Not that the previous one, wasn't international and global (think of the one G. Edwards did for example), but this is not called Viral without a reason. You might not really like the main story, though it's the best one yet in my book, if completely off the hook and relentless, seemingly unstoppable and without a real connection to the short stories in between ... at least that's how it seems. Having said that, there is a lot of action in those short movies and there will as with the previous installments be ones you like and some you don't. You don't have to have seen the previous movies, which is the nature of the VHS (though we are far removed from those cassettes now) series. A nice addition to the "franchise" (I think it can be called that now).

I love the first VHS film. It's far from perfect, but I think it's really effective in its scares. The second was a little more ambitious in its style and the stories it offered but only one of them, maybe two, really worked for me. A big disappointment. What both had in common was that the overarching narrative throughout was weak in both, the act of people watching these tapes. This one certainly did something far more different, and although it takes up more time and at times seems more interesting, it's also super confusing as to how the tapes are being shown and what the hell is going on. If someone knows, please tell me As for the segments, the cut I watched was missing one of them and it only had three, but like the sequel, it's becoming more ambitious and a lot more aware of its silliness. The first one, about an illusionist, has a really fantastic and totally fun climax. The second one was really trippy, and the third was decent but went on for way too long. I want to watch to see the fourth one that this cut was missing, but as this package is now, I think it's fun stuff. Nowhere near the greatness of the first (well, "greatness" in any of these films is stretching it) but a step up from the sequel.

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FilmAddict303 hit a lot of good points with this review. Easily the worst of the 3 and is far from scary and hardly violent. From time to time you get some good scenes like the (Spoiler)guy's feet being dragged from the car and the 2 hand scenes in the magic video. Vicious Circles starts of promising with the couple video but their story is the least exciting and never really goes anywhere. Dante the Great started off good but just got repetitive and low budget towards the end. Its a very cool idea to play with but it wasn't ended properly. Parallel Monsters was good for the first minutes or so but when they are doing their things it just goes way down hill and there is never any sort of explanation for the hell is supposed to be going on, its just confusing. Bonestorm had so much potential but had some major flaws. I don't understand why the camera guy kept lying to them about filming, it was just a waste of several lines. but the worst parts about it were that the fight scene could have been so much cooler had it not been so up close like that and we never got to see whatever came out at the end. and truth be told I'm not even sure what Gorgeous Vortex was, there were only 3 videos and then the main story type deal, so if someone could help me out on that one. Overall, the movie is poorly executed and fails to even touch the other 2 in terms of horror and creativity

First I'd like to say, as with any horror film, the less you know about the film going in the better it will be. For those wondering if they should spend their money on this. I would say wait for Netflix, IMO it does not live up to the previous VHS movies, and actually seems to lose what the unique premise was. I love VHS and I liked VHS 2 a good bit, but this feels like a drop off of sorts. If VHS was a 9 and VHS 2 was a 7.5 then VHS Viral is probably an average of 5.5 (but the second segment is a MUST SEE). The previous 2 movies have gotten many talented young horror film makers and collectives together to make interesting short films. VHS was probably my favorite horror film of 2012, some of the shorts fell flat (static monster and connecting story) but most of the others are really amazing, especially the last. VHS 2 lacked some of the originality but still felt like a solid horror film. VHS Viral just feels like it lacks the same vision and direction that VHS 1 and 2 had. Whether you like it or hate it VHS is built around the idea of playing with portable cameras, experimenting with the "found footage" horror sub-genre, and really presenting a horror film from the POV of those going through it. It is basically like a haunted house on film, some with interesting stories and ideas. VHS 2 didn't really revolutionize anything but was still interesting. It stuck with the premise and kept it going in interesting ways. Probably my biggest issue with VHS Viral is that it ostensibly completely drops the found footage premise, but still sticks with the found footage type editing and shooting. This breaks the immersion, which is The whole point of found footage stuff. As you can tell I didn't like the movie for the most part. The second segment is the ONLY reason it even has 4 stars out of 10. Ultimately though I am disappointed because they didn't really try anything interesting with the found footage format, especially the way that the previous 2 films did. Also 3 segments feels too short, even though this film has a lot of filler.

I think it was great! It wasn't as scary as the earlier but even more groovy and rocking! Gruesome, filled with unnecessary violence, sex, magic, occultism - what else can you wish for a great flick? If you can't handle this, you haven't seen enough internet's dark videos. This was better than any of the SAW's or any mediocre 3-6 rated horror film. You guys just don't have guts so you can't enjoy this. I bet these guys who gave one star for this are normal poodle movie fans and this is too shocking and brutal for them. 2nd time I watches this(which is rare what comes to movies) and still enjoying! I would go see or buy new VHS - anytime if one would come up. If you liked this, you'll like Collector saga, or Poughkeepsie Tapes and other VHS's. You all are wrong. There's dozens and dozens of movies coming all the time what you'll watch which are much worse than this.