So first off, we are dealing with a VHS type movie. (VHS the Horro franchise). Pretty much, 3 different short movies forced into one. I can tell you, minus the second story, everything else kinda sucked. Even the second story wasn't good, but at least was bizzarely unique in it's own twisted sense.
The acting is a mixed bag some are overacting, some are underacting. The writing. Honestly i think all three of these short films would of been way better off as full lenght films. I feel like having them shortened like this pulls out the magic that these movies could of had. Let me start with first story.
First story. A weird couple torture a homeless chick, Guinea Pig style kind of, and then she turns out to be a zombie, and other homeless people are zombies. That's the whole plot. I can say that the gore is weak but okay, and everything else sucked. None characters have any depth or any reason to be there. It was shock for the sake of being shocking and it was just kinda pointless and dull. I can say the acting was fine. The camera work was fine. The plot needed a lot of work and depth into these characters, why were the homeless "zombies"? Why did the couple decide to torture the homeless chick?? I was about to say it felt like a remake of VHS 1 first story, but then i saw VHS was released in 2012. But still it felt empty.
Second story. The only story i kinda enjoyed. Not because of the plot, just because how weird it is. Pretty much we got a chick with her boyfriend. She gets into pills to stop taking drugs. However, these pills are made out of a human being that has a Nazi huge shaft attached to him-her-it and this connects her to having hallucionations to the creature. I dont want to spoiler more. I can say that the plot makes not a lot of sense but hey it was unique and interesting to say the least. It's bizzare and not something you'd often see in horror movies. The acting was kind of wooden, the camera work was fine. I just wish we had a bit more informations on how exactly the pills stuff began? A bit more depth in that sector but over all this could have it's own movie with more depth and logic put into it.
Third story. This feels like totally out of left field. Both first and second stories have elements of horror in them. This, has none of that. Instead this is a drama about a couple that has a weird relationship. The girlfriend treats her boyfriend like a dog. Literally. And she always is toxic towards him, and she is treating him like he is her toy in a way. This crosses the line of her boyfriend, so he tied her up, and put meat on her naked body, and forced like 5-6 dogs onto her, and she has a huge fear of dogs, what is happening to her is unclear and i am kinda glad i did not had to see that bs. Over all this story is just ridiculous and i hated every second of it. It feels like a completely different idea then the two other tiny films. Also! Camera work in this is terrible. Everything is muffled in a blue weird gradient and it makes the scenes look way uglier.
Ultimately No i can not recommend this. I would just stay and watch the V/H/S films to be honest with you, or Tales of Halloween, both of those films are short films merged together, but they are way more interesting then what we had here. All of this felt like a forced shocker that kinda fails at being shocking at least to me, but then again it takes a lot to get me to that stage.
