V/H/S
Movie • 2012 • Horror
ReportWhen a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire a rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they bargained for.
This movie contains 56 potentially triggering events.
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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Mochii_Says_Hi
(Spoilers) In the 4th segment, Emily is gaslighted throughout her story, and part of this includes her being made to believe she has a mild schizoaffective disorder. She does not actually have one, because it is clear by the end she’s being gaslighted.
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Are any hands damaged?
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Mochii_Says_Hi
Near the end of the first segment, man’s hand/wrist is looked at after he falls down the stairs, and it looks pretty roughed up. Bloodied and broken at about where the hand meets the wrist.
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Is someone stalked?
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Anonymous
A lot of this movie has stalking and harassment as a STRONG undertone or just outright plot.
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saste12
(Spoilers) A couple videos feature violence on a character from their significant other. In "Second Honeymoon," the man is killed and betrayed by his wife. In "The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was Younger," the boyfriend gaslights and manipulates Emily and another girl, and actually causes Emily harm by cutting her stomach open and breaking her bones/beating her up.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone gaslighted?
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NoahMichael
In The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was Younger Emily's boyfriend gaslights her into believing her injuries are a result of her having schizoaffective disorder despite her being mentally sound.
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Addiction
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MageValerie
In the first video segment, one of the characters has another inhale cocaine
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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JohnCena
In the segment about the group of friends with the camera glasses they drink a large amount of alcohol and someone passes out.
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Animal
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NoahMichael
An animal is seen mutilated in Tuesday the 17th.
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Is there a dead animal?
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WitchAndroid
There's a dead carcass of some kind in the segment in the woods, the context made it seem like it was a human to me but it's so decomposed it's genuinely hard to tell
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Are there bugs?
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Easy to miss but in the third story a man holds a clearly real mayfly by the wings, it's shot very up close but very blurry. His friend then dares him to eat it and he does. It's unclear if the actor really puts it in his mouth or let it go just before
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is rape mentioned?
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cowboysoda
in the segment “Amateur Night,” a man almost has sex with a drunk, unconscious woman, but stops when his friend says he’ll go to jail for statutory rape.
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Is someone restrained?
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saste12
(Minor spoilers) Early in the film, the main characters restrain a woman and lift her shirt up while she screams.
(Spoilers) In "10/31/98," the characters discover a woman tied up by cultists and screaming for help.
(Spoilers) In "10/31/98," the characters discover a woman tied up by cultists and screaming for help.
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NoahMichael
In the intro the group of criminals expose a woman's chest in a parking garage, and in Amateur Night a character is talked out of sexually assaulting a woman that's passed out
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Anonymous
[Pre-segments] A woman is sexually assaulted in a parking lot.
[Segment one] A woman falls unconcious due to alcohol/drugs and the man she's with genuinely considers assaulting her.
The same man from this encounter tries to sleep with another woman with dubious consent. She does not look comfortable with what's happening.
[Segment two] A man tries desperately to coerce his girlfriend to film them having sex. She repeatedly says no and he refuses to let up, continuing to try and take her clothes off and kissing her even when she tries to shrug him off. They thankfully get interrupted before he can continue trying to convince her.
[Segment one] A woman falls unconcious due to alcohol/drugs and the man she's with genuinely considers assaulting her.
The same man from this encounter tries to sleep with another woman with dubious consent. She does not look comfortable with what's happening.
[Segment two] A man tries desperately to coerce his girlfriend to film them having sex. She repeatedly says no and he refuses to let up, continuing to try and take her clothes off and kissing her even when she tries to shrug him off. They thankfully get interrupted before he can continue trying to convince her.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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NoahMichael
In The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was Younger Emily is seen attempting to cut something out of her arm.
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Is there throat mutilation?
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cowboysoda
A man’s throat is slit at the end of “Second Honeymoon”
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Mochii_Says_Hi
In “Second Honeymoon” when the man’s throat is slit, you see and hear him gurgle on his blood, as he’s essentially drowning in it.
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Is there decapitation?
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Anonymous
A man is very close to full decapitation in the second segment.
Later, we see the very graphic results of a full decapitation of an unrelated character.
Later, we see the very graphic results of a full decapitation of an unrelated character.
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Is there cannibalism?
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There's cannibalism on the first story. A humanoid girl devours a group of friends.
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Is there amputation?
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saste12
(Spoilers) In "Amateur Night," a man's hand is ripped off. It's hard to see with the dark lighting and the shaky camera, but you can tell if you're paying attention.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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saste12
(Spoilers) In "Second Honeymoon," a character chokes/drowns in his own blood after being stabbed in the neck.
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Does someone break a bone?
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WitchAndroid
A guy breaks his wrist after falling down motel stairs in the first segment, and one of the guys in the old man's house in the transition sequences seems to break his leg after falling down basement stairs though this is not shown as graphically
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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onionsoup
In the first segment in the hotel room, a creature rips off a penis and balls graphically and throws the flesh so it lands in the camera's view.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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WitchAndroid
In the segment in the woods a knife goes through a girl's eye
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Is there excessive gore?
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Anonymous
The VHS movies are very gory
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Children
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Does a kid die?
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NoahMichael
A ghost child is seen in The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was Younger, but there is no discussion of his death.
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Death
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Does someone cheat?
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NoahMichael
In Second Honeymoon the wife cheats on her husband.
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Fear
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saste12
Sharp knives, but no razors.
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Does someone vomit?
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Rws4Life
Mild spoiler on what the scene is at the bottom.
Only one instance of vomiting (27:08-27:26) at 27:08 (you hear a cough) 27:11 (you see the person coughing) 27:19 (disgustingly realistic sound and seeing sickness but it's rather blurry/shaky cam) 27:24 (long burp/retch but by this point camera pans away) -----
I've searched so long for this movie on this site (search function doesn't work too well with /'s in the title) and on other sites to find out about this aspect and not knowing how often someone gets sick put me on the edge of my seat. It's only this short instance and the bad part about it is definitely the sound, not as much the visuals. If you want to, skip this scene - the rest of the movie is definitely great! -----
SPOILER: When a lady rips someone's penis off, as the camera man goes away from behind the bed towards the door, he pans towards the lady. As soon as she starts coughing, this is your cue to skip. It does not start immediately as she starts coughing.
Only one instance of vomiting (27:08-27:26) at 27:08 (you hear a cough) 27:11 (you see the person coughing) 27:19 (disgustingly realistic sound and seeing sickness but it's rather blurry/shaky cam) 27:24 (long burp/retch but by this point camera pans away) -----
I've searched so long for this movie on this site (search function doesn't work too well with /'s in the title) and on other sites to find out about this aspect and not knowing how often someone gets sick put me on the edge of my seat. It's only this short instance and the bad part about it is definitely the sound, not as much the visuals. If you want to, skip this scene - the rest of the movie is definitely great! -----
SPOILER: When a lady rips someone's penis off, as the camera man goes away from behind the bed towards the door, he pans towards the lady. As soon as she starts coughing, this is your cue to skip. It does not start immediately as she starts coughing.
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Does someone spit?
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Anonymous
At the 18 minute mark a man spits into the sink twice. We see it from his POV.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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LGBTQ+
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Mental Health
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WitchAndroid
In the segment that takes place over video chats the girl Emily is shown trying to cut something out of her arm at one point
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there misophonia?
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JohnCena
Lots of audio gore and similar sounds.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Noxious
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Is there shakey cam?
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NoahMichael
The movie is entirely found-footage, so the camerawork is hand-held and incredibly shaky when characters begin running and moving quickly.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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JohnCena
Most of the segments have flashing lights.
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Paranoia
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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saste12
Lots of characters looking at/talking to the camera, but in the context of found footage film. None of the characters acknowledge being in a movie.
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Pregnancy
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Are there abortions?
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JohnCena
An alien fetus is removed from a woman’s body.
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Prejudice
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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JohnCena
The criminals write the f slur as graffiti at a house that they destroy
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Is there hate speech?
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JohnCena
The n word and f slur is used by the group of criminals.
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Are there n-words?
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poolmaster
In the beginning one of the group members refers to a dead man they find as the n word. It for sure is in there.
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
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JackRysavy
There is not a single story in any of the V/H/S movies that don't have any sort of nudity, sexual content, or sexual discussion.
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Anonymous
A man makes a joke comment that one of the tapes they're having difficulties finding is a recording of a man having sex with his daughter.
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Sickness
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Social
Is someone homeless?
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Greyshadow
There is a reference to someone being a homeless guy within the first 15 min.
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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JackRysavy
The way the V/H/S movies work, pretty much none of the stories have happy endings.
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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JohnCena
In the final segment, people are locked in a car that is hit by a train.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Anonymous
A car is hit by the train as the ending.
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
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JackRysavy
All three movies are extremely violent and graphic.
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Does someone drown?
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WitchAndroid
In the segment in the woods a body is briefly scene in the water, and later one of the guys pretends to drown while swimming but there is no actual drowning on screen
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