I'm somewhat familiar with the whole V/H/S series, I think I saw the first two when they came out like ten years ago or something.
This installment's good/bad stuff ratio is around 1:10.
I want to say upfront that this anthology will be quite shocking to average viewers, but it is unlikely to make a proper impression on fans of the genre. Mostly because it is set up as a gore galore (just your average grindhouse), not exactly trying to build up horror or anything.
I'll be brief.
1. The story that ties almost all of the segments together is filmed, acted, and written abysmally.
2. Most of the shorts have already been done in full feature in a better way (the obvious inspiration Grindhouse (2007), Rec/Quarantine, Frankenstein's Army (2013), Kill List (2011), The Tunnel (2011) to name a few).
3. Only two segments, The Subject and Terror were enjoyable. The Subject was ok because it was an interesting integration of the Doom Eternal videogame quick-kills, and the actor who played the Creator was fun to watch (although the limited budget almost killed it). Terror was a decent gory satire that went off the rails in a good way, yet heavily undermined by the way it was somewhat politically integrated into the main story.
4. The VHS effect gimmick is getting really old in these, so the fact that The Subject wasn't overloaded with it felt like a breather.
5. The film drags a lot without actually spending time on establishing anything. The time spent on running away (or sitting in a funeral house talking on a phone) could've been used to provide some attachment to the situation or the characters.
6. V/H/S/94 was repulsive, unpleasant, disgusting, but never actually scary. Again, this is very personal and obviously, it will have a stronger effect on the more sensitive viewers.
Overall, I don't think I can recommend it to horror fans. You might find something for you if you occasionally enjoy a gory mess like Grindhouse, but there's just so little of good in this. I don't think you should sit through everything else that ranges from so-so to just plain bad.
And yeah, the ending is too dumb to even try to pull it into an already non-existent story.
This installment's good/bad stuff ratio is around 1:10.
I want to say upfront that this anthology will be quite shocking to average viewers, but it is unlikely to make a proper impression on fans of the genre. Mostly because it is set up as a gore galore (just your average grindhouse), not exactly trying to build up horror or anything.
I'll be brief.
1. The story that ties almost all of the segments together is filmed, acted, and written abysmally.
2. Most of the shorts have already been done in full feature in a better way (the obvious inspiration Grindhouse (2007), Rec/Quarantine, Frankenstein's Army (2013), Kill List (2011), The Tunnel (2011) to name a few).
3. Only two segments, The Subject and Terror were enjoyable. The Subject was ok because it was an interesting integration of the Doom Eternal videogame quick-kills, and the actor who played the Creator was fun to watch (although the limited budget almost killed it). Terror was a decent gory satire that went off the rails in a good way, yet heavily undermined by the way it was somewhat politically integrated into the main story.
4. The VHS effect gimmick is getting really old in these, so the fact that The Subject wasn't overloaded with it felt like a breather.
5. The film drags a lot without actually spending time on establishing anything. The time spent on running away (or sitting in a funeral house talking on a phone) could've been used to provide some attachment to the situation or the characters.
6. V/H/S/94 was repulsive, unpleasant, disgusting, but never actually scary. Again, this is very personal and obviously, it will have a stronger effect on the more sensitive viewers.
Overall, I don't think I can recommend it to horror fans. You might find something for you if you occasionally enjoy a gory mess like Grindhouse, but there's just so little of good in this. I don't think you should sit through everything else that ranges from so-so to just plain bad.
And yeah, the ending is too dumb to even try to pull it into an already non-existent story.