Arranged around and within a tenuous wraparound home invasion scenario, the vignettes that comprise this shakycam shocker prove memorably effective, each lulling the viewer into a false sense of security via meanderingly mundane set-ups that abruptly shift to more unnerving, visceral territory. Old tropes such as alien interference, haunted houses, serial killers, and femmes fatales find themselves fed through the lens of the hand-held camera to rather impressive effect. The overall picture painted by these series of snuff flicks-within-a-flick is one of a world sporadically at the mercy of an otherworldly array of entities, with the glaring unremarkability of its setting serving to amplify, rather than undermine, the atmosphere of cosmic malevolence. All these elements amount to a punchy anthology which succeeds in overriding my antipathy toward the dreaded jittercam technique - no mean feat!

Vague Horror Segments. Vicious Harmful Stupidity. Very Heterosexual Shenanigans (seriously, so much "tittage" on screen). The concept should've worked, blending the recent "found footage" sub-genre with an anthology narrative structure, providing not one but six terrifying short stories. However, its execution absolutely missed the target as it was an incredibly dull, overlong, unwatchable mess. The story arc revolves around a criminal gang who break into a house to steal a single VHS tape, but they soon start experiencing unusual happenings as they watch other tapes. A gang approaching an innocent woman to film them sexually harass her, a group of friends wanting to record a amateur porn video, a husband wanting to record his wife undressing, two guys making innuendos towards a blonde teenager in the middle of the woods and a creepy boyfriend who clearly adores a good sexualised video chat (complete with female nudity). These are just five of the six stories, each of them obviously encompassing the same distasteful theme. Sure most of these characters gain their comeuppance, but if these short stories are shot from their perspective then there is no investment to be made. They are all unlikeable. The horrific camerawork with constant glitches only adds to my frustration with this film. It is simply unwatchable. Aside from the final short '10/31/98', there were no scares or suspense. One of the VHS tapes is a recording of a video chat on a Mac (makes no sense). The acting was mediocre, particularly the video chat sequence. Honestly could that guy look anymore less in love? The frame narrative strings the short stories together with no cohesion. And a nearly two hour runtime felt like five hours. I appreciate the anthology structure allows new directors to have a chance at showcasing their talent. But this was not the way to do it. Each short got progressively worse and my boredom levels and lack of patience increasingly heightened. A wasted concept with squandered potential. I'm just waiting for the inevitable 'D/V/D' to be released...

This is a found footage film based on VHS tapes. The first of the anthology stories is a group of rampaging young men committing petty crimes. They are recruited to break into a house and steal a bunch of tapes. The second one is three friends bringing women back to their motel room from the bar. The third is a young couple on their honeymoon. The fourth is a bunch of young people going off into the woods. The fifth is people talking through a video chat. The sixth is a Halloween haunted house.

As is often the case with anthology movies, there are some good and some bad parts. In this case, some of them are rather memorable and that makes this standout despite the bad. I like the motel room. Mostly, I love the naturally spooky look of Hannah Fierman. I also like the fourth one in the woods. In that one, I like the look of the anomaly. Not all of this works but there is nothing egregious. It's a fine low grade horror.