V/H/S

This article is about the horror film. For the analog video format, see VHS. For other uses, see VHS (disambiguation).
V/H/S
Stacks of black VHS tapes, some with white labels that come together to form a skull shape.
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Written by
Produced by
Starringsee below
Cinematography
Edited by
  • David Bruckner
  • Glenn McQuaid
  • Ti West
  • Simon Barrett
  • Matt Bettinelli-Olpin
  • Tyler Gillett
Music byLucas Clyde
Production
companies
Distributed byMagnet Releasing
Release dates
  • January 22, 2012 (2012-01-22) (Sundance)
  • October 5, 2012 (2012-10-05) (United States)
Running time
116 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.9 million[2]

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[3] and Bloody Disgusting, and produced by Miska and Roxanne Benjamin.[4] 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.[5]

The film premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in January 2012,[6] 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.

It spawned six sequels—V/H/S/2, V/H/S: Viral, V/H/S/94, V/H/S/99, V/H/S/85 and V/H/S/Beyond—and two spin-offs individual films, Siren and Kids vs. Aliens, as well as a miniseries V/H/S: Video Horror Shorts on Snapchat's Snap Originals platform.[7]

  1. ^ "V/H/S (18)". British Board of Film Classification. November 6, 2012. Archived from the original on November 9, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  2. ^ "V/H/S". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
  3. ^ Smith, Nigel M. (January 22, 2012). "Bloody Disgusting Founder and 'V/H/S' Producer Brad Miska On Why the Found-Footage Movie Is Here To Stay". IndieWire. Penske Business Media. Archived from the original on September 13, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  4. ^ Shawhan, Jason (April 19, 2012). "Former Nashvillian Roxanne Benjamin fast-forwards to terror with hot-ticket horror anthology V/H/S". Nashville Scene. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  5. ^ Breznican, Anthony (December 1, 2011). "Sundance 2012: Midnight Movies highlight the horrible and hilarious". Entertainment Weekly. Time. Archived from the original on December 29, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
  6. ^ Schulz, Chris (August 3, 2012). "'Chilling' horror film comes with a warning". New Zealand Herald. NZME Publishing. Archived from the original on August 7, 2012. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
  7. ^ "V/H/S horror shorts return, this time on Snapchat | SYFY WIRE". November 30, 2018. Archived from the original on November 30, 2018. Retrieved February 8, 2023.