Shudder Sunday: V/H/S/94 (2020)

 As my final bit of penance for last week's absence of Shudder Sunday, here's...the Film that came before their latest new thing.

Gotta look back before you look forward, right?  It is...

In the Framing Device, a SWAT Team is breaking into the compound of some sort of Cult.

They all appear to be dead, mutilated and...watching TV.

In the first Tale, a Reporter goes all out to get the story of Ratman, a City's local (unseen) menace.

Let's just say that some legends are best left alone.

In the second Tale, a young woman is left to run an empty Wake.  What's that knocking sound?

Now the lights are out and...uh oh.

In the third Tale, a Mad Scientist is experimenting upon hapless victims in Malaysia. 
What's his master plan?

How do things get *worse* when help arrives?!?

In the final Tale, some (do I need to say White) Militia Men are planning an attack on a Government Building.

What is their secret weapon?
What will happen when it is turned on them?

As for what happens in the ever-stranger Framing Device, well, you'll have to stream and see.

A pretty strange and mixed set of Horror Shorts.  In case you're new to the Site (in which case, welcome!), you'll know that Found Footage is not my favorite thing.  The Films get too reliant on certain clichés and are usually too drawn out.

Well, if you put 4 (arguably 5) shorter ones together, that's...actually better.  Each one is by different people and thus has many differences.

As far as ranking the Segments, I'd say my most favorite is probably the first one, although the third one is right up there.  The second one has a few genuinely-good moments, but it spaced out a bit too much for me.  The final one is good too, while it also has more trouble explaining the 'why is this being filmed' issue.  The third one sure plays fast and loose with that aspect.

V/H/S 94 is all over the place, going from atmospheric horror to claustrophobic terror to splatter fest and (sort of) revenge tale throughout its pieces.  Regardless, they're all pretty good, as is this take on an Infinity Shot...

As an Anthology Film, it could do with more cohesion.  That said, each part is good and memorable in their own way.