An unwatchable mess.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jul 18, 2022

While this is the only portion of this franchise entry to remotely deal with this motif, it's also the least effective, lacking in any real kind of cohesive design.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Sep 12, 2019

I think aside from the shorts being more nonsensical and not even remotely scary, the thing that upset me the most was the overarching storyline of "Vicious Circles."

| Original Score: 3.5/10 | Nov 3, 2018

I was mostly waiting for it to end.

| Original Score: F+ | Sep 1, 2017

Like any franchise, a third outing is difficult to pull off yet, and such is the case here, with few ample rewards to be found.

| Original Score: C- | Aug 23, 2016

As a collective, there's great, good and average to be had here. It's always a risk run with these anthologies, but the audience is there for them and Viral is a good addition to the series.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 16, 2015

Not nearly as consistent as its predecessors, but at least two of the segments are quite solid.

| Aug 23, 2015

After much white noise and other loud sounds along with annoying picture fluctuations, the individual horror segments begin. None of them are impressive.

| Original Score: D | Feb 21, 2015

VHS: Viral fractures its format with gluttonous camera work, excessive CGI, and pandering sentiments that are more preachy than legitimately frightening.

| Original Score: C- | Jan 9, 2015

I couldn't wait to hit eject on this whole jittery mess.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Nov 28, 2014

Though hardcore fans of the series will no doubt walk away at least somewhat satisfied by Viral's offerings, it definitely skimps out on horror in favor of more playful and loose genre riffing.

| Original Score: 6.9/10 | Nov 25, 2014

I credit it for really engaging with our culture's omnipresent voyeurism instead of just using it as an excuse to cut the budget.

| Original Score: B | Nov 24, 2014

It prizes frenetic action over coherence to the point where it can be difficult to tell what's going on, and pointless to try.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Nov 24, 2014

Ugh.

| Original Score: D- | Nov 23, 2014

VHS: Viral manages to improve upon its predecessors in structure and format; however, in terms of scares, it is more 'tales of intrigue' than 'tales of horror.'

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 21, 2014

The experimental nature of the V/H/S series has been its defining characteristic, but V/H/S: Viral plays it safe, believing that confusion is more enticing to viewers than terror.

| Original Score: C | Nov 21, 2014

I recognize that it's part of the great horror tradition to beat a marketable name into the ground, but that doesn't make up for the disappointment.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 21, 2014

It concentrates more on the "viral" theme -- and in doing so, the series spins off in an interesting new direction.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 21, 2014

A film that contains some of the sloppiest, most ineffective filmmaking I've seen all year.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Nov 21, 2014

A sequel so slapdash and ineffectual that its army of directors-six of them total, counting the poor sucker whose contribution got axed-might well be accused of intentionally burying the franchise.

| Original Score: D+ | Nov 20, 2014