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The V/H/S films are fast becoming a horror staple, with a group of genre directors now seemingly collected together annually to contribute to these found footage anthologies.
The first film featured shorts by the likes of Ti West, Adam Wingard and Joe Swanberg while ‘Part 2’ included efforts from Gareth Evans, Eduardo Sanchez, Jason Eisner and more.
IGN: If you still haven’t seen V/H/S: Viral, the 2014 installment of the V/H/S horror series, the anthology film’s producers are hoping the addition of a brand new segment, dubbed "Gorgeous Vortex," will convince you to go out and rent or buy the DVD or Blu-ray.
WASDuk's Chris Patton sounds off on the reigning king-trilogy of hand-held horror: V/H/S 3: VIRAL
"One thing the V/H/S franchise has done better than its fellow brethren of hand-held horror is to not be embarrassed by its terrible special effects. Whereas the yawn-out-loud stylistics of the recent As Above, So Below and Houses that October Built decided to shake their cameras until the baddies were unrecognizable, spurning critics and fans alike to chant the refrain that something may have happened but nobody can be sure what it was, V/H/S 3: Viral unabashedly shows you other-dimensional dicks, skaters battling the Day of the Dead, and a magician who pulls the hat out of the rabbit."
How to watch this film:
1) The Gorgeous Vortex
2) Dante the Great
3) Turn off or walk out.
V/H/S is the most recent franchise to establish itself by the use of found footage, while it does share the same general ‘found footage’ technique found in films like Paranormal Activity, it challenges the formula through its use of unorthodox themes, scenarios and compilation format. V/H/S and its sequel were received with mixed reception, but most horror junkies seemed to enjoy the way the films shook up the genre, particularly by the clever integration of several smaller horror shorts into one over-arching storyline. The question is – does V/H/S Viral address the flaws evident in the first two instalments, or does it proceed to worsen the lukewarm reputation of the series?
