V/H/S

Also known as Videotape, VHS

V/H/S is a 2012 American found footage horror anthology film and the first installment in the V/H/S franchise created by Brad Miska and Bloody Disgusting, and produced by Miska and Roxanne Benjamin. It features a series of six found footage shorts written and directed by Adam Wingard, David Bruckner, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid, Joe Swanberg, and the filmmaking collective Radio Silence.

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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.

Released: 2012-07-28116 minDir: Matt Bettinelli-OlpinThriller, HorrorBudget: $242,000Box office: $100,345Part of: V/H/S Collection

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Cast

Calvin Lee Reeder as Gary (segment "Tape 56")
Lane Hughes as Zak (segment "Tape 56")
Kentucker Audley as Rox (segment "Tape 56")
Adam Wingard as Brad (segment "Tape 56")
Simon Barrett as Steve (segment "Tape 56")
Andrew Droz Palermo as Fifth Thug (segment "Tape 56")

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Article

26 sections

Contents

Genesis
Plot
"Tape 56" (frame narrative) — Prologue
"Amateur Night"
"Tape 56" — First interlude
"Second Honeymoon"
"Tape 56" — Second interlude
"Tuesday the 17th"
"Tape 56" — Third interlude
"The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was Younger"
"Tape 56" — Epilogue
"10/31/98"
Alternative joke ending
Cast
"Tape 56"
"Amateur Night"
"Second Honeymoon"
"Tuesday the 17th"
"The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was Younger"
"10/31/98"
Release
Reception
Sequels and spin-offs
See also
References
External links

The film premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in January 2012, and was released on demand on August 31, 2012. It also made a limited theatrical release in the United States on October 5, 2012, and in the United Kingdom on January 18, 2013.