Shudder’s V/H/S/94 Aims to Revitalize Found-Footage Horror

V/H/S is a kind of horror franchises that’s stored going however could also be off the radar for all however probably the most devoted followers—after the 2012 unique, there’s additionally 2013’s V/H/S2 and 2014’s V/H/S: Viral, plus a spin-off and a miniseries that was launched on Snapchat. But the found-footage anthology collection, which faucets all kinds of various administrators to create its totally different segments, is about to make a high-profile return due to V/H/S/94, a brand new installment heading to Shudder this fall.

Today’s San Diego Comic-Con @ Home panel teased what’s in retailer for the horror franchise’s latest chapter. Panelists included co-creator Brad Miska, producer Josh Goldbloom, and all of the section administrators, together with two who’ve labored on the collection earlier than—Simon Barrett (whose story takes place in a funeral residence and follows a younger worker tasked with supervising an in a single day wake) and Timo Tjahjanto (whose section is a couple of “Dr. Frankenstein-like mad scientist” who runs afoul of native legislation enforcement). Plus newcomers Jennifer Reeder (who directed the “wraparound” story; extra on that beneath), Ryan Prows (whose story is about an anti-government militia group who occurs upon some supernatural weapons, and “scary hilarity ensues”), and Chloe Okuno (whose story includes a TV reporter investigating a spooky underground legend).

In a brand new twist for the V/H/S collection, all of the segments in V/H/S/94—which clearly takes place in 1994—will find yourself constructing towards a bigger story. Barrett mentioned the tip end result will fulfill followers of the collection, whereas “still surprising them with a fresh approach.” A primary look sneak peek was additionally a part of this system, which featured every director speaking about what impressed them as they had been engaged on their segments. For Reeder, it concerned a whole lot of probably the most sensational information headlines that broke within the mid-Nineteen Nineties, just like the Tonya Harding-Nancy Kerrigan assault, the O.J. Simpson Bronco chase, the Waco siege, the Heaven’s Gate mass suicide, and extra. Watch the entire panel beneath; the sneak peek begins at 27:15.

Shudder’s acquisition of V/H/S/94 was first revealed earlier this summer time by way of an emailed press launch, which sketched out the plot as follows: “After the discovery of a mysterious VHS tape, a brutish police swat team launch a high-intensity raid on a remote warehouse, only to discover a sinister cult compound whose collection of pre-recorded material uncovers a nightmarish conspiracy.” Goldbloom spoke extra in regards to the challenge as a part of the June announcement. “We shot the film entirely during the pandemic, building sets in hotels, conference rooms, and in the spirit of the series punk rock roots we even ventured underground into a sewer,” he mentioned. “Our team channeled the misery of this past year appropriately, so rest assured it’s the biggest, baddest, and most bloodthirsty batch of tapes yet.”

At the SDCC panel, Miska added on to that concept: “Horror is cathartic. It gives you a lot of inspiration and ideas of how you’re thinking about what’s going on in the world and how horrific it is, the dual-edged sword of it all. With horror, it’s just fun to sort of play around with that. For me, I don’t like it when the commentary is too heavy and on the nose. But it’s in [our film], it inspired us.”

V/H/S/94 arrives this fall on Shudder.

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