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Secret ‘V/H/S: Viral’ Segment Revealed!
When V/H/S: Viral was first announced, a piece of information was accidentally revealed that’s caused almost a year of speculation. With Magnet Releasing putting the third V/H/S tape on DVD and Blu-ray tomorrow (Feb. 17), we can now reveal the big secret.
Our friends at Collider broke the news this morning, while also sharing an exclusive teaser from “Gorgeous Vortex,” a hidden track directed by Todd Lincoln. And when we say “hidden track,” we mean there’s literally an entire never-before-seen V/H/S segment hidden on the Viral home video release.
“Gorgeous Vortex” takes place in an ominous future. It also stars absolutely stunning Victoria’s Secret model Jayden Robinson. Lincoln’s hidden short is also the most stylish and glossy of the V/H/S segments as we wanted to try something a bit different. I think you’re all going to be pleasantly surprised with it when you find it hidden within the chapters of the full feature, as inspired by 90’s CDs like Nine Inch Nails’ Broken (it should be very clear that this is NOT a deleted story as misreported by various sites).
Check out Collider’s exclusive teaser trailer for “Gorgeous Vortex” below.
Here’s full details on the V/H/S: Viral home video release.
A contemporary reimagining of H.P. Lovecraft’s short story Herbert West: Reanimator is on the way, and Deadline has unveiled the first look at the new Herbert West and the pathologist drawn to his orbit.
Adam Simon (The Haunting in Connecticut, “Salem”) and Tim Metcalfe (The Haunting in Connecticut, Kalifornia) penned the script. The original screenplay and storyline come from Jade Sandberg Wallace.
Michael Grossman (“The Originals”, “Pretty Little Liars”) directs.
The new images introduce star Joseph Morgan (“Vampire Diaries“), who plays “brilliant surgeon and scientist Herbert West, who is obsessed with creating a serum to reanimate the dead.” Katie Cassidy (Speed Demon) stars opposite as the pathologist with a troubled past who joins his efforts.
Together, they prove that conquering death may be the ultimate sin against life itself.
The film’s official synopsis: “As a child, Herbert West watches his father Peter reanimate his dead mother Judith in a secret basement lab — only for Judith to mortally wound Peter and nearly kill Herbert before Peter shoots her. The trauma leaves its mark on Herbert, but so does one final image: his mother’s finger, twitching after death. Thirty years later, Herbert West is a brilliant, secretive surgeon still chasing his father’s obsession.
“Pathologist Kate Locke arrives in town and is drawn into his orbit — first through a spark at a hospital fundraiser, then through his secret lab, where he reveals a serum capable of reanimating severed tissue. Kate, hiding a dark past of her own, is thrilled rather than horrified, and moves into West’s mansion to work alongside him. Their early experiments on a cadaver succeed only briefly. West concludes that dead tissue is the problem — they need something fresher.”
Supporting cast includes Scott Aiello, Ira J Amyx, Randall Newsome, Emma Reinagal, James D. Bryce, Kathryn A Bentley, Jack Lancaster, Amy Holland Pennell, John Pierson, Mindy Shaw, Eric Dean White, Tristan Wilder Hallet, Adrienne Lamping, Aaron Crippen, and Drew Patterson.
Makeup artist Jeff Lewis (“Star Trek: Voyager,” “Star Trek: Enterprise”) and cousin Roger Lewis are heading the production via their newly established Woodlake Entertainment.
Lovecraft’s short story, first serialized in Home Brew magazine in 1922, is the first among his works to mention the fictional Miskatonic University. It was most famously adapted into a 1985 horror movie from Stuart Gordon, starring Jeffrey Combs as Herbert West.
Herbert West: Reanimator is set in Alton, Illinois, where production is now underway.
Herbert West: Reanimator. Photo credit: Matt Lief Anderson
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