I will ride or die for this franchise until the end.

Just something about these movies keep me coming back for me, and if there is any question about why this is so good, check out the "Fun Sized" segment... Hailey, poor sweet Hailey, that was fucking amazing!

V/H/S/Halloween feels like a love letter to everything that makes October special, the haunted mazes, the trick-or-treat chaos, and the unease that lurks behind every smiling pumpkin. The connecting story, Diet Phantasma, follows a soda taste-test that goes violently wrong, stitching together each short with bursts of gore and black humour. The first story hits like a nightmare. People turning into babies sounds absurd until you see it play out. It’s grotesque, deeply uncomfortable, and somehow still oddly tragic, a twisted spin on innocence gone rotten. The second tale burns slow but pays off in filth and shock. It’s a reminder that this series still knows how to make your stomach turn. Then comes the sugar-soaked madness. The third story, all about sweets and chocolate, is a delirious satire of Halloween’s commercial side, a garish, gory rampage that captures the chaos of the holiday devouring itself. The fourth, Kidprint, is easily the darkest. It crawls under your skin with its portrait of parents filming their kids to feel safe. It’s about fear, control, and the anxiety of letting go, and it leaves a chill that no jump scare could. Things close with The Great American Backyard Haunt, a blood-splattered nod to neighbourhood attractions where the homemade decorations actually come alive. It’s brisk, brutal, and packed with energy, the perfect way to end the carnage. V/H/S/Halloween doesn’t just deliver gore, it captures the whole Halloween experience, the fun, the fear, and the fragile sense of safety that comes with the night. It’s inconsistent, yes, but when it hits, it’s both nostalgic and nasty in equal measure. If you liked V/H/S/94, Trick ’r Treat, or Tales of Halloween, this one deserves a spot in your yearly ritual.

Mean spirited and overly dark. Aside from two stories that were more cartoonish, it gave impressions of hating humanity. But somehow it still kept the laughs coming! You're laughing at the movie, though, never with it. The wraparound story was wasted potential.