Quality of stories is very variable but the better ones are excellent Deffo one for shakycam fans

This Horror anthology features a bunch of stupid punks hired to steal an old VHS tape from someone's home. When they get to the house, they find an old man sitting motionless in a chair in front of a wall of TVs. There are stacks of VHS tapes both there and in the basement. The thieves don't know which tapes to take so instead of grabbing them all, they start watching them, which kicks off the inexplicable stupidity of this movie. This is the wraparound story for the other 5 or so that follow. Admittedly, there were a couple of stories that were a little scary. "Amateur Night" is about three jerks who pick up a couple of girls and get more than they intended. One of the girls is not what she appears. Her look is quite scary. The gore that follows is not. The closing story is called "10/31/98" and features four twenty-something men who think they're going to a Halloween party. It's got a few frights in it and the least amount of senseless gore of any of the other stories, making it the most effective of the set. It also helps that the four men manage not to act too unlike any other friends you might be partying with. Meaning that they're not molesting, vandalizing, cutting or drugging other people like practically every other character in this movie. Some of the acting here is absolutely terrible and the characters are all insufferable, self-absorbed jerks. I guess the characters in "10/31/98" get into trouble because they end up trying to help someone, so there is that exception. If you like gore, than this movie should be right up your alley. There are a few beheadings, one a lengthy scene of a head being cut off with a knife. That loveliness lasts about 30 seconds and there are several disembowlings that appear to be performed to show everyone how good the special effects guys are. I also didn't know that this would be another in what appears to be a never-ending supply of found footage movies (thank you again, "Blair Witch Project"). I actually almost feel guilty watching movies like this. Nearly every character appears to be a "Jackass" cast-off and the characters that we are supposed to be cheering for are douchebags, so really why care at all? This movie truly damages any hope of anthologies being revived and if this is what they're going to be like, I don't want them back.

"I like you." 10th Anniversary If I were rating this just on the segment "Amateur Night," I would rate this a 6-7. It was really well done and got me pretty spooked and I was curious to see more. On the other hand, the other segments were a snoozefest. Also how did all those tapes arrive in one place? I need to know!

I think we can all agree that found footage films can be hit or miss, and the genre has been done to death. However when you come across a movie with a unique premise you gotta sit there and watch. Were all of them high quality? No, but were they good for what they are? Yes! Give this film and it's sequel a chance. But whatever you do don't see VHS Viral.... And don't turn off the lights!!!

Oh lord! This movie was amazing. “I like it.” Gotta watch all of them. Found footage horror is my genre now