V/H/S is hindered by the onslaught of unlikable, misogynistic characters in nearly every one of its segments, but it succeeds due to creative premises and the effective use of the found footage technique to achieve shocking, intense, and scary moments.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 25, 2023

A diverse blend of horrors that all have an organic connection to one another to justify the found-footage format.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 24, 2023

For all its tension and shock value, the experience is uneven.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 25, 2022

...icky stuff that doesn’t deserve a pass just because the awful men in it get what’s coming to them.

| Original Score: 2/4 | May 27, 2022

There are, as you can see, worthwhile elements to V/H/S. Sadly, they don't show up until the end.

| Mar 10, 2021

Like so many anthology movies, individual pieces shine, but others sink the ship and the connective framework overstays its welcome and becomes tedious.

| Original Score: C | Jul 19, 2020

This is hard horror told by genre lovers with many winks to the audience. Horror fans will fall for VHS but the faint hearted should look elsewhere.

| Apr 1, 2020

A slick and fun little romp of offerings from some newer voices in horror cinema.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 9, 2019

Naturally there is variance in quality, but overall an exhilarating experience that brings pleasure back to found footage.

| Feb 28, 2019

Although the filmmakers have a shorter time span to tell their tales, there's a distinct lack of imagination and genuine sense of fun on display.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 8, 2019

It doesn't feel over-produced or over-ambitious, but rather as close to what it purports to be as it can get. The results are admirable and often honestly scary.

| Original Score: B | Jan 31, 2019

Relentlessly murky and meandering, V/H/S will have some wanting the urge to push the eject button on their 25 year-old VCR player.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Nov 19, 2018

Quite possibly the most effectively unsettling found-footage horror film to date.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Nov 2, 2018

V/H/S not only features some of the most imaginative horror films of our time, but also manages to present these as a collection that continuously defies out expectations and leaves us begging for more.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 14, 2018

V/H/S could have been really, really good instead of just really, really interesting. As it stands, it's worth watching just to see the seeds of several very clever ideas emerge.

| Jul 3, 2018

Consistently intense but inconsistently satisfying ... in its attempt to pack relentlessly downbeat horror into 20-minute packages.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 18, 2013

A solid and entertaining anthology film...

| Jan 22, 2013

Conceptual pedantry aside, there are things to enjoy here.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 21, 2013

A hit-and-miss affair.

| Jan 20, 2013

It might well be a brand-new different kind of found footage movie, but it's no better a work of horror cinema as a result.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Jan 19, 2013