this movie is confusing, has the worst quality shorts, and the worst acting by far. the other VHS movies feel like they were filmed by indie directors, and most importantly it felt like real found footage. this movie feels like a studio trying to recreate the found footage style. juts like all of theses movies the segments vary in quality, so here is what i though of them.
MAGIC MIKE
unfortunately there are no hot dudes in this segment. instead the plot is a broke magician finds a cloak that gives him actual magic. but also the cloak is powered by evil and kills people. the gore is great, the acting is horrible, the documentary style is jarring for this series, and obverall its the weakest short in the movie. not a strong start guys.
3/10
REPUBLICAN HELL
A Spanish fellow creates a portal that leads to an alternate version of himself and steps through to check out the other dimension. at first they seem identical, but it revealed the other dimension is a satanic dictatorship full of demons with weird yeti arm dicks. oh and by the way the women have vaginas that look like the autopsy scene in the thing. Practical gore, decent acting, and some great visuals here. feels right at home in the VHS series.
7/10
SKATE 3 HALL OF MEAT IRL
OK dudes here's my pitch for this segment. so like some totally bad-ass skater dudes are making a skate film, but kicked out of the skate park for assaulting some dude. so they decide to go to Tijuana to film some epic skate tricks and then they find a weird cult thing. so they ;like bleed on this big ass satanic rune and then have to murder zombies and weird religious dude, also there's a lot of rap songs and super dankeroo music.
yeah its about as wild as it sounds. i will say this segment has some great gore, and looks the most like found footage. so its not all bad.
5/10
probably my favorite part of this movie is so short i wouldn't even call it a segment. it definitely fits the viral theme they were trying to capture here. it starts as a pornhub fake taxi type deal with a girl stripping, then right before we see any nudity she pulls a gun. her ex uploaded a sex tape and he uploaded on his fake taxi site, which made it blow up. if you want to modernise the V/H/S franchise, its stories like this that would be a step in the right direction.
THE STORY THAT CONNECTS EVERYTHING
i dont think there is one. an ice cream truck is driving around uploading the VHS tapes from the other movies? maybe? idk man watch this garbage yourself if your dying to no. hell i would love for someone to explain to me what that shit was about,.
so my final thoughts on this movie? its a a massive step down for this series, and probably the movie that will kill this series. V/H/S 1 and 2 are really fun movies, but V/H/S viral seems like a cash grab that utterly failed. so if for some reason they make another V/H/S movie, please focus more on how technology can leave you vulnerable and open for attack and less skater boi rap montages.
4/10
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