I was really excited to see “V.H.S” and I am still unable to
express how disappointed I was after I saw it. I was bored and uninterested
during most of the movie and this feeling grew as the movie dragged on and on. I
was only amused by two of the six shorts and they happened to have been at the
beginning of the film. Overall the scripts were weak and the acting was even weaker.
The effects were fine and I was thrilled to see some of the clever uses of the
devices that gave a P.O.V perspective but there was one story that wasn’t even
from the point of view of a video recorder of any kind?!? This was a great concept
that just didn’t pan out.
The first and wrap around connecting story is about a group
of punks who are hired to burglarize a house and return with a specific VHS
tape. They go to the house and find a messy room with stacks of tapes and an
old dead man. One of the kids stays and begins watching different tapes while
the others searched the other rooms. The old man turns out to be in a zombie-like
state and kills the intruders.
The second story, “Amateur Night”, is the strongest of the
set. It’s seen through the eyes of a guy wearing a pair of Google Glasses which
records everything that he sees. His friends are trying their best to hook him
up with a girl for the night. While at a club, he meets a quiet girl who only
says “I like you”. They take her and another girl back to a hotel room where
they begin to have sex. One girl is drunk and passes out, leaving the quiet
girl alone with the three guys. The two friends try to have sex with her while
the main character watches; suddenly the quiet girl changes, developing scales
and a weird face. The quiet girl is in a murderous mood and only wants the shy
boy, repeating over and over “I like you”.
The third story, “Second Honeymoon”, is about Sam and
Stephanie, a married couple travelling around a desert “Western” area. While
they sleep, a stranger uses their video camera and films themselves going
through their belongings. This happens a few times until things turn violent.
“Tuesday the 17th” is an odd piece about a group
of friends being killed off by a killer who is all blurry. This is the section
that is not POV.
Yawn……
“The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was Younger”
is a piece that is about a couple that is using Skype to talk to each other.
The girl is having strange things happen at her apartment and has a weird
bruise. The boyfriend pretends that he cares but he knows what’s really going
on.
“10/31/98” is about a group of guys and their experience in
a haunted house.
"I like you"
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