If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

This is one of those films that a lot of people would pass on, due to it not being massively released or having huge marketing around it. I honestly think that this is one of the best horror films in a long time. A horror film to me, relies more on making you uneasy rather than throwing a jump scare every 10mins, VHS ignores the "jump scare button" and goes out give the horror film uneasy feeling. The way of using short stories is a great idea that works incredibly well, not since Creepshow has there been a horror that did this so well. If you love horror films then 100% give it a watch, it really does work well. If you do, check out the 2nd and 3rd installments, they both have some excellent short stores.

I wanted to give this movie a try because I generally enjoy this kind of movies (horror movie filmed like from a camcorder) but this one doesn't do anything right. People break into a house to steal videos for an unkown reason. They watch the videos which show short horror movies and then die themselves. That's the whole plot, even a child can think of a better plot, I don't know what they thought while making this movie. These short horror movies have the same structure: People enjoying their time by doing something nice, then they die. Before dying, they experience something extraordinarily weird but they don't seem to mind. They behave AS STUPID AS POSSIBLE. Nobody would be like "Hey cool, there are arms coming out of the wall, a child sitting on a chair, then disappearing, let's stay in the scary house and check out what these noises are", are you fucking kidding me? Another example: Someone is running away, almost gets away, then falls off the stairs and breaks something so they get caught and die. REALLY??? WHY?! I was waiting for the main story to continue until the end but there is no main plot, the people who break into the house just die and then it ends. Please don't waste 2 hours of your life, I think everyone can make a better movie.Why 2 Stars? The only story I kind of liked was the one with the weird girl who magically transformed into a weird creature which kills people. It was creepy but still made in a bad way, it could have been better. In the end the last survivor of this story dies because he fell off the stairs and broke his arm so the creature can catch him. Come... on... didn't you have any better ideas?Please don't watch this... please don't do that to yourself

I generally like "found footage" horror movies. This film is scary at some points, and it has a very good and unique atmosphere. The acting is crappy sometimes tho, that's deduct the value of enjoyment. It's not the best movie and it's not super, but it's still fun, except some boring moments. If you like hand-held camera horror movies, it's worth watching after all.

It's a compilation of several horror plots witch works great for me. I'm always trying to find sickening horror flicks but I think they all get ruined by the crappy character building and story lines. You know which character is going to die when and how. They all explain the origin of the ghost/killer/monster/entity and the latest films just don't have enough boobs.Now take a movie like "Cabin in the woods". The horror in that movie is something we mortals would never understand just like the stuff that goes on in the V/H/S movies. Watchin all three game me a little idea of the story that's underneath all the events but I still don't get it which makes me want to watch them again.Last thing I liked about the films was the unfamiliar actors. Not the same faces you see in all the Hollywood based movies. That's the power of indie films.Overall: Lots of horror, lots of gore and just the right amount of boobies.9/10