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V/H/S (2012)

★ 6.1 · 1,701 ratings on TMDB

This collection is killer.

V/H/S poster★ 6.1

When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire one rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they had bargained for.

DirectorAdam Wingard, Chad Villella, David Bruckner
CastAdam Wingard, Andrew Droz Palermo, Calvin Lee Reeder, Hannah Fierman, Joe Swanberg, Kate Lyn Sheil
GenresHorror, Thriller
The emergence reading

V/H/S keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing horror, fear, voyeurism, exploitation.

zero-distanceUShorrorfearvoyeurismexploitation
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Same rung, same subject

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