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‘V/H/S/85’ Trailer Rips Five Brand New Terror Tapes Out of the VCR!

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Shudder, Studio71, Cinepocalypse & Bloody Disgusting are this time rewinding all the way back to the 1980s with V/H/S/85, which will have its World Premiere at Fantastic Fest, in Austin, Texas (September 21 – 28). V/H/S/85 will begin streaming only on Shudder on October 6, 2023, and today we’ve pulled the official final trailer straight out of the 1980s.

Explore the grim underbelly of the ’80s by watching the V/H/S/85 trailer below, previewing five horror stories from the filmmakers behind The Black Phone, Hellraiser, and Scream!

The trailer was debuted by IGN this afternoon.

In V/H/S/85, “Unveiled through a made-for-TV documentary, five chilling tales emerge: scientists observe an unusual boy fixated on his TV, kids embark on a lake skiing adventure, a TV crew fights to survive a natural disaster, the early days of VR awaken something terrifying, and a deadly dream is captured on tape.

“Sinister secrets of the 1980s come to life in a way you’ve never seen before.”

V/H/S/85 joins our growing franchise that now consists of several films, including V/H/S, V/H/S/2, V/H/S: Viral, V/H/S/94, V/H/S/99, and the spinoff feature SiREN.


Here are the directors who took part in 85

The only legacy filmmaker is David Bruckner, who will be spearheading the latest entry. Bruckner directed the “Amateur Night” segment of the first V/H/S which featured the breakout performance of Hannah Fierman as a succubus. Bruckner, who also directed Searchlight’s The Night House, just celebrated the release of his Hellraiser reimagining. We’ve been huge fans of Bruckner since he co-directed The Signal and also absolutely love his Netflix creature feature The Ritual.

Needing no introduction is Scott Derrickson, who recently directed the original horror blockbuster The Black Phone for Blumhouse. His horror fame comes from his chilling Sinister, but we became fans after his excellent The Exorcism of Emily Rose. Derrickson also directed Marvel’s Doctor Strange and interestingly got an early start in horror helming Hellraiser: Inferno. You won’t believe what he’s dreamed up.

Popular Mexican filmmaker Gigi Saul Guerrero has also joined the V/H/S family, shaking up the new tape with something earth-shattering. We became huge fans of Gigi after catching her gruesome short film “El Gigante”, which set the stage for her to direct both Bingo Hell and Culture Shock for Blumhouse, as well as episodes of “The Purge” series.

One of the coolest up-and-coming filmmakers horror fans should get to know is Natasha Kermani, who broke onto the scene with the indie Imitation Girl and saw huge festival success with Lucky. Natasha is going to fill theater seats with her shocker of a segment.

Last but certainly not least is Mike P. Nelson, a director with a remarkable gift for taking films in bold, unique, and unexpected directions. He directed the post-apocalyptic horror The Domestics for legendary Orion Pictures and also helmed the wild, crazy, and extraordinarily gory Wrong Turn remake that’s become an instant favorite among fans. His entry into the V/H/S world is going to be a blast.

Writers include C. Robert Cargill, Zoe Cooper and Evan Dickson.


The cast for V/H/S/85 includes Freddy Rodriguez (Planet Terror) alongside Jordan Belfi, James Ransone, Dani Deetté, Rolando Davila-Beltran, Justen Jones, Marcio Moreno, Ari Gallegos, Forrest Hartl, Duffy McManus, Eric Pierson, Felipe de Lara, Tom Reed and Vivian Morse.


Producers of V/H/S/85 include Josh Goldbloom for Cinepocalypse, Brad Miska for Bloody Disgusting, David Bruckner (V/H/S, The Night House, Hellraiser), filmmaking collective Radio Silence (Chad Villella, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, & Tyler GillettReady or Not, Scream), and James Harris.

V/H/S/85 is executive produced by Michael Schreiber & Adam Boorstin for Studio71.

Writer in the horror community since 2008. Editor in Chief of Bloody Disgusting. Owns Eli Roth's prop corpse from Piranha 3D. Has four awesome cats. Still plays with toys.

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Ishana Night Shyamalan’s ‘Watchers’ Has Been Rated “PG-13” for Violence and Terror

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Ishana Night Shyamalan’s feature debut The Watchers is headed to theaters on June 7 from New Line Cinema, and the film has received its official MPA rating this week.

The Watchers is rated “PG-13” for…

“Violence, terror and some thematic elements.”

The film follows Mina, a 28-year-old artist, who gets stranded in an expansive, untouched forest in western Ireland. When Mina finds shelter, she unknowingly becomes trapped alongside three strangers who are watched and stalked by mysterious creatures each night.

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The Watchers stars Dakota Fanning (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), Georgina Campbell (Barbarian), Oliver Finnegan (“Creeped Out”) and Olwen Fouere (The Northman).

The upcoming mystery-horror film is produced by M. Night Shyamalan, Ashwin Rajan and Nimitt Mankad. The executive producers are Jo Homewood and Stephen Dembitzer.

Joining writer/director Shyamalan behind-the-camera are director of photography Eli Arenson (“Lamb,” “Hospitality”), production designer Ferdia Murphy (“Lola,” “Finding You”), editor Job ter Burg (“Benedetta,” “Elle”) and costume design by Frank Gallacher (“Sebastian,” “Aftersun”). The music is by Abel Korzeniowski (“Till,” “The Nun”).

The Watchers is based on the novel by A.M. Shine.

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