V/H/S: Viral(2014)
2014 · Nacho Vigalondo & Marcel Sarmiento & Gregg Bishop & Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead & Todd Lincoln · 81 min
As the streets of Los Angeles overflow with camera-wielding gawkers seeking to capture images of a bizarre police pursuit, the same people who sought to exploit the suffering of others for amusement on the Internet become the stars of a gruesome viral video from which no one gets out alive.
Horror · Thriller
4.8721 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
3/5
Gore
1/5
Stays with you
How V/H/S: Viral scares
Watching this feels like flipping through channels of chaos, since it jumps between totally different short stories with different tones, moods, and rules. Some segments crawl with strange, dreamlike unease while others throw fast, weird violence and creature attacks at you with little warning. The found-footage shaky-cam style keeps things messy and unpredictable rather than tightly built, so the scares land unevenly from one story to the next. It's more of a strange, gross curiosity ride than something that will haunt you afterward.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, V/H/S: Viral rates psychological 2/5, visceral 3/5, gore 3/5, lingering effect 1/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 2 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 3 of 5
- Lingering: 1 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 60 of 100 — leans Jump scares
Supernatural vs Real-world: 25 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 45 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
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A jumpy, uneven ride that jolts between segments with quick bursts of chaos and short breathers, building to a frantic, high-intensity close.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 2, 3, 2, 3, 4, 2, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 5.
How scary is V/H/S: Viral?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, V/H/S: Viral rates 3/5 — solidly scary, delivering its fear through jump scares more than lingering dread. It works on both fronts, unsettling the mind while going for the body. Expect it to be moderately gory and scary but not punishing. The dread fades once the credits roll.
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