In 2012, the found footage movie, V/H/S slotted it’s way into the lives of movie fans. The anthology horror film, composed of a collection of horror shorts, was designed to entertain and scare audiences witless.
Built around a central framing narrative, which acted as its own short tale, the film contained five additional shorts all written and directed by different creative talents. Each short also included its own set of characters, as well as lashings of blood curdling horror!
Due to the popularity of V/H/S a series of V/H/S sequels and spin-offs soon followed. Some of the films were linked, others not so much.
But how many V/H/S movies are there and what is the order of the movies? For all the gruesome details and more, read on!
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The V/H/S movies
V/H/S (2012)
As noted above, the first entry in the V/H/S movie series made its debut in 2012. The film featured a collection of six short horror tales including ‘Tape 56‘ (the framing narrative), ‘Amateur Night‘, ‘Second Honeymoon‘, ‘Tuesday the 17th‘, ‘The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was Younger‘ and ‘10/31/98‘.
V/H/S/2 (2013)
The second V/H/S movie debuted in 2013, appropriately titled V/H/S/2. This film included the shorts ‘Tape 49‘ (the framing narrative), ‘Phase I Clinical Trials‘, ‘A Ride in the Park‘, ‘Safe Haven‘, and ‘Slumber Party Alien Abduction‘.
V/H/S: Viral (2014)
With the first two instalments proving to be a hit with horror fans, a third V/H/S movie arrived in 2014, this time under the title V/H/S: Viral. The shorts in this movie included ‘Vicious Circles‘ (the framing narrative), ‘Dante the Great‘, ‘Parallel Monsters‘, and ‘Bonestorm‘.
This movie also included an additional short, ‘Goregous Vortex‘, which was cut from the main section of the film (as it didn’t fit the overall theme), but was included as a Blu-ray and DVD extra which played after the end credits.
SiREN (2016)
With three films firmly in the series, the V/H/S franchise began to branch out with a spin-off movie. Released in 2016, under the title SiREN, the film was a feature-length adaptation of ‘Amateur Night‘ which appeared in 2012’s V/H/S.
V/H/S/94 (2021)
Back to the main series for this next film, which was conceived as both a soft reboot and a prequel to the previous V/H/S films. The movie, titled V/H/S/94, included the shorts ‘Holy Hell‘ (the framing narrative), ‘Storm Drain‘, ‘The Empty Wake‘, ‘The Subject‘, and ‘Terror‘.
Kids vs. Aliens (2022)
Another departure from the main series for this next instalment, 2022’s Kids vs. Aliens. This film was created as the second spin-off, and was essentially a feature-length adaptation of ‘Slumber Party Alien Abduction‘ from V/H/S/2.
V/H/S/99 (2022)
The next movie arrived in 2022 under the title V/H/S/99. The film was created as a sequel to V/H/S/94 and included the shorts ‘Shredding‘, ‘Suicide Bid‘, ‘Ozzy’s Dungeon‘, ‘The Gawkers‘, and ‘To Hell and Back‘.
Unlike the previous entries in the V/H/S movie series, this film did not include a framing narrative.
V/H/S/85 (2023)
Onto the next V/H/S movie, 2023’s V/H/S/85. The shorts this time around include ‘Top Copy‘ (the framing narrative), ‘No Wake‘, ‘God of Death‘, ‘TKNOGD‘, ‘Ambrosia‘, and ‘Dreamkill‘.
V/H/S/Beyond (2024)
With the V/H/S movie series continuing to prove extremely durable, another entry arrived in 2024. Titled V/H/S/Beyond, this film included the shorts ‘Abduction/Adduction‘ (the framing narrative), ‘Stork‘, ‘Dream Girl‘, ‘Live and Let Dive‘, ‘Fur Babies‘, and ‘Stowaway‘.
V/H/S/Halloween (2025)
Following the success of V/H/S/Beyond, yet another V/H/S movie was released in 2025. Titled V/H/S/Halloween focused on collection of Halloween-themed shorts: ‘Diet Phantasma’ (framing narrative), ‘Coochie Coochie Coo’, ‘Ut Supra Sic Infra’, ‘Fun Size’, ‘Kidprint’, and ‘Home Haunt’.
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The V/H/S movies in order
To date, there are eight V/H/S movies in the main series. The films in the V/H/S horror movie collection were released in this order:
- V/H/S (2012)
- V/H/S/2 (2013)
- V/H/S: Viral (2014)
- V/H/S/94 (2021)
- V/H/S/99 (2022)
- V/H/S/85 (2023)
- V/H/S/Beyond (2024)
- V/H/S/Halloween (2025)
V/H/S spinoffs
In addition to the regular series, there are two standalone spin-off movies:
- SiREN (2016)
- Kids vs. Aliens (2022)
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Who are the cast of the V/H/S movies and are the movies the work of the same director?
Notable cast members in the V/H/S movie series include Calvin Reeder, Lane Hughes, Kentucker Audley, Adam Wingard, Frank Stack, Hannah Fierman, Joe Swanberg, Sophia Takal, Kate Lyn Sheil, Jason Yachanin, Chad Villella, Lawrence Michael Levine, Simon Barrett, Mindy Johnson, Jay Saunders, Fachri Albar, Rylan Logan, Patrick Lawrie, Emilia Ares, Justin Welborn, Gustavo Salmerón, Nick Blanco, Jayden Robison, Kimmy Choi, Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll, Anna Hopkins, Christian Potenza, Conor Sweeney, Kyal Legend, Shania Sree Maharani, Christian Lloyd, Verona Blue, Ally Ioannides, Steven Ogg, Luke Mullen, Joseph Winter, Jordan Belfi, Alex Galick, Gabriela Roel, Chivonne Michelle, James Ransone, Chase Williamson, Hannah Fierman, Brian F. Durkin, Randy McDowell, Dominic Mariche, and Jonathan Torrens.
Due to the segmented nature of the series, the V/H/S movies have multiple directors per film. The directors are as follows:
- Adam Wingard, David Bruckner, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid, Joe Swanberg, and the team of Radio Silence were the directors of V/H/S.
- Simon Barrett, Adam Wingard, Eduardo Sànchez, Gregg Hale, Timo Tjahjanto, Gareth Huw Evans, and Jason Eisener were the directors of V/H/S/2.
- Marcel Sarmiento, Gregg Bishop, Nacho Vigalondo, Justin Benson, Aaron Scott Moorhead and Todd Lincoln were the directors of V/H/S: Viral.
- Gregg Bishop directed SiREN.
- Jennifer Reeder, Chloe Okuno, Simon Barrett, Timo Tjahjanto, and Ryan Prows were the directors of V/H/S/94.
- Jason Eisener directed Kids vs. Aliens.
- Johannes Roberts, Flying Lotus, Tyler MacIntyre, Maggie Levin, and Vanessa & Joseph Winter were the directors of V/H/S/99.
- David Bruckner, Scott Derrickson, Natasha Kermani, Mike P. Nelson, and Gigi Saul Guerrero directed V/H/S/85.
- Virat Pal, Justin Martinez, Christian Long, Justin Long, and Kate Siegel were the directors of V/H/S/Beyond.
- Bryan M. Ferguson, Anna Zlokovic, Paco Plaza, Casper Kelly, Alex Ross Perry, and Micheline Pitt-Norman & R.H. Norman were the directors of V/H/S/Halloween.
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Which is the best V/H/S movie?
According to IMDb, the V/H/S movies are rated as follows:
- V/H/S (2012) – 5.8/10
- V/H/S/2 (2013) – 6.0/10
- V/H/S Viral (2014) – 4.2/10
- SiREN (2016) – 5.3/10
- V/H/S/94 (2021) – 5.5/10
- V/H/S/99 (2022) – 5.2/10
- Kids vs. Aliens (2022) – 5.0/10
- V/H/S/85 (2023) – 5.6/10
- V/H/S/Beyond (2024) – 5.8/10
- V/H/S/Halloween (2025) – 7.9/10
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