Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- dread-filled
- visceral
- chaotic
- halloween night
- slumber party
What critics said
Critics generally found the anthology watchable and energetic, praising its practical effects, phobia-driven scares, and nostalgic production design while noting unevenness and limited originality.
What sets it apart
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The anthology uses VHS-era recording formats, home videos, and analog technology as the mechanism through which its horrors are experienced.
The film presents five short segments connected through found-footage conventions and VHS-style interludes.
Critics specifically praise the practical effects and the depiction of phobias such as spiders and burial alive.
Its hellish vision of 1999 foregrounds analog technology, period production design, and nostalgia as part of the nightmare.
Films like V/H/S/99, and why
V/H/S/94
shared found-footage horror, anthology structure, and escalating visceral terror
V/H/S/2
shared analog-media horror, episodic structure, and experimental found-footage filmmaking
Southbound
shared horror anthology format, practical effects, and unsettling short-form nightmares
The ABCs of Death
shared found-footage experimentation, grotesque practical effects, and disturbing anthology storytelling
Movie Details
- Directors
- Joseph Winter, Vanessa Winter, Tyler MacIntyre, Johannes Roberts, Maggie Levin, Flying Lotus
- Release Date
- 2022-09-15
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 (383)
Cast
- Jackson Kelly
- Jesse LaTourette
- Keanush Tafreshi
- Dashiell Derrickson
- Tybee Diskin
- Verona Blue
- Aminah Nieves
- Kelley Missal
- Melissa Macedo
- Alexia Ioannides
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/99 about?
- A savage VHS-era horror anthology turns the anxieties and visual debris of 1999 into a series of feverish found-footage nightmares.
- What is V/H/S/99 like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of V/H/S/99 as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is V/H/S/99 violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in V/H/S/99 as graphic.
- What did critics think of V/H/S/99?
- Critics generally found the anthology watchable and energetic, praising its practical effects, phobia-driven scares, and nostalgic production design while noting unevenness and limited originality.
- Which films are like V/H/S/99?
- Films with a similar feel include V/H/S/94, V/H/S/2, Southbound, and The ABCs of Death.
- How long is V/H/S/99?
- V/H/S/99 runs 109 minutes.
- Where can I watch V/H/S/99?
- In United States, V/H/S/99 streams on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel.
