V/H/S: Viral (2014)

The V/H/S series is spotty in quality from segment to segment in the best of times, and the best was definitely V/H/S/2 . While V/H/S did have some good segments from known or up-and-coming directors, the second pared things down to just three segments and a wraparound. The contributions were of fairly high quality as well. Then came V/H/S: Viral . Just the name seems to disappoint, hinting at the idea of viral videos instead of old video tapes, the latter of which seemed to add a bit of a creep factor to the first two films. While it still tries to maintain some of the feel of old-school recording it does go beyond that in numerous segments and, unlike the first two, the wraparound doesn't add much to the proceedings. It is a significant drop in quality, although it's not all a waste. Kev (Patrick Lawrie) is obsessed with taping about everything, something his girlfriend Iris (Emilia Ares) initially is fine with but later comes to find quite a...