V/H/S is yet another inductee into the found footage genre that provides viewers with shaky cam POV style shooting that has found its place in the world since The Blair Witch Project. Incorporating the shaky cam style with computer enhanced special effects that make the film look worse off then it is, V/H/S attempts to provide viewers with the thrills and chills of the horror genre from slasher stuff to monsters. Here’s why it didn’t work.

The film begins with a handful of assholes who run havoc filming themselves busting up abandoned houses, molesting random girls off the streets, and filming themselves having sex. The group takes a job utilizing their skills breaking into a house where a rare tape can be found. What they find is a dead body with several television sets set up in a room. Instead of just taking said tape they decide to stay and watch some of the tape. Here is really where the film lost me.

The film is split up into several video segments, all directed by different people, each a horror story of its own kind. Unfortunately almost all of them involve college kid type douche bags that are so unlikable you hardly care what happens to them. Most of the video’s include some nudity, sexuality, drinking and the usual bullshit that the viewing demographic will relate to. If it’s not two girls making out it’s guys trying to get off with some girl that’s tagged along. I know, this is all the fundamentals of the horror genre since Elm Street, but seriously, what year are we in.

The special effects are decent. Nothing really mind blowing that we haven’t seen before. The stories are okay, I couldn’t find one that I particularly cared about due to most of them being filled with unlikable characters I didn’t care about. To put it bluntly, I was bored for most of the film. A really nice effort, mostly, but it felt amateurish from filmmakers that have a love for horror but no really monumental idea’s.

PICTURE QUALITY:
While most of the film is set up to look like crap due to shaky malfunctioning camera’s (considering the abuse they're put through), there are a couple of video’s in the package that look incredibly nice. Color is amazingly vibrant and definition, for what it’s worth, is amazingly acute. In the end though this isn’t a film that can really be judged by its color schemes or HD quality. It’s designed to look bad, sound worse, and really is an aesthetic piece for atmosphere. It does have its high points, but for the most part you go in knowing not to expect the best quality.

BONUS FEATURES:
~Commentary: Word from most of the directors in the film>
~Alternate Ending
~Amateur Night - Balloon Night
~Webcam Interviews
~Cast & Crew Interviews
~AXS TV - A Look At V/H/S
~Behind The Scenes Photo Gallery
~Conceptual design gallery
~Theatrical Trailer
~Previews