In 2012 Bloody Disgusting and producer Brad Miska unleashed the anthology found footage horror flick V/H/S. The film has since spawned three sequels with V/H/S/2 (2013), V/H/S: Viral (2014), V/H/S/94 (2021), V/H/S/99 (2022), V/H/S/85 (2023) and V/H/S/Beyond (2024) as well as a spin-off feature Siren and Kids vs. Aliens. Now the series is back again with V/H/S/Halloween featuring segments directed by Bryan M. Ferguson, Casper Kelly, Micheline Pitt-Norman, R.H. Norman, Alex Ross Perry, Paco Plaza, and Anna Zlokovic. Could this latest chapter find the Halloween spirit, or will it be more trick than treat?

 

V/H/S/Halloween features a collection of Halloween-themed videotapes unleashes a series of twisted, blood-soaked tales, turning trick-or-treat into a struggle for survival. The stories include “Coochie Coochie Coo”, “Ut Supra Sic Infra”, “Fun Size”, “Kidprint”, “Home Haunt” and the wrap around story “Diet Phantasma”.

 

I love every entry into this franchise because it embraces the weird, strange and uncomfortable nature of horror as you should. They are never afraid to go with something completely absurd and go all in as well as something shocking and disturbing to balance it all out. It also is one that throws all the rules out the window as horror should be and goes right into things like torturing and killing children, animals, body fluids, and everything in between. Sometimes they are hard to watch and disturbing but that is part of its charm.

 

This latest chapter fully leans into the Halloween tropes of trick-r-treating, haunted houses, and candy to make for some fun stories. The wrap around story of a focus group testing out a new soda and the violent side effects. Interesting enough this is one of the few of the franchise that doesn’t connect the wrap around story with the rest of the stories all that much and it still works fine. Each