'V/H/S: VIRAL': Four and a Half Stars (Out of Five)
The third installment in the popular 'V/H/S' found-footage anthology horror series. This one features three short films and a wraparound story; mostly dealing with teens obsessed with internet fame. The shorts were directed by Nacho Vigalondo, Marcel Sarmiento, Gregg Bishop, Justin Benson and Aaron Scott Moorhead. They were written by the directors; as well as T.J. Cimfel, Ed Dougherty and David White. I loved the first two movies and found this one to be almost equally as crazy and entertaining!
The film tells the story of a young man, in a serious relationship, who's more concerned about capturing the next viral video than he is about his love life. So when he sees, on the news, that someone is driving an ice cream truck insanely around town (killing people), he is obsessed with getting it on video. Even though his girlfriend, Iris (Emilia Ares Zoryan), asks him to stay with her and ignore it. On the van are a bunch of potentially viral videos, containing their own horrific stories. The three central videos (shown) tell the stories of a crazed magician on a killing spree, a machine that opens the door to a parallel world and a group of teen skaters hunted by demonic forces in Mexico.
Although the film has a lot of flaws, I still love how bizarrely original and crazy it is. It's so random, unpredictable and fast paced that you have to just sit back and enjoy the ride of it all (and not think too much about whether it all makes sense or not). A lot of the characters often do a lot of irrational things, and some of the effects are kind of cheap and cheesy, but if you can ignore all of that it's a lot of fun. It's not quite as good as the first two movies and it does sometimes feel like more of a satire than a frightening horror film (although the gore is unreal). It also doesn't always follow the rules of a normal found-footage film either, but it does have some great commentary on the internet obsessed world we all now live in. Some shorts are better than others (I really enjoyed 'DANTE THE GREAT' and 'PARALLEL MONSTERS') but even as a whole, most fans of the series shouldn't be disappointed!
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The third installment in the popular 'V/H/S' found-footage anthology horror series. This one features three short films and a wraparound story; mostly dealing with teens obsessed with internet fame. The shorts were directed by Nacho Vigalondo, Marcel Sarmiento, Gregg Bishop, Justin Benson and Aaron Scott Moorhead. They were written by the directors; as well as T.J. Cimfel, Ed Dougherty and David White. I loved the first two movies and found this one to be almost equally as crazy and entertaining!
The film tells the story of a young man, in a serious relationship, who's more concerned about capturing the next viral video than he is about his love life. So when he sees, on the news, that someone is driving an ice cream truck insanely around town (killing people), he is obsessed with getting it on video. Even though his girlfriend, Iris (Emilia Ares Zoryan), asks him to stay with her and ignore it. On the van are a bunch of potentially viral videos, containing their own horrific stories. The three central videos (shown) tell the stories of a crazed magician on a killing spree, a machine that opens the door to a parallel world and a group of teen skaters hunted by demonic forces in Mexico.
Although the film has a lot of flaws, I still love how bizarrely original and crazy it is. It's so random, unpredictable and fast paced that you have to just sit back and enjoy the ride of it all (and not think too much about whether it all makes sense or not). A lot of the characters often do a lot of irrational things, and some of the effects are kind of cheap and cheesy, but if you can ignore all of that it's a lot of fun. It's not quite as good as the first two movies and it does sometimes feel like more of a satire than a frightening horror film (although the gore is unreal). It also doesn't always follow the rules of a normal found-footage film either, but it does have some great commentary on the internet obsessed world we all now live in. Some shorts are better than others (I really enjoyed 'DANTE THE GREAT' and 'PARALLEL MONSTERS') but even as a whole, most fans of the series shouldn't be disappointed!
Watch our movie review show 'MOVIE TALK' at: http://youtu.be/FqAO2eQsONk