V/H/S: Viral
2014 film by Aaron Scott Moorhead
V/H/S: Viral is a 2014 American found footage horror anthology film produced by Bloody Disgusting, The Collective and Haxan Films. The sequel to V/H/S/2 (2013), it is the third installment in the V/H/S franchise and features three found footage segments linked together by a fourth frame narrative written and directed by Nacho Vigalondo, Marcel Sarmiento, Gregg Bishop, Justin Benson and Aaron Scott Moorhead. An additional segment was filmed, written and directed by Todd Lincoln, but was cut since it did not fit with the overall theme of the film.
The film was released on demand on October 23, 2014, and made a limited theatrical release in the United States on November 21, 2014. It grossed $82,409 in box office and $295,389 in home sales. A fourth film, V/H/S/94, was released on September 26, 2021.
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The film is presented as an anthology of three short horror films, built into a frame narrative which acts as its own fourth short horror film. Each short film is linked together with the concept of found footage as each segment is from VHS tapes that went viral after being uploaded to social media from Kyle's laptop.
"Vicious Circles" (frame narrative) — Prologue
Directed by Marcel Sarmiento
Written by T.J. Cimfel, David White and Marcel Sarmiento
The frame narrative focuses on Kevin, an amateur videographer who constantly shoots footage of his girlfriend Iris to cope with his abusive grandmother. She claims to enjoy it, but Iris soon grows annoyed with Kevin's obsession with filming her.
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