V/H/S/85 (2023) FIRST TIME WATCHING!!! MOVIE REACTION!!!

Follow Me: Instagram: / the.robw
I do not own any of the rights to this film. All rights are reserved to the respectful owners. *Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED. All rights belong to their respective owners

[@RevengerPhoenix]

Was waiting for you reaction. You’re the most consistent VHS reactor on KZbin. Everyone else either sticks to the first, and maaaaybe the second one. Seems they hear Viral sucked and abandon ship on the rest of the movies. I liked it a lot. Probably the third best one. But I’ve seen people very divided. Some people think it’s okay, like you. Others exaggerate and think it’s worse than Viral. And others put it on par with VHS2. But for me it’s definitely top 3. I hope we get more high profile directors like James Wan to do a little film with no restrictions. That Derrickson one was amazing for me.

[@therobw]

Yeah idk something about this one I just really could not get into. Cool concepts but overall just was a miss for me. I’m open to revisiting it sometime soon and may change my opinion entirely. Thanks for watching and sharing your opinions dude 🤙🏻

[@vorxensspdle6311]

If u didn’t realize as to why Ruth and her victims reanimated here’s why, The lake is supposed to represent river Styx in Greek mythology which made Achilles impenetrable so the victims survived. Ruth lived cause the kid shot Ruth with the squirt gun filled with the Styx water so she became impenetrable I’m commenting this before finishing the vid so if you realized this already then mb lol.

[@therobw]

I definitely did not put that together. Thanks for filling me in!

[@vorxensspdle6311]

Np man love ur content

[@vorxensspdle6311]

Oh yeah btw the reason that it’s supposed to be River styx is because the second segment that ties in with no wake is called “Ambrosia” which is the food of the Greek gods

[@tylerthompson1842]

That’s disappointing tbh lol

[@vorxensspdle6311]

@@tylerthompson1842 ?

[@horrorclips7629]

Not hating on anyone but the VHS franchise involves some serious paying attention and understanding to details. Many details in a lot of these films can be missed and make the segment trash when something doesn’t make sense. Some great examples are the segments Terror and Suicide bid where If one missed detail occurs it could throw the whole segment off

[@therobw]

I don’t know if it was so much not getting the segments but more so not really jiving with them. Just could never get into these. I’m glad you dug it though!

[@tylerthompson1842]

Please indulge us with the meaning

[@shinee8298]

⁠@@tylerthompson1842Pay attention and you won’t need him explaining you the meaning👍🏼

[@matthewmcshane399]

The segments involving the tapes which show the future that was directed by Scott derrickson is in the same universe as the black phone movie

[@therobw]

Yeah that makes sense. Was definitely the best segment of the bunch

[@skyofthelivingdead]

Yep, the murderer mentions how his sister killed herself bc her dreams drove her crazy, and his niece has the same power (the sister from The Black Phone)

[@therobw]

@@skyofthelivingdead that makes sense

[@jacobdinofan3070]

Fun fact the second segment is connected to the real life earthquake in mexico that happened on september 19 1985 and that creature at the end is mictlantecutli a god of the dead from aztec mythology.

[@therobw]

that makes me like it more!

[@jacobdinofan3070]

@@therobw same I thought this was my favorite segment and Scott's was my 2nd favorite,also it gave me safe haven vibes as well.

[@AtomicVampire1]

You’re not kidding about those original vhs camcorders. Also, we had boats throughout the 80s and did a lot of waterskiing. We actually had a set of skis that looked just like those in the film. Waterskiing is easy once you’re up out of the water.

[@therobw]

Lol maybe for some people but I could never find the balance!

[@dr.lionhunter9988]

The Earthquake one was unique & really well done.

[@therobw]

Yeah I didn’t mind it

[@romangunter621]

That Earthquake was supposed to be the real life Mexico City Earthquake

[@zahirecoates]

Dreamkill is my favorite part of the movie. its unsettling audio & video making it feels like your watching a sniff flim. But the goth boy only seeing the future through video is just weird to me but it makes sense for plot twist

[@StudioSnake376]

Amazing reaction Rob! My favorite segments are “No Wake/Ambrosia”, “God of Death”, and finally “Dreamkill”. And yeah, I have to agree with you there about segments being taped-over and sloshing without nothing in the middle for us the audience to take a break and ready for another segment. The whole idea for franchise is someone’s watching these disturbing tapes, but I guess producers want to thrown that overall wraparound idea out the window. It’s ok if you’re wanna try something different without being repetitive, but try to keep in the same formula. Look at “V/H/S/23” and “Demonetized”, we tried to do something different and hell, it fucking works while stick to same formula (Even through it’s just fan films, but my point still stands)! I was disappointed for wraparound, cause I thought we’re going to actual get answers for cult and tapes surrounding them! But nope, thrown a “made-for-TV documentary” in there and add alien “Rory” there! But overall, it’s ok film for me! I’ll just give 3 or 4 in my V/H/S series ranking!

[@therobw]

Yeah this could maaayybbee sneak up to 3 on a rewatch but we’ll see. Right now it’s right above Viral for me

[@BrotherSham]

Yeah but the wraparounds have never been that impressive in the series to begin with, and atleast the wraparound had a story arc where as in VHS 99 it was a lead up to that awful Medusa segment

[@xavierrenegadeangel1356]

Oh man. You were bang on when you mentioned Scott Derrickson's directorial style. They even brought back "detective so and so" from sinister/black phone.

[@therobw]

Yeah it’s clearly the best segment out of the bunch here.

[@YumeBasil]

God of death is the mexican version of As Above So Below lmao

[@therobw]

haha straight up! great comparison.

[@dong.corleone]

Honestly the first time I enjoyed a film in this series since 2013’s VHS 2. DREAMKILL and God Of Death are the best segments, No Wake/Ambrosia combined into one is a decent segment, Total Copy is actually a for once enjoyable segment and the only one I hated was TKNOGD. I give it a 7.5/10

[@therobw]

Yeah I saw you ranked it high. To each it’s own 🤷🏻‍♂️ wasn’t totally my style. Maybe I’ll like it more on a rewatch

[@skyofthelivingdead]

I really dig the experimental angle this movie took. I’m a pretentious art nerd who enjoys going to art shows and galleries, so I love the “art project” feel of it even though I didn’t love every segment. It’s the one that feels most like directors getting carte blanche and having fun making things big studios probably wouldn’t touch. Especially Scott Derrickson. Dreamkill was basically his opportunity to do Sinister again, with gore.

[@therobw]

i respect your opinion@@skyofthelivingdead

[@dong.corleone]

@@skyofthelivingdeadUnlike SINISTER, at least DREAMKILL has a better ending

[@flash980]

@@therobw dude you weren't even paying attention talking thru the whole thing will make you miss important parts

[@screamscenereacts]

Just finished my reaction to this and yours is the first reaction I watched. Because you're awesome!

[@SLUSH_PUPPYY]

The girl that was shot in the face and had her jaw hanging down reminded me of AHS murder house when the ghost high schoolers came for tate and there was that one dudeghost that was shot exactly like that and was trying to talk when his jaw kept falling off 😂 anyways great reaction as usual! Brightened my day already!

[@therobw]

Was that season 1 of AHS cause I kinda remember what you’re talking about. Thanks for watching ❤️

[@SLUSH_PUPPYY]

@@therobw yep it was! Remains the best season to this day. 🖤

[@therobw]

@@SLUSH_PUPPYY agreed

[@skyofthelivingdead]

Scott Derrickson did the last segment, which is why it’s so damn creepy. He did Sinister and The Black Phone. He really knows how to make some disturbing snuff scenes. That second one especially with the guy just being cut up and thrown around, really got under my skin and gives that “icky” feeling, like you shouldn’t be watching it. Plus it was great seeing Freddy Rodriguez (the detective) again. I’m a huge fan of the show Six Feet Under and he was one of my favorite characters on the show; actually part of the reason I’m going into the funeral service career myself.

[@therobw]

Holy shit that was Freddy Rodriguez? I’m a massive Six Feet Under fan too I’m shocked I missed that. I blame the booze

[@skyofthelivingdead]

⁠@@therobwyes!! I wouldn’t have known myself if I didn’t see his name attached to it, it’s insane how different they made him look. I’ll hold the makeup department accountable 😂 And Six Feet Under is a massively underrated show. I watched it to cope after losing my best friend and it was a life changer. Great to know it still has fans 20+ years later lmao.

[@kimberlyjeanne9456]

James Ransone (Sinister) was his partner

[@skyofthelivingdead]

@@kimberlyjeanne9456yep. He does a lot of stuff with Scott Derrickson, he was in The Black Phone as well.

[@Madbandit77]

​@@therobw I was surprised too. Also, there's Jordan Belfi (Entourage) as the lead doctor in "Rory".

[@mattmc5069]

I loved the static when you recorded over something and the tracking issues. The channel 2 on the blue screen the much memed "its 10 pm do you know where your kids are" service announcement-i haven't used VHS in years and i find myself missing its issues. The soft low bandwidth picture helps the horror here too. VHS was limited to about 240 Tv Lines of resolution (DVD has 540 in analong mesaure) so that gives you some idea what it was like watching movies in 1985 only on a small square screen. Id recommend for anyone if you have a 4:3 CRT watch this on there instead: connect your Roku through a HDMI to AV convertor and get the shudder app or VUDU. It feels more authentic that way.

[@therobw]

Thanks for the tip!

[@sumoni]

The detective segment seems to pay homage to Manhunter. A movie back in the 80s that was the start of the Hannibal Lector movie franchise. I also want to say his style reminds me of the movie 8mm. Which is also good to watch.

[@AtomicVampire1]

Love your channel, keep it up!

[@therobw]

Dude thanks so much for the super thanks! You’re the man!

[@marbase1son]

thank you for doing this

[@therobw]

Thanks for watching!

[@SLUSH_PUPPYY]

Also, I think your shaggy hair fits you perfectly ☺️ I can’t imagine you with any other hairstyle lol

[@horrorclips7629]

Been waiting for this reaction. By far their best one

[@therobw]

I need to rewatch it haha. I missed something here dude

[@horrorclips7629]

@@therobwI think what threw some people off was the direction. I will say the segments felt all over the place and a lot of people didn’t clue into a lot that was happening. Shockingly I was on board with every segment. Maybe if some of the segments were in a different order it would be better. Idk I think it’s their best ine

[@therobw]

sure I feel like this would do a lot better on a rewatch. @@horrorclips7629

[@yaelkellman9686]

Stella IS a god!

[@seanrobey8335]

I actually gor my friends into this the second movie with the mass suicide scene is still burned in my buddys head he said it literally scarred him he was like wtf is going on!!!

[@83shadow3]

Like I always say the V/H/S movies are a mixed bag you may like them. You may only like one short film in them you never know. So you have to watch them all for yourself an find out. But people don't seem to understand this because they tell people to skip certain ones because they are bad or not good. They don't understand that its just their own personal opinion it says nothing about the movie. Along with the individual short films in the movie. Then on the audio commentary for this movie the ones that made the wrap around story. The lab said they wanted to also make it a short film that was being. Interrupted by the other short films so you whore right on that. Then the random thing in some of the short films was to mess with you. To make you question if the short film was over so it was intentional for that perpus. Then the ones behind the VHS movies said the next one will take place in outer space. One of the directors I think it was the one from the 2nd short film with the earth quake. Said why in outer space they said because its the 7th VHS movie. In other movie franchises the 7th movie always takes place in outer space. So we are going to outer space next.

[@MarsTheProgrammer]

Nice! I forgot it was coming out soon.

[@therobw]

Hope you dig it!

[@captainbellybutton3567]

first! super pumped for this reaction!

[@therobw]

🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️😎

[@TheInfectiousCadaver]

camp evigt. evigt means everlasting, eternal.

[@d4edsouls]

Finally got time to watch this !!! So hey!!!

[@therobw]

Whaddup!

[@kimberlyjeanne9456]

So the detective was actor Freddy Rodriguez from Planet Terror and his partner was James Ransone from Sinister and Black Phone. Also I was going to ask if you're going to react to the new Eli Roth movie "Thanksgiving"? He made a fake movie trailer as part of the Grindhouse movies Planet Terror and Death Proof. He finally made the full length film. It's out Nov 17. PROST! 🥃😮

[@therobw]

I can't believe I didn't recognize Freddy Rodriguez. And of course ill be reacting to Thanksgiving. Been waiting like 20 years for that movie

[@ricardodeases2931]

Cool reaction dude. It's one of those nights for me here in Houston as well. Scary movies, booze and a nice cold front swinging in. Nothing better 🍻🤘

[@therobw]

That sounds like a perfect October night Ricardo 😎😎

[@ricardodeases2931]

Hell yea. You be safe man

[@PURPLEBERRYforSHAHRUL]

finally i wait u reaction V/H/S/85 😂🎉💜 😆 🥳

[@r6iqmain498]

26:00 me as IQ in rainbow 6 siege in a 1 vs 5 ranked match

[@therobw]

Haha

[@bobcatlewis8452]

after the first vhs this is my favorite

[@AtomicVampire1]

Beta was definitely better quality, unfortunately, they were also expensive and video stores didn’t carry very many of them. VHS won in the end

[@therobw]

It was fun to see them reference it for once in the franchise

[@BrotherSham]

The way the first one linked up later and the dreamkill segment really impressed me, definitely one of the least scariest VHS movies but i think it makes up for it in creative ideas and the tone, I also really enjoyed the earthquake one and the wrap around but the TknoGd one really bored me, and was way too preachy

[@Hey_Jamie]

I can’t stand the terrible color grading on this film. Like holy sh*t, you don’t have to make it practically sepia for it to look old. The quality and the grain and the fps and the aspect ratio and everything else already accomplish that.

[@therobw]

Totally agree Jamie!

[@TheSweetTeaGuy]

Just watched it and....yeah I gotta say I was underwhelmed too. I really wanted to love it. The effects were great and they did an amazing job replicating the 80s aesthetic. But this one wasn't as great as VHS 1, 2 or 94 imo. It also doesn't help the tapes now rarely show anything else but supernatural themes. Edit: I still look forward to the next installment. They already stated it's going to be sci-fi themed. Excited to see what they do.

[@therobw]

Yeah Al thought this was a letdown I could watch one of these every year easy

[@the-NightStar]

You're completly wrong

[@ISAACHALLEY3000]

great video man 👍 i enjoyed that last one, with that weird alien creature hahah

[@therobw]

Yeah the effects were pretty rad on that one for sure

[@faccezitCroc]

Hello. Where do we see what your going to watch next? Or is there like a movie recommendation list your taking in? Or is it all random 😅

[@therobw]

It kinda is random but I do always consider the recommendations I get in the comments. I’ll give you a spoiler on the next reaction coming up…it has the word October in the title.

[@faccezitCroc]

@@therobw nice. Wouldn’t be surprise if it also has “house” in it. 😅 (If I’m wrong then I’ll still be watching

[@therobw]

@@faccezitCroc 🤐🤐🤐

[@briankaslewicz6130]

I REALLY wanted to like this one, the wraparound kept me engaged because I generally enjoy SCP stories and there was interesting conflict between the scientists, but the VR segment was not good, and seems like Scott Derrickson forgot what "found footage" is, he kinda just directed a normal movie that was only 20 minutes, with how constantly changing the camera angles were. You can't just stick a "Play ▶" button. But good news, another VHS is coming next year!

[@therobw]

That’s right. The best thing about the VHS movies is….you miss one another will be around the corner

[@HDgamingNate]

Lol nice timing @4:04

[@therobw]

Haha unplanned!

[@ronpaul1082]

I thought it was gonna cut to rob making a diving catch onto the couch

[@therobw]

lol next time! @@ronpaul1082

[@Lolo_Chou]

Hey Rob hey! Yea for some reason the flow was a bit off for me but it was still okay! Glad you got a chance to watch it though! 😊

[@johndong4754]

You need to watch a movie called "Caveat". Just watched it last night, and it's one of the most creepiest movies I have seen

[@therobw]

Go on….

[@BrotherSham]

​@@therobwOh yeah true Caveat is super creepy and I'm pretty sure it's still on Shudder too

[@johndong4754]

@@BrotherSham yes that's where I watched it.

[@sarahwhite4906]

I'm just going to rewatch V/H/S, V/H/S 2 right after this.

[@therobw]

My 2 personal favs in the series

[@jaxstuff898]

Good to see you (and Stella in the background). The movie was a little hard to follow at times, tho the shots probably didn't help lol. But booze and scary movies are usually a good combo

[@therobw]

Exactly! I thought this was a can’t lose situation! Oh well, better luck next time

[@reesebn38]

Hey Rob are you going to watch "Frailty"(2001)?

[@therobw]

I was planning on it for November

[@therobw]

Seems like a good “post Halloween” flick

[@skyofthelivingdead]

Love Frailty, it’s so underrated.

[@reesebn38]

So Underrated!! @@skyofthelivingdead

[@kimberlyjeanne9456]

Great movie!

[@Master_Blaster_3000]

"It's an earthquake 😐." 😂

[@therobw]

🙀🙀🙁🙁

[@jonathanreynolds6089]

Hay Rob, have you ever drank Guinness before? Plus, the VHS films is one of my favourite horror movies 😊 great reaction by the way

[@therobw]

I love Guinness dude. I even toured the factory when I was traveling Dublin. One of my favs

[@jonathanreynolds6089]

Yhh well I've been watching your channel last week and cracked open a can of guinness but the thing is dude I really like my Guinness served cold straight out of my fridge 🤣🍺

[@kawanaturner6009]

Omg I should've never watched this high in anxiety level id through the roof😂

[@therobw]

Haha

[@rich3drio]

Though you didn’t enjoy it, this one really reminded me of the first one. I mean, we have old comers here lol. It seems very nostalgic, and the new structure thing really made it work. You should be sober up while watching this! 😂

[@therobw]

Haha I plan on rewatching it straight maybe this weekend. I didn’t dislike it I think I just went into it with way too high expectations. There’s good stuff in here just overall let me down

[@thehouse3501]

Must say, and I wish I didn't. Most anticipated movie of the year, I love the franchise but it was a huge letdown. More Aussie content 😊, The Tunnel is okay, I know you have had lots of requests for it. Subbed for life⭐

[@therobw]

Yeah this was a major let down for me as well *sigh*

[@thehouse3501]

Nuts. I actually wrote this before I watched your review. Just watched your review and you said almost exactly what I wrote. Great minds think alike. I'm kinda mindblown. Eerily similar 🤯

[@dailyofcallum2024]

bruh that look like scratching by leg that error by bsod lol 20:56

[@Detector2002]

I liked it better than the last one. A bit hard to follow at times though (like you said).

[@therobw]

Yeah it may grow on me over time!

[@joshjimmens3215]

11:58 is it just me that thought he like disintegrated or something else?

[@lunatikoniko1546]

Roooob... I'm sorry you couldn't enjoy it as much D: ...Maybe there were some references that you missed...but it's certainly still an entertaining video watching you react to all the stories :D ...Luckily in the comments I could read that they guided you quite well with everything... Personally, I liked it...I think they returned to certain roots of the first and second film and took on a very fast dynamic and cool aesthetic... reminds me of the Japanese horror film saga YAMI DOUGA... Its true that for me , the connecting story is still missing where someone is reacting to these disturbing VHS... but I can also see how we are now the ones who become participants in the film by watching these disturbing segments. Did you know that they already have another VHS planned for 2024? it will be alluding to the horror sci-fi genre... maybe that alien that is seen in the main story of VHS 85 has some cameo... Anyway, I'm looking forward to your VHS movie Demonetized 23

[@Slankadanka]

😂 Do not get a mullet 😅 Too many of those shots and it will be a tattoo and mullet! This was decent and i thought the segments were also out of place, but it was worth one watch!

[@brkmfk3200]

tknogd probably the worst segment since that skater in mexico one

[@therobw]

Haha that’s debatable

[@PaulReviews]

I know it was intentional but the editing sucked at times in this. Like you for some of it I was like wtf is happening. It also is the ugliest looking movie by far to the point where I wasn’t able to tell what was going on sometimes. I didn’t hate any of the segments but I didn’t like any of them enough to say they stood out. This or Viral is last in the series for me. Viral at least had the Parallel Dimension segment. Big disappointment for me but with how this year is going for movies I’m not surprised.

[@therobw]

Agreed Paul!

[@margaretruscoe5733]

hi Rob hope you are having a great day

[@therobw]

You too Margaret!

[@margaretruscoe5733]

@@therobw this movie gives it the friday the 13th vibes with the arrows and killings and yeah I'm doing good other than being woken up @ 5am by Carrie who thinks its time to play at that hour

[@elcacha4427]

I'm huge fan of this series but this one kinda disappointed me, i think after viral is the worst imo but the first story and last one was actually solid, the problem for me was the central story and the earthquake and techno god (i think those two are probably the worst of the entire saga for me)

[@therobw]

Totally agree

[@anthonya910]

Movie sucked you rock

[@therobw]

😆😆 a lot of people in these comments loved it!

[@abandonedstraya5264]

The performance art one is the best one by a mile every other segment was proper shite.

[@therobw]

I REALLY dug the concept and it did have the best special effects of any of the segments.

[@klarfaerie]

I saw on another vid that you commented and said you didn’t enjoy it. Do you think your opinion has changed a bit with the info you’ve gotten from the comments clarifying some stuff? It seems I’m in the minority in ranking it highly. Def in my top 3 of the franchise.

[@therobw]

It hasn't changed my opinion but it definitely makes me want to revisit it. Preferably sober next time haha