V/H/S Halloween, or, One and a Half Reese’s In A Bucket Full of Bit-o-Honey

Because I’m still most annoyed that V/H/S Halloween felt like a waste of time, I’ll respect yours and get right to the point: The last segment, “Home Haunt,” is very good, nails the right tone, and strikes the right balance between gory and fun. The second segment, “Ut Supra Sic Infra,” is clever and has a good punchline, but there’s not a whole lot to it. The rest are in the “don’t bother unless you’re bored” category, except for one called “Kidprint” that is pure garbage. I’ve never seen any of the V/H/S found footage movies, but I’ve always been mildly curious about them. Horror anthologies are fantastic in concept, but in practice, they tend to have a very low hit rate. Maybe that’s a helpful reminder to all of us forced to live in the “AI era” that ideas aren’t worth anything without thoughtful execution of all the details bringing them about. Even the “institutions” of horror anthology, like Creepshow and Tales from the Crypt, are hit-and-miss. And at least based on the…