Shudder Day: V/H/S Halloween (2025)

 Another VHS Film by Shudder?
Why not?!?

This is the topical...

The Framing Device this time is a Tale called 'Diet Phantasma.'

Test Subjects are brought into a Room in increments to try a new Soda...which has a deadly aftertaste!

As always, we'll touch back in with that Story between Segments.

Next up is 'Coochie Coochie Coo.'

A pair of Trick or Treaters wreak some mild havoc before finding just the worst Mother living there that they could!

Next up is 'Ut Supra Sic Infra' (aka As Above So Below).  
No, not that one.

Paco Plaza brings us a two-tiered tale involving a Halloween Party gone wrong and the subsequent Police Investigation that doesn't go much better!

Following that is 'Fun Size.'

From the man behind 'Too Many Cooks' and 'Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell' comes a twisted and funny tale involving dumb adults and a potential new Horror Mascot.

Make it happen, Internet!

Switching gears dramatically, we have 'Kidprint.'

In a small, '80s Town, Kids are going missing and a guy is offering a service to give Parents up-to-date video records of their children (should they go missing).

Why does it go so wrong?!?

Our final Tale is 'Home Haunt.'

A Dad wants to make a Haunted House one final year with his Son...and learns the evil of old records.

One last bit of Soda and we're out!

A decent to good collection of Horror Shorts for you to partake of.

My issue right off the bat is the tonal disconnect between the Stories.
If that works for you, then take that comment in stride.

The other issue- which is also personal preference- is that some of the shorts- especially 'Kidprint'- lean into just showing gore to disturb you, rather than be interesting.

Other shorts like 'Coochie Coochie Coo' are disturbing for different reasons.

Only one tale really plays well with the Found Footage aspect, mixing with the narrative and how it plays out.  Naturally, it is the one by the guy who made 3 of the 4 Rec Films.

As is the requirement, here is my Ranking of the Tales from Best to Worst...

1) Fun Size
2) Ut Supra Sic Infra (the best at being scary)

3) Home Haunt (although these two could switch easily)
4) Diet Phantasma
5) Coochie Coochie Coo

6) Kidprint

Again- this is just personal preference.  If you don't agree, well, don't show up at my door like this please...

A weird mix of Tales, some that are just cruel (to be kind?) and some that are wacky.  It's a mixed bag of candy....I guess for this metaphor to work.