V/H/S: Viral

i heard this was bad but i hear that about a lot of horror movies (and movies in general) and i sometimes don't find them that bad. i figured that there might be a standout sequence in this anthology film that made the film actually okay, like part 2's cult sequence. there was nothing redeeming at all about this film. it was so bad. so dumb. so awful. i don't know what the producers were thinking but they missed the ball on all levels. the biggest level being that they didn't even follow the rules for the series. this is a found footage series where the framing story involves people discover... read more

the third entry in the v/h/s found-footage anthology series shows that the franchise has lost its legs. the concept started off well with the first film and stumbled somewhat the second time around, but still entertained. viral gives us an entirely new set of directors and they have good ideas, but the stories suffer from diminishing returns with each successive story. the best of the stories is "dante the great," in which gregg bishop tells a clever story of a cursed artifact in the hands of a stage magician. the performances are good and the effects solid, even if it's more action-horror... read more