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[animusrox]

31 Days of Horror Marathon 2024 ↪ Day 4: V/H/S/Beyond (2024) dir. Jordan Downey, Virat Pal, Jay Cheel, Justin Martinez, Christian Long, Justin Long, & Kate Siegel

[REVIEW]

[talesfromthecrypts]

Where are we going?

V/H/S: Beyond "Stowaway" (2024) dir. Kate Siegel

[marril96]

V/H/S/Beyond (2024)

[esqueletosgays]

V/H/S/BEYOND (2024)

Directors: Jordan Downey, Christian and Justin Long, Justin Martinez, Virat Pal, Kate Siegel & Jay Cheel Cinematography: Tapan Basu, Alexander Chinnici, Mike McLaughlin, Kevin Stewart

[neotorchwickvt]

Big Bird Just hasn’t been the same since January 28, 1986.

[justasmidgx]

kinda hate how people with taxidermy always have to be crazy and evil in horror movies

[stuff-i-watched]

V/H/S/Beyond / 2024 — IMDb, TMDb

[konakoro]

Ok the dog short was fun purely for Libby Letlow as Becky, she was fantastic. And it was the fun stupid I love from the V/H/S movies, which was sorely missing from the previous 3 shorts

[manicmadhouse]

The movie could be total horseshit but I love this poster. I want this on my wall

[splatteronmywalls]

[succubussally]

I wasn't thrilled with the first segment, but the rest of this was great!

[beyondtheepleasureprinciple]

mike flanagan i can see that the alien is ripped off shyamalans Signs (2002) you clown n buffoon

[justwantswafflefries]

I just watched V/H/S Beyond... and there's a segment where a woman kidnaps humans and treats them like dogs, and removes their fingers and shit. THEY TURNED HEY, MALISSA INTO A VHS SEGMENT WHAT?????

[femmchantress]

So like, the framing device sucked but I did appreciate that it, to quote my husband, “Spielberg’d at us for 15 minutes straight”.

I wasn’t enjoying “Stork” until I realized what it was doing: creating an intentionally shallow homage to first person shooter games with horror elements - down to cookie cutter antagonist designs; purposefully chosen tropes, names, and terminology; timely and witty quips; exaggerated body language; and even a fucking boss fight. Once I was keyed into the intent behind the segment and its decisions, I found it really fun. Not at all scary though. Also bonus points for a big wet puppet. Mama likes a big wet puppet.

“Dream Girl” had so much promise and I was following it eagerly, really intrigued by the premise of a story concerning (literally) manufactured celebrity, predatory paparazzi, and the role of agency in both these lifestyles but when it turned into a big dumb splatterfest it just lost all its momentum. I’m usually pumped for a big dumb splatterfest, but it was just such a disappointingly weak conclusion to a lot of really great setup.

“Live and Let Dive” just kinda sucked all around. The acting was bad (even for a low budget horror vignette), the pacing was atrocious, and the payoffs were disappointing even for my low expectations. When the UFO appeared while the crew was preparing for their skydive, I for a moment expected a story about the small plane escaping an extermination via aliens event as all life below them is wiped out, creating this sorta Open Water-esque scenario. Obviously that didn’t happen and what did ensue was infinitely less creative and engaging. The hand trauma effect was fun.

True to type for Justin Long, “Fur Babies” had promise thanks to a fun concept and a commitment to not taking itself too seriously. It fell short in a lot of areas, but the campiness of the antagonist was great and the dog training of human beings was enjoyably horny until it wasn’t. Still more fun than the last one and less disappointing than “Dream Girl” thanks to lowered expectations.

The final segment, Kate Siegel and Mike Flanagan’s “Stowaway,” makes this whole thing worth watching. I’m not gonna spoil much about it as it really is worth going in blind, but as a short film it really respects the intelligence of the audience and tells its story in a captivating and nuanced way that leaves you trapped in this existential melancholy towards the end. It really speaks to the idea of how larger truths leave us permanently changed, tapping into a more human and tangible form of cosmic horror. I keep finding more little things about it that I love (like how the little girl hints to us that the fate of our protagonist is one of her own making, and that there could’ve been a way out of this). Genuinely one of the best vignettes in this whole franchise, rivaling VHS 2’s “Safe Haven” (and if you were to argue that Stowaway is better I wouldn’t necessarily disagree).

[spamsqueer]

I watched VHS Beyond two nights ago and when I say The Stowaway segment is still fucking me up I mean I’ve had several nightmares and my thoughts are consumed by it

It was horrifying when I watched it but then I thought about it more and I couldn’t stop

Fuck you Mike Flanagan and Kate Siegel you terrifying geniuses

[gebo4482]

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