V/H/S/85 (2023)
VHS85 sticks to the found-footage format with a batch of new horror shorts set against the gritty backdrop of the mid-1980s. This entry uses old camcorder visuals and fake news broadcasts to frame its stories, which range from government experiments gone wrong to supernatural chaos, body horror, and violent cult activity. Each segment taps into different flavors of 80s paranoia-scientific overreach, media fearmongering, and urban legends-while cranking up the gore and tension. Theres less comedy here than in some earlier entries, with a heavier lean into dread and shock. The wraparound thread slowly reveals a larger, creeping horror that ties it all together in a bleak and unsettling way.
5 mins
Squirrel
Discovered on the edge of the lake with it's stomach ripped open.
10 mins
Robin
Shot while skiing.
11 mins
Kevin
Shot while trying to save Robin.
11 mins
Kelly
Shot while out on a boat.
13 mins
Rob
Shot while out on a boat.
13 mins
Drew
Shot while out on a boat.
16 mins
Anna
Discovered in the tent after being shot.
16 mins
Jared
Discovered in the tent after being shot.
24 mins
Lucia De Leon
Large piece of rubble lands on her head.
27 mins
Ara
Died during the earthquake.
27 mins
Crew Member
Died during the earthquake.
29 mins
Unknown Male
Trapped and crushed under rubble.
31 mins
Javier
After being impaled through the chest after another aftershock, Karla puts him out of his misery by hitting him around the head with a crowbar.
37 mins
Eddie
Killed himself with the crowbar but stabbing it into his stomach.
37 mins
Miduel
While Eddie is possessed he hits him around the head with the crowbar.
41 mins
Luis
Attacked with a crowbar.
41 mins
Karla
Crushed by rubble.
58 mins
Ada Lovelace
Dismembered, flayed and head melted.
68 mins
Mama Wrigley
Gunned down by police.
68 mins
James
After refusing to shoot the police he is shot.
69 mins
Twelve Family Members
All killed during the shootout with the police. This includes Uncle George, Uncle Jeff, Auntie Carol, Aunt Susan, Grandpa Art, Christopher, Adam, Jeff, Amanda, Hank and Jeanie.
69 mins
Coroner
Shot after discovering Ruth was still alive.
76 mins
Karen
Killed with an electric knife.
81 mins
Unknown Male
Killed by Bobby.
93 mins
Detective Wayne
Shot in the head in his police car.
96 mins
Female Officer
Heard being shot.
97 mins
Male Cop
Shot.
97 mins
Male Detective
Throat slit.
97 mins
Male Detective
Shot in the head.
97 mins
Male Cop
Shot in the arm with a shotgun.
97 mins
Male Cop
Shot in the leg and then in the head with a shotgun.
98 mins
Bobby
Shot in the head.
103 mins
Dr Gary Newell
Dragged into the room by tenticles.
104 mins
Dr Margaret Porter
Killed by Rorys tenticles.
104 mins
Cameraman
Killed by Rorys tenticles.
105 mins
Dr Pike Spratling
Killed by Rorys tenticles.