V/H/S
Magnet Releasing | Release Date: October 5, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
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Mixed or average reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
IndieWireEric KohnOct 4, 2012
Most segments have a fair share of cheap scares, but they also delve into the art of the build-up, as if delivering a series of grim jokes with bloody punchlines. Consider it a 21st-century take on "Tales from the Crypt." Read full review
83
The PlaylistWilliam GossSep 29, 2012
V/H/S delivers the thrills and chills craftily and with a better batting average than usual. Read full review
80
EmpireOwen WilliamsJan 15, 2013
Like last year's "Chronicle," here's another reminder that in the right hands found footage still has plenty of capacity to surprise. Read full review
80
Boxoffice MagazineSara Maria VizcarrondoSep 29, 2012
Sure it's fun - and painful - but it's not thin. Read full review
75
New York PostSara StewartOct 5, 2012
Scrappy and unsettling, V/H/S puts the majority of today's mainstream "scary" movies to shame. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubScott TobiasOct 3, 2012
It also, in its best moments, makes horror out of the 21st-century obsession with self-documentation. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweSep 29, 2012
Refreshingly, V/H/S promises no more than it delivers, always a plus with genre fare. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldRene RodriguezOct 5, 2012
The film also plays to the strengths of the found-footage format, proving that sometimes the scariest things are the ones you can barely see. For horror hounds, this is required viewing. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniOct 4, 2012
No one should be expected to endure 115 minutes of this nonsense. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineSep 29, 2012
An anthology of found-footage horror shorts that exudes, sometimes extraordinarily, a neophyte's sense of courage and cluelessness. Read full review
60
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzOct 23, 2012
The problem with V/H/S, a compilation of sometimes scary horror shorts loosely bound by an overarching plot, is that, no matter how savage, evil or sadistic the killer, the victims almost always come off as bigger jerks.
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanOct 4, 2012
Anthologies are risky. For every high point, there's often a misstep to match. But this indie compilation has enough inventive chills to interest any horror fan. Read full review
50
LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenMay 27, 2022
V/H/S is icky stuff that doesn’t deserve a pass just because the awful men in it get what’s coming to them. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliOct 5, 2012
V/H/S comes across as a production that wants to be more than it is but, as they say, The Emperor has no clothes. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeEthan GilsdorfOct 4, 2012
Viewed en masse, V/H/S can't generate the necessary suspense, and buy-in, to truly get under your skin. Read full review
50
SalonAndrew O'HehirOct 4, 2012
I'm not sure V/H/S is brilliant cinema or anything – indeed, I'm not sure it's appropriate to call it cinema at all – but it sure is an ingenious hybrid: part Godardian art film, part abstract video experiment, part sleazy shocker, and all self-castigating interrogation of what film-theory types call the "male gaze." Read full review
50
Village VoiceKarina LongworthOct 2, 2012
In too many of the shorts, bad acting quickly undermines the "authenticity" the aesthetics labor to achieve. Read full review
50
VarietyDennis HarveySep 29, 2012
The segments vary in quality and the whole overstays its welcome at nearly two hours. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleOct 4, 2012
Had V/H/S been a nasty jolt of three, it might have been memorable, but at nearly two hours, the gimmick punctures a hole in itself, causing ambience bleed-out. Recommended cure: a tripod Read full review
40
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisOct 4, 2012
A low-budget horror anthology with segments both ghastly and moronic. Read full review
40
Time OutJoshua RothkopfOct 2, 2012
It's too bad V/H/S starts off on such a high note. Mainly, the omnibus film feels undercooked, even on the grounds of its forced technological setup. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertOct 3, 2012
V/H/S is an example of the genre at its least compelling. Read full review
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