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V/H/S/85 (2023)
One of the best in the franchise? Not by a longshot
As a big found footage and vhs fan, i was looking forward to this new installment. I already heard the rumors, that this is one of the best vhs movies, so the stackes were high. And did it deliver? Nope not really.
Normaly Vhs works like this: At a strange/scary place, several vhs tapes get found and someone watches it. The story moves forward, while it gets interrupted by short movies. But since VHS Viral, this part is the worst. Here its just another short movie, but cut into 4 pieces. No connecting link this time. How about the other ones?
NO WAKE
Without spoilers, this is...okay? Maybe? The wierd part is, its also cut into two pieces. Doesn't get better tho.
GOD OF DEATH
Typical standart vhs short movie. Nothing more nothing less. Its okay.
TKNODG
Ehm i really dont know. Its the worst for sure. Nothing to remember here and even for VHS standarts boring.
DREAM KILL
This is the best one. Its not scary but at least the idea is kinda cool and i love it when there is some experimentation with the found footage aspect.
And thats it. Except one short, there is nothing really bad in here, but "extremly good" neither.
My Ranking of all the movies would look like this:
Vhs2
Vhs1
Vhs94
Vhs85
Vhs99
VhsViral.
Gantz (2010)
Just No
As a die-hard Gantz fan(Manga only, the anime is average at best), i was looking forward to this, because i heard some good stories about it. After the big dissapointment of "Gantz: O", which is by far the best arc of the manga, i was hoping for a better ride.
I wrote down some things while watching the movie and i think i know what happened: Imagine a guy who wants to make a movie about the manga. He's totaly into it and likes the style. But one of his coworkers says: "Eh maybe you should read the manga first, so you can put in every detail of the scene". The director says: "Yea yea alright" and skips through the first books. Maybe he stops at some cool scenes and skips again.
Thats how this movie was made, at least i think so. Otherwise i cant explain the plotholes, missing characters and characteristics, changed Aliens(The second alien is just one robot instead if a big monstrous bird..mkay) ect.
Like the anime, its starting his own thing in the second part, so maybe this will work a tiny bit better. Please, if you read this and you are interested into this plot, try the manga. Its worth it, even if it has some unanswered questions too at the end.