This collection contains some truly awful material, and it gets incredibly tedious—I fast-forwarded through what felt like a significant portion. The last segment, "Dr. Mortis," stood out as the most enjoyable. Everything else largely consists of foolish characters behaving in ridiculous ways. It all came back to me why I quit watching "V/H/S." The horror genre is overflowing with substandard work.

Get ready for an onslaught of violence in this new chapter of the V/H/S collection of scary stories. The beginning features a character who appears to be hapless and undergoes some kind of test that goes terribly wrong. Then comes "Tricks or Treats," which delivers more tricks than treats, so keep an eye out for “The Mommy,” seriously. Listen closely, they call them “Coochie Coo.” This section is truly unse…

The films in the V/H/S series are usually entertaining, and occasionally shocking, but they generally avoid becoming truly unpleasant—until now. This newest installment, at least in my view, pushes boundaries too far with its portrayal of a young serial killer's actions; I found it disturbing and extremely distasteful. To be blunt, it was just terrible. If this is the kind of material V/H/S intends to produce …