video is made on the series (considering how large it is) it would be cool to see “The Subject” sequence in V/H/S/94. It has a fantastic story and great act-work! Best part is definitely near the end with the commander and Jono.
Amateur Night is the high bar for the franchise from my perspective. So much gets communicated so quickly but with an awful lot of ambiguity... Lily might be out looking for a meal, or she might be just another lonely creature looking for someone to forge a relationship with. It's kind of tragic when you look at it that way - she's willing to do anything to be accepted by the guy she likes, but mauling his douchebag buddies to death is a bridge too far I guess. His loss. Hannah Fierman's very birdlike performance sells this segment so damn well, monstrous nature or not I couldn't not like her.
Oh, and hail Ratmaa, obviously.
This video is great! Awesome hidden gem here on youtube. keep up the good work man!
I love all the VHS series just like I love all of the Paranormal Activity. edit note: Hannah Fierman's character and performance will always be my most favorite.
something i like about the one from VHS 2 is that it feels like some of the shots were intentionally filmed to look like an FPS game
OMG Dante the Magician story was awesome and I did not expect to see Steven Ogg (Trevor) in the video. 😂 love it!
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.
I always recomend this series to anyone who ask me if "I have any horror movie suggestions". The first two VHS are truly a masterpiece!
These. You did a fabulous job here
im bout to binge your whole channel. glad this came on recommended
I love the Alien Abduction Slumber Party and the one with the zombies in the park (I forgot the name)
Amateur Night did get a feature-length spinoff in the form of Siren, 4 years after the original V/H/S, with the same actress playing the succubus.
I wonder how other feature-length versions of V/H/S shorts would fare.
Edit: Apparently Kids vs. Aliens, which released this year, is a feature-length spinoff of Slumber Party Alien Abduction from V/H/S/2.
vhs is crazy. the stories don't really scare me but they make me feel uneasy. always such strange and nonchalant violence that gives me a weird feeling lol
I agree with most of your choices but the best of best is definitely the one where the old Japanese dude makes the lady into a camera cyborg and the police are even freaked out
All I can imagine for Ozzy's dungeon is Trevor hosting this entire thing. I can't unsee it.
Yo, I randomly found this video & I remember watching the VHS 2/Safe Haven YEARS ago. I really love horror/disturbing movies personally & I love when I come across people who share that interest. I wanted to suggest a movie to you (if you haven't already seen it) this movie called Martyrs from 2008. They remade it in 2015, I have not seen that version but the 2008 Martyrs, still sits today as the most disturbing movie that I have ever seen in my life. I own the DVD & the director even has a brief apology intro for how messed up this movie was about to be. I bring this movie up because that VHS 2 section that you summarized is like the closest thing a movie has come to reminding me of how utterly insane Martyrs was.
ozzys dungeon is just so silly to me, this family decided to hold a massive grudge cus their daughter broke her leg in a gameshow like yeah that sucks but take it on the chin and take your daughter to a hospital but no they decide to let her rot and kidnap the host years later. also why was a mystical wish granting creature in a film studio
hey. She didn't broke her leg at the final round by herself. It was her rival who broke her leg and the host (Steven Ogg. If you don't know who is that guy, is Trevor from GTA V) didn't give a shit and yet the game continued. Also, her parents couldn't take her to the hospital because they couldn't afford for money. Also, idk why the creature in his film studio
The magician one could have easily been fixed so that the fight happens during a live show, and the recording is being done by a TV crew. Frame it all to happen in a large theater on the stage and in the seats as people panic and run away, it would add a degree of gritty realism to have the entire sequence shot from one angle. Could even have the film crew escape but leave the camera rolling, with no-one to control it it just sits static. A clever director could use the fixed framing to his advantage, leaving the viewer to wonder what is happening off screen.
That thumbnail SCARED me so bad and I’ve already watched all the VHS movies