{"id":38806,"date":"2023-02-07T04:50:03","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T09:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=38806"},"modified":"2023-02-14T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T19:30:00","slug":"v-h-s-99-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/07\/v-h-s-99-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"V\/H\/S\/ 99 (2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The newest installment of the \u201cV\/H\/S\/<\/a>\u201d series was a welcome treat for me back in 2022, as I have always been a fan of the film series. With the popularity of lo-fi analog horror, \u201cV\/H\/S\/\u201d can still have some good shelf life, and spin some damn good horror segments down the line. \u201cV\/H\/S\/ 99\u201d sadly stumbles here and there in what is probably the weakest entry of the movie series to date. The great segments outweigh the weaker entries, but that\u2019s not saying too much when even the better segments aren\u2019t really as spectacular as something like \u201cSafe Haven\u201d from \u201cV\/H\/S\/ 2<\/a>.\u201d Even the framing device for the segments never quite comes full circle, in the end.<\/p>\n

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Easily the best of the bunch, \u201cShredding\u201d from Maggie Levin involves a punk rock band aspiring for greatness that breaks in to an abandoned music venue. After rising band Bitch Cat died from a horrific fire in the club, their spirits are said to haunt the now condemned club. Twisted, and bizarre, Levin really has an eye for grue, staging one of the grosser dismemberment sequences in a horror film in recent memory. Plus, you have to love the pay off. \u201cSuicide Bid\u201d from Johannes Roberts is a very good, if predictable, tale of Lily, a college freshman willing to do anything to join Beta Sigma Eta.<\/p>\n

She performs a \u201csuicide bid\u201d in order to be accepted in to their sorority, but is hesitant after hearing the legend of another ill fated sorority girl named Giltine, who also attempted a suicide bid and paid dearly. While I could see where it was all heading, \u201cSuicide Bid\u201d works as a nail biter with some great editing, and a fantastic pay off. There\u2019s also the bonkers \u201cTo Hell And Back,\u201d a darkly comic horror tale from Vanessa and Joseph Winter. Set in New Year\u2019s Eve 1999, best friends and videographers Nate and Troy have been hired by what is revealed to be a coven of witches that are planning to resurrect an ancient being known as Ukabon.<\/p>\n

Things go terribly wrong when a different demon rips through pulling Nate and Troy in to Hell. This finisher is a great capper, going all out with a literal visit to hell, pairing some pretty funny gags with some unnerving glimpses in to the underworld. It\u2019s a perfect compliment to the newest series of shorts. Two of the weakest efforts includes \u201cOzzy’s Dungeon\u201d written by Zoe Cooper and directed by Flying Lotus, a tale about a twisted game show and an evil pact. The short was much too silly to revel in its sinister back drop and I found the pay off kind of lacking. \u201cThe Gawkers\u201d centers on a group of teen boys cross the line when they decide to use a web cam to spy on their sexy, enigmatic next door neighbor.<\/p>\n

Little do they know that there\u2019s so much more to her than either of them can comprehend. Written by Chris Lee Hill and directed by Tyler MacIntyre, \u201cThe Gawkers\u201d is the weakest segment, feeling like a blatant retread of \u201cAmateur Night\u201d from the first \u201cV\/H\/S\/.\u201d That said, \u201cV\/H\/S\/ 99\u201d may not be the best of the series so far, as it doesn\u2019t quite offer up a dynamic segment that stood out in its own class; it does however excel with creative, and fun implementation of late nineties tropes, paired with some solid horror all around.<\/p>\n