Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- darkly fun
- disturbing
- mean spirited
- halloween season
- late night horror marathon
What critics said
Critics generally found the anthology darkly entertaining and tonally cohesive, praising several segments and the wraparound while noting uneven pacing and a long runtime.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The Halloween tapes and their wraparound structure connect multiple survival-horror segments.
The V/H/S format makes videotapes, recording artifacts, and amateur camera perspectives central to the scares.
Halloween trick-or-treating, candy, costumes, and seasonal gatherings are transformed into violent threats.
The film is described as blood-soaked, disturbing, and a gore-fest featuring torture and gnarly shocks.
Films like V/H/S/Halloween, and why
V/H/S/94
shares found-footage horror, anthology structure, degraded-video aesthetics, and graphic seasonal terror
V/H/S/99
shares found-footage anthology storytelling, extreme gore, and darkly playful horror
Tales of Halloween
shares Halloween setting, anthology horror, practical gore, and mischievous supernatural menace
Southbound
shares videotape presentation, documentary-style terror, and disturbing anthology experimentation
Movie Details
- Directors
- Bryan M. Ferguson, Casper Kelly, Micheline Pitt-Norman, R.H. Norman, Alex Ross Perry, Paco Plaza, Anna Zlokovic
- Release Date
- 2025-09-19
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (247)
Cast
- Samantha Cochran
- Natalia Montgomery Fernandez
- Elena Musser
- Adam Carr
- Charlotte Mae Curtis
- Charlie Gehrt
- Samuel Charles
- Brayon Cutrer
- Teo Planell
- María Romanillos
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is V/H/S/Halloween about?
- Halloween videotapes unleash a vicious anthology of found-footage nightmares where candy, costumes, and celebration become instruments of survival horror.
- What is V/H/S/Halloween like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of V/H/S/Halloween as measured, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as layered.
- Is V/H/S/Halloween violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in V/H/S/Halloween as graphic.
- What did critics think of V/H/S/Halloween?
- Critics generally found the anthology darkly entertaining and tonally cohesive, praising several segments and the wraparound while noting uneven pacing and a long runtime.
- Which films are like V/H/S/Halloween?
- Films with a similar feel include V/H/S/94, V/H/S/99, Tales of Halloween, and Southbound.
- How long is V/H/S/Halloween?
- V/H/S/Halloween runs 115 minutes.
- Where can I watch V/H/S/Halloween?
- In United States, V/H/S/Halloween streams on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel.
