When a group of misfits are hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire a rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they bargained for.When a group of misfits are hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire a rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they bargained for.When a group of misfits are hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire a rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they bargained for.
- Awards
- 5 nominations
- Gary (segment "Tape 56")
- (as Calvin Reeder)
- Lisa (segment "Amateur Night")
- (as Jas Sams)
- Directors
- Matt Bettinelli-Olpin(segment 10/31/98)
- David Bruckner(segment Amateur Night)
- Tyler Gillett(segment 10/31/98)
- Writers
- Brad Miska
- Simon Barrett(segment Tape 56)
- David Bruckner(segment Amateur Night)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe brick house the three guys break into where all the VHS tapes are located is the same house from Marble Hornets, a found footage web series on YouTube that popularized Slender Man.
- GoofsOn "10/31/1998", one of the characters, the Soldier, was wearing digital camouflage pants. Digital camouflage did not come out until after 2001/02.
- Quotes
[Clint hears Lily whisper to him at the bar for the first time]
Clint: What?
[Lily talks without any sound]
Clint: I - I have no idea what you're saying. Why are you all alone?
[Clint finally gets his drinks he was waiting for]
Clint: Thanks, man.
Clint: Hey, you want to go meet some people over there?
Lily: [Lily silently whispers] I like you.
Clint: Well, I like you too. So, do you ever come here... before?
Lily: [Lily whispers quietly again] I like you.
Clint: Oh, okay.
- Alternate versionsThe 10/31/98 segment has an alternate ending, where the guys cheat death by escaping from their car. The scene is available on the U.S. home video release from Magnet/Magnolia Home Entertainment.
- ConnectionsFeatured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Modern Monsters in Movies (2016)
- SoundtracksAin't It Bully
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(segment "Amateur Night")
The roughness of this production I would assume is supposed to be part of the horror fun, and for me it was. So too with the inconsistencies regarding who's holding the cameras and how does the filming seem to go on in the midst of all kinds of chaos. If you're not going to suspend some disbelief when watching such movies, then you probably shouldn't bother with them. On the other hand such movies should not make such a great big deal out of the video angle that it becomes a distraction in itself, so that disbelief suspension is near impossible. "VHS" strikes the balance well enough between these factors in my view.
The stories here include a group of drunken guys out on the town looking for girls on a summer night of partying. They take some chicks to a motel room, including a rather strange big-eyed girl who talks oddly. Then there's one about a couple driving to Vegas who appear to be being eerily stalked in the towns they stop in. Then there's another bunch of party guys who end up in a big spooky house on Halloween. A girl being haunted in her home who talks via video link with her boyfriend. And a group of dopey friends going swimming at a lake but finding horror in the woods.
The wraparound story has to do with yet more wastrels who have been paid to break into a house and steal a VHS tape. The videos they watch make up the movies we see.
The gore is fairly good here and is present in each episode. There are standout moments with a throat-cutting, a monstrous person butchering folks on-camera, a person digging skin-crawlingly into their own strangely wounded arm, a character having horrific things removed from their gut, and on and on.
Some complain that this movie "should have been shorter," but I think the way it takes its time is fine and builds tension in a slow, creeping manner.
This is viewable on Hulu and possibly on You Tube and is recommended for those low budget horror fans like me who will enjoy it most.
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- 10/31/98
- Filming locations
- Woodbury-Story House - 2606 N. Madison Avenue, Altadena, California, USA(exteriors and interiors: house in 10/31/98)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $242,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $100,345
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $36,402
- Oct 7, 2012
- Gross worldwide
- $1,944,287
- Runtime1 hour 56 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix