V/H/S 99

Happy with the purchase was a must with the other volumes awesome Blu-ray

Any fan of the series will enjoy this.

The only theme in this anthology is horror comedy, but it does that quite well. I was pleased with the relatively consistent quality of the horror segments and they covered a nice range of themes, from zombies and urban legends to a ridiculously macabre spin on Nickelodeon game shows. Lots of fun to be had here!After four V/H/S horror anthologies in the last 10 years (2012-2021), a fifth installment has come about to grace anthology fans and this time with a perhaps more playful tone than ever before. In its wraparound story, some kiddishly silly stop motion army figures go to war, which turns out to be much more entertaining than I expected even though the wraparound only strongly linked to one of the anthology segments.Director Maggie Levin’s opening act is Shredding, about a teen foursome of emo-rock skaters that venture to the underground site where a popular band of four girls were trampled to death by their own fans. They cruelly prank a friend and desecrate the site with a crass reenactment of the trampling death. But they get theirs when the restless zombified spirits of the band peel off their flesh, rip them apart, and then make their own macabre, dead teenager band marionette performance.There’s a very MTV vibe about the documentary-style presentation. It’s a nice throwback complete with VHS snow crackle interference. But, perhaps to protect itself from budgetary limitations on the monster and gore effects, there is a bit too much VHS crackle interfering during the violence. The acting was strong, and clear efforts were made with the gore and monstrous corpse faces, but overall effects-wise this was a somewhat weak segment. Still the macabre humor of the finale marionette visual was quite satisfying, and the horror comedy of this segment was its clear strength, highlight and point.Director Johannes Roberts pledges S****** Bid, which is when a freshman pledge applies to only one sorority to show her devotion at risk of being admitted to none. Our pledge is taken to the location of an urban legend-like disappearance of a past pledge who was the victim of a cruel prank. As a condition of her acceptance, she must spend the night in a coffin, buried under six feet of earth, just like the girl from the urban legend. What could possibly go wrong? The pledge is, of course, very rattled by this from the very start. And the sorority girls are, well, cruel. They make this experience as scary as possible.This was excellent. I giggled at the mean girls’ horrible behavior, I reeled for their pledge victim, and things just kept amplifying every few minutes leading to a wonderful screaming finale doused in muddy grave water. Great segment!Director Flying Lotus presents Ozzy’s Dungeon, which smacks hard of Nickelodeon’s Hidden Temple and Double Dare… if adult stoners were to weird it up. The hokey awkwardness just hurts, and in a funny nostalgic way I wince. Steven Ogg does his best Mark Summers as the quippy host and he is a delight!An unexpected leg break had me cackling, and the revenge story to follow was just as ridiculous as the initial presentation of the show. What transpires is especially uncomfortable. But what you think is the finale, is not! There is an additional level of pure supernatural madness awaiting at the end of this gloriously insane segment. We meet the “Ozzy” at the end of the dungeon and there are wild creature effects and face-melting grossness to be digested.Tying in from the wraparound story, director Tyler MacIntyre brings us The Gawkers, which follows a group of high school boys and their perverted voyeur antics assaulting the dignity of their classmates and neighbors. When one of them helps their hot neighbor set up her new webcam, he also installs spyware so they can watch her. Classy. The twist here is that seeing what she turns out to be is a curse all its own.The teen characters are engagingly amusing little creeps. But this segment might be my least favorite when it comes to CGI, visual effects, creature effects and gore. All of those clock in pretty weak. But the journey of these voyeur teens was an entertaining one. Also, this short features another cool, off-putting and kind of funny limb break.Directors Vanessa and Joseph Winter close this anthology strong with To Hell and Back, in which a coven of personable witches plan to summon a minor demon through a willing vessel. During the ritual two innocent bystanders are sent to Hell where they encounter fiends and denizens of Hell, and must figure out how to get back home. The atmosphere is deliciously silly, and remains very light and funny even when passing by piles of guts, hungry devils, or a corpse on a spit over a fire.We have peeping Tom teenagers, a sorority pledge week prank gone horribly wrong, oddly violent Nickelodeon nostalgia, a demon summoning ritual, a guided tour of Hell, and a teen prank leading us to such spoils as an urban legend revenge ghost, a classic Greek Gorgon, witches and devils, a variety of mutants and fiends, and some sort of zombie-ish revenants. Although I prefer my anthologies to have more cohesively linked stories or richer stories to tell with clever twists, themes or moral spins, this anthology still manages to deliver the goods in the form of consistent, fun-spirited horror comedy.

I gotta say, I was really impressed by this anthology. Presented as a single VHS tape that's had a series of things recorded onto it, this is probably the best of the whole series to this point. All 5 segments and the interconnecting pieces were fantastic. In previous entries in the series, there'd be one or two good segments and several throwaways (or worse). Another thing this entry excelled at was capturing the spirit of 1999 accurately, which V/H/S/94 didn't succeed at.I won't spoil anything plot wise, but basically:Segment 1: Shock schlock, over-the-top as hell and pulls from Jackass/CKY-era notions of self-made highlight reels. Ironic and gory.Segment 2: ARACHNOPHOBIA WARNING! If you can't handle spiders, do NOT watch this one. Otherwise, another flawlessly executed anxiety-inducing representation of the glitzy, self-important, and often mean nature of late 90s college sororities/frats.Segment 3: Flying Lotus bringing some sheer insanity. I don't know what else to say other than buckle up, because this one was NUTS.Segment 4: Ahhh, to be a barely post-pubescent teenager in '99. Great acting from a young cast and a somewhat surprising twist interpretation of a classic creature leads to another "can't look away" vignette.Segment 5: What a crazy idea the plot for this one is. What they accomplished with such a tiny budget and short run-time here is nothing short of incredible. Once again, the acting is SPOT-ON for the tone. Mabel is the GOAT.

V/H/S 99 promised a thrilling ride but unfortunately fell flat on several fronts. The special effects were particularly underwhelming, often looking cheap and unconvincing. Instead of enhancing the horror experience, they detracted from it, making it hard to take the scares seriously.The storyline was another major letdown. It felt disjointed and poorly developed, with characters that were hard to care about and plot twists that were more confusing than shocking. The narrative lacked coherence, leaving viewers frustrated and disengaged.Overall, V/H/S 99 failed to deliver on its potential, resulting in a movie that is forgettable and disappointing. Save your time and watch something else.

The fifth part of V/H/S is finally on Blu-Ray by Shudder and I thought this was freaky and scary in some parts of each episode. It's too bad it didn't have the digital. Oh well. It does have Special Features. Some viewers thought it was so terrible but in my opinion I've been a fan of V/H/S since they did the first one. I just didn't like A B C of Death that well. But all five of V/H/S are great. I recommend it to the horror buffs like me.

After having watched the previous 4 V/H/S movies (all of which I enjoyed), I can honestly say this was the most disappointing. Bad stories, bad writing, bad acting, bad SFX. Overall it felt very different compared to the others. Maybe they were experimenting with a different style (and somewhat campy) vibe. But unfortunately it did not pay off.

Buena pelicula esta palomera

My fav from all the saga

Ich liebe diese Filmreihe (eigentlich)! Jedenfalls Teil 1 und Teil 2 sind die besten und die kann man immer wieder anschauen! Von Teil 3 war ich schon ein bisschen entäuscht. Um so mehr hat es mich gefreut, als ich gehört habe, dass die V/H/S Reihe fortgesetzt wird und gleich mehrere Teile rauskommen! Also habe ich mir VHS 99 gleich bestellt, als die deutsche Synchro rauskam und sofort angeschaut! Leider kann ich damit überhaupt nichts anfangen! Total billig und schlecht und völlig langweilig! Hoffe, VHS /85 und /94 wird besser! Ich würde mir wünschen, dass man an Teil 1 und 2 anknüpft. Ich warte, bis auch hier die deutsche Synchro rauskommt und lasse mich dann überraschen, viel Hoffnung habe ich allerdings nicht. Von allen Teilen ist "99 der schlechteste bist jetzt.

Für mich ein Griff ins K..Schlecht gemacht. Nur billig.Sein Geld nicht wert