Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- frenetic
- playful
- disturbing
- late night horror marathon
- halloween viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly found the anthology inventive in flashes but weakened by an ineffectual wraparound and a lack of the originality and scares associated with its predecessors.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film combines the wraparound segment "Vicious Circles" with separate shorts including "Dante the Great" and "Parallel Monsters".
The shorts use pseudo-documentary and point-of-view recordings as their primary cinematic form.
The V/H/S title and home-video premise frame the anthology around the obsolescence and menace of recorded media.
Critics specifically identify a tonal shift and describe the segments as playful experiments with distinct styles and degrees of invention.
Films like V/H/S: Viral, and why
V/H/S/2
shared found-footage horror, anthology structure, experimental point-of-view filmmaking, and uneven short-form storytelling
V/H/S
shared analog media premise, anthology horror format, escalating supernatural threats, and pseudo-documentary presentation
Southbound
shared inventive anthology horror, found-footage aesthetics, surreal imagery, and episodic narrative design
Movie Details
- Directors
- Nacho Vigalondo, Marcel Sarmiento, Gregg Bishop, Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead, Todd Lincoln
- Release Date
- 2014-11-21
- Runtime
- 81 min
- Rating
- 4.8 / 10 (728)
Cast
- Patrick Lawrie
- Emilia Ares
- Celia K. Milius
- Steve Berens
- Garrett Bales
- Stephanie Silver
- Charles Johnson
- Ryan Staats
- Robert Andrew Sallberg
- Brad Collin
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV, Philo, Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel, Monsters and Nightmares Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is V/H/S: Viral about?
- A chaotic found-footage anthology turns viral recordings, stage magic, and supernatural oddities into a series of abrasive horror experiments.
- What is V/H/S: Viral like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of V/H/S: Viral as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is V/H/S: Viral violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in V/H/S: Viral as graphic.
- What did critics think of V/H/S: Viral?
- Critics broadly found the anthology inventive in flashes but weakened by an ineffectual wraparound and a lack of the originality and scares associated with its predecessors.
- Which films are like V/H/S: Viral?
- Films with a similar feel include V/H/S/2, V/H/S, and Southbound.
- How long is V/H/S: Viral?
- V/H/S: Viral runs 81 minutes.
- Where can I watch V/H/S: Viral?
- In United States, V/H/S: Viral streams on fuboTV, Philo, Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel, Monsters and Nightmares Amazon Channel.
