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After a relatively long hiatus, the V/H/S series is back, reincarnated by Shudder. Not much has changed since the last time, several found footage shorts are loosely tied together by a central segment. Each director was given carte blanche, the only unifying factor is the found footage approach. Tjahjanto's short in particular is a real stand-out. Superb effects, great designs and lots of nasty gore. The Empty Wake and Storm Drain are simple but effective, Terror and Holy Hell (the wrap-around segment) are decent but clearly not up to par with the others. All in all, a jolly good time for fans of the found footage niche.Read all
If you're looking for something simple and palatable, skip this one. On the surface level, Jennifer Reeder's Perpetrator looks like it's pretty familiar horror fare, but once the puzzle pieces start moving it's not the easiest film to keep track of. The lore here is peculiar, but in my book, that's a positive. I don't think Reeder got the balance quite right though. There's too much drama floating around, only to shift to weird horror with little warning in between. It's not bad, it's just that I think the potential was there to take some of the more creative elements further. I had fun watching this, just know what you're getting yourself into.Read all