V/H/S/85
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Short description
V/H/S/85 is a horror anthology featuring five found-footage stories set during the 1980s. These narratives are presented within a television documentary and cover a variety of unsettling events. The segments include a group of friends visiting a lake, a news crew facing a natural disaster in Mexico City, a family gathering that turns violent, scientists studying a strange creature, and a detective investigating a series of murders.
The film was produced by Crooked Highway, Bloody Disgusting, Studio71, and Luchagore Productions in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. It was directed by a team including Scott Derrickson, David Bruckner, Mike P. Nelson, Gigi Saul Guerrero, and Natasha Kermani. The screenplay was written by C. Robert Cargill, Mike P. Nelson, and Gigi Saul Guerrero. The cast includes Alex Galick, Anna Sundberg, Chelsey Grant, Toussaint Morrison, Tyler Noble, and Anna Hashizume, with 75 credited cast members in total.
Released on November 23, 2023, the movie has received mixed to positive feedback. It holds a rating of 5.6 on IMDb based on 11,000 votes and 5.8 on TMDB from 190 votes. Film critics gave the movie a higher rating of 6.5 based on 53 reviews, indicating a more favorable reception from professional critics than from general audiences.
What's left behind the scenes
- The plot of "God of Death" was inspired by the real 1985 Mexico City earthquake. Director Gigi Sol Guerrero said she wanted to film a story about an event instantly recognizable in Mexico. And a minor earthquake was recorded during filming.
- Ada Lovelace (Chivonne Michelle) is a reference to Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (1815-1852). Through her communication with Charles Babbage, she described a calculating machine he designed in 1843. She left an algorithm for calculating Bernoulli numbers. She is considered the first programmer in history.
- Briefly shown between segments is the American shock rock band Gwar, performing in monster costumes. The band member shown on screen was not yet part of the group in 1985. Guitarist and backing vocalist Mike Derks, nicknamed Balsac the Jaws of Death, only joined the band in 1988.
- The lake in the corresponding segment is called Evig. Evig translates from Norwegian as “eternal,” and the segment discusses the water in the lake having the ability to bring the dead back to life.
- According to Scott Derrickson, the plot of the film he directed takes place in the universe of his horror film "The Black Phone".
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