#i think the top left is closest to his overall Look tho prob just a little less scruffy on the face

[lifesver]

once again: extremely ch 2 lee

[oldmyths]

oh man i have SHIT to say abt vhs. Spoilers btw

so like overall i feel like the framing of how we, the audience, are able to witness the tapes is decent enough. tape 56 is absolutely my least favorite segment out of all of them though so i think i was more interested in what was on the tapes instead of watching gross white guys fucking around and finding out

there was always at least an aspect i liked about each segment but there are certain things holding me back from saying i absolutely loved one over the other. conceptually, here r my rankings with commentary underneath:

tuesday the 17th

this one is prob the closest to being my favorite bc i just love the idea of a fucked up glitch killer that can only be seen on camera. this is probably just exposing me as someone who loved slenderman and marble hornets when i was younger but I Don’t Even Care. i feel like the gore was a bit hit or miss in this one but the ending scene with wendy was sooooo fucked up like genuinely. i loved it tho. the only thing that’s stopping me from downright loving it was the amount of SHAKY CAM

when it came to this part of the movie my motion sickness was getting really bad, i had to take a break and walk around my house for a bit bc i felt so dizzy. maybe as a contained story it wouldn’t bother me as much but man. it killed the vibe for real

amateur night

OBVIOUSLY the goat. i feel like i heard about this particular segment before though bc i already knew generally what was gonna happen. i was actually worried that the entire movie was spoiled for me and i wouldn’t be able to enjoy watching it, but luckily it seems i only knew abt this part. it’s a very solid story. wish i didn’t have to see dick and balls though

10/31/98

THIS one. THIS ONEEEE is so good. i don’t know if it’s bc the camera moves so fast or something but i love love love how the house was changing before the guys even went upstairs. i hope that’s actually how the segment went bc i am such a slut for buildings changing and shit like when you walk out one door and it opens back into the room you just left. or when you turn a corner down a hall and turn another corner and you’re back where you started. P.T./silent hills and house of leaves did this so effectively

AND IF I’M RIGHT then 10/31/98 did this in such a subtle and terrifying way and i love it so MUCH. it would def top amateur night in that case But because i have no idea it stays below amateur night. plus i was sick of drunk white guys doing Bro things

the sick thing that happened to emily when she was younger

the gore in this one was actually fucking awful. like so bad so gross so bad. i had to look away at the spine part and ugh UGHHH like no. i think i’m better at handling/facing gore now but jesus when emily was mutilating her arm LIKE EUGHHHH NOOO it’s so gross.

also i hate men. this is why skype died because if i was on a video call with my partner and i saw creepy little kids behind me in my webcam bg i would just accept my fate and fucking die. emily deserves better. SO DOES THAT OTHER WOMAN AT THE END WTFFF I HATE MEN!

second honeymoon

this one was pretty cool. when i saw that ti west directed one of the segments here i was wondering which one it could be, and in hindsight this has his grubby little fingerprints all over it. a win for wlws everywhere tho

tape 56

booooooooooooooooooooooo. they got what they deserved.

overall i’d say that it’s a decent movie but it’s only as good as the sum of its parts and your mileage will DEFINITELY vary based on your own taste in horror. i’m not interested in watching the sequels and i don’t think i’ll be rewatching this any time soon