The next time you’re digging around in your attic, think twice before unearthing your old VHS tapes if you aren’t sure what’s on them. Sure, they could be home videos of past birthday parties, vacations, and other enjoyable life events. But then again, they could contain scenes of unbearable horror, especially if they resemble anything like the found footage segments incorporated into the movies within the V/H/S franchise.
There are currently six movies within the series, each one centring around disturbing VHS tapes that are discovered by innocent viewers. Contributing to these are a wide range of directors who are well-known for their work in the horror genre, including Scott Derrickson (Sinister), Eduardo Sánchez (The Blair Witch Project), and Adam Wingard (You’re Next).
With tales involving zombies, doomsday cults, aliens, poltergeists, and more, there is something in these movies for every kind of horror fan. In this article, we rewind time and list all of the V/H/S movies in order of release date. How many of these have you seen? Let us know in the comments below.
V/H/S
US Release Date: October 5, 2012
Worldwide Box Office: $1.9 million
Directors: Adam Wingard, David Bruckner, Glenn McQuaid, Joe Swanberg,
Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett, Justin Martinez & Chad Villella
Metascore: 54
Main Cast:
Calvin Lee Reeder (Gary), Lane Hughes (Zak), Adam Wingard (Brad); Hannah Fierman (Lily); Kentucky Audley (Rox)
Synopsis (from IMDB):
When a group of misfits are hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire a rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they bargained for.
Segment Titles:
Tape 56
Amateur Night
Second Honeymoon
Tuesday the 17th
The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was Younger
10/31/98
V/H/S/2
US Release Date: June 6, 2013
Worldwide Box Office: $805,574
Directors: Simon Barrett, Adam Wingard, Edúardo Sanchez, Gregg Hale
Timo Tjahjanto, Garth Huw Evans, Jason Eisener
Metascore: 49
Main Cast:
Lawrence Michael Levine (Larry), Kelsy Abbott (Ayesa), Adam Wingard (Herman), Hanna Hughes (Clarissa), L.C. Holt (Kyle)
Synopsis (from IMDB):
Searching for a missing student, two private investigators break into his house and find collection of VHS tapes. Viewing the horrific contents of each cassette, they realize there may be dark motives behind the student’s disappearance.
Segment Titles:
Tape 49
Phase/Clinical Trials
A Ride in the Park
Safe Haven
Slumber Party Alien Abduction
V/H/S: Viral
US Release Date: October 23, 2014
Worldwide Box Office: $82,409
Directors: Marcel Sarmiento, Gregg Bishop, Nacho Vigalondo
Justin Benson, Aaron Moorehead, Todd Lincoln
Metascore: 38
Main Cast:
Patrick Lawrie (Kev), Emilia Ares (Iris), Stephanie Silver (Eva), Val Vega (Gabriella), Chad Guerrero (Uncle Alberto)
Synopsis (from IMDB):
A Los Angeles police chase sends a fame-obsessed man on a wild ride to save his girlfriend from a cybernetic terror.
Segment Titles:
Vicious Circles
Dante the Great
Parallel Monsters
Bonestorm
Gorgeous Vortex
V/H/S/94
US Release Date: October 6, 2021
Worldwide Box Office: N/A
Directors: Jennifer Reeder, Chloe Okuno, Simon Barrett,
Timo Tjahjanto, Steve Kostanski, Ryan Prows
Metascore: 63
Main Cast:
Anna Hopkins (Holly), Gina Louise Phillips (Camille), Kyal Legend (Hayley), Devin Chin-Cheong (Andrew), Adam Kenneth Wilson (Ronald)
Synopsis (from IMDB):
A police S.W.A.T. team investigate a mysterious VHS tape and discover a sinister cult that has pre-recorded material which uncovers a nightmarish conspiracy.
Segment Titles:
Holy Hell
Storm Drain
The Veggie Masher
The Empty Wake
The Subject
Terror
V/H/S/99
US Release Date: October 20, 2022
Worldwide Box Office: N/A
Directors: Maggie Levin, Johannes Roberts, Flying Lotus,
Tyler MacIntyre, Vanessa Winter, Joseph Winter
Metascore: 58
Main Cast:
Jesse LaTourette (Rachel), Keanush Tafreshi (Ankur), Jackson Kelly (Kaleb), Isabel Hahn (Annie), Breana Raquel (Helen)
Synopsis (from IMDB):
Witness a hellish vision of 1999, as social isolation, analog technology and disturbing home videos fuse into a nightmare of found footage savagery.
Segment Titles:
Shredding
Suicide Bid
Ozzy’s Dungeon
The Gawkers
To Hell and Back
V/H/S/85
US Release Date: October 6, 2023
Worldwide Box Office: N/A
Directors: David Bruckner, Mike P. Nelson, Gigi Saul Guerrero,
Natasha Kermani, Scott Derrickson
Metascore: N/A
Main Cast:
Freddy Rodriguez (Wayne), Jordan Belfi (Dr. Spratling), Justen Jones (Uncle Jeff), Marcio Moreno (Eddie), Anna Sundberg (Robin)
Synopsis (from IMDB):
Unveiled through a made-for-TV documentary, five tales of found footage horror emerge to take viewers on a terrifying journey into the grim underbelly of the 1980s.
Segment Titles:
Total Copy
No Wake
God of Death
TKNOGD
Ambrosia
Dreamkill
Which is your favourite movie in the V/H/S franchise? Let us know in the comments below.