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V/H/S/94
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Credits
Title: V/H/S/94
Written by: David Bruckner; Brad Miska
Produced by: Brad Miska; Matt Bettinelli-Olpin; Tyler Gillett; Adam Boorstin; David Bruckner; Craig Engler; James Fler; Josh Goldbloom; Emily Gotto; Kurtis David Harder; Andrew Hunt; E.L. Katz; Tom Owen; Michael Paszt; Parinda Patel; Pasha Patriki; Michael Schreiber; Chad Villella; Zak Zeman; Samuel Zimmerman
Cinematography: Patrick Tashadian; Andrew Appelle
Edited by: James Vandewater
Production
Production: Studio71
Hangar 18 Media
Bloody Disgusting
Cinepocalypse Productions
Raven Banner Entertainment
Distributors: Shudder
Released: September 26th, 2021
Rating: R
Running time: 103 min.
Country: USA
Language: English
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V/H/S/94 is an American independent feature film of the anthology and found footage subgenres of horror. It is the fourth installment in the V/H/S film series. It was produced by Bloody Disgusting, Cinepocalypse Productions, Hangar 18 Media, Raven Banner Entertainment and Studio71. It premiered in the United States on Day 4 of Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas on September 26th, 2021. [1] It was then screened at Beyond Fest on October 4th, 2021. It became available for streaming on the Shudder streaming platform on October 6th, 2021. The movie consists of four independent story vignettes linked together by a framing narrative. Returning franchise directors include Simon Barrett and Timo Tjahjanto.

Vignettes[]

"Holy Hell"[]

Prologue
Members of a SWAT team receive a mysterious videotape showing a woman bound to a chair with blood around her eyes and rambling incoherently. Tracing the location, an armored team arrive on what they suspect will be a massive drug bust. One of the members is a man named Gary, who is on his first drug bust. They arrive at the facility and cut their way through a chain-link fence. They storm the building shouting "Police! Search warrant! They scope the area and come upon an anterior exit where they spot an airplane in the outside courtyard. Going back inside, they walk a corridor that appears to be some sort of prison. They find people sitting in cells with television sets showing static. They spot a man named Tom who an officer recognizes as the guy who runs a nearby video shop. He is prone in his chair and his eyes have been removed. One eyes sits on the armrest of the chair. They continue to explore the building and find another room with multiple bodies on a couch and a central tower of television sets playing static. Gary notes that the girl from the videotape does not appear to be in the room.

First Interlude

Second Interlude

Third Interlude

Epilogue

Crew

Cast

"Storm Drain"[]

On Channel 6 News, two broadcasters named Mark and Camille relay a story about rumors of a cryptid known as the "Rat Man" thought to be inhabiting the sewers of Westerville, Ohio. The creature supposedly only comes out at night, but will disappear if exposed to sunlight. Channel 6's on the scene reporter Holly Marciano is tasked with surveying the location sites along with her cameraman, Jeff Wohl. Holly interviews several locals including an elderly man, two skateboarding teenagers and a priest who believes that the presence of the Rat Man is a sign from God to punish sinners.

Holly is upset that her superiors want her to continue working on the story, even to the point of entering the sewers herself. She is greatly put out by this, emphasizing that they have enough b-roll to make the story.

Holly and Jeff begin recording at the mouth of the sewer. Jeff spots a townie carrying an assault rifle standing some distance away, which unnerves both of them. They fully enter the storm drain in order to get out of the man's line of sight. They start rolling again, until Jeff spots something deep in the cavern. They walk towards the graffiti-stained walls to find evidence of homeless people living in the tunnels, possibly even children. Holly spots a figure lurking in the shadows. She approaches him cautiously to find a vagrant completely covered in filth who identifies himself as Bill. As Holly tries to interview him, blood begins pouring out of Bill's mouth. This causes Holly to take a few steps away.

Bill scampers off and Holly & Jeff venture deep into the drain tunnels. Before long, several dark and mysterious figures emerge from the shadows. They capture Holly and Bill and drag them deep into the darkness. One of the figures takes Jeff's camera and continues filming as they revive. The leader of the group emerges, who turns out to be the priest that Holly interviewed earlier. The priest motions towards a large, spherical opening and proclaims himself as a worshiper of "Raatma".

Raatma the Rat Man partially emerges, extending its oblong head outward and drooling into a cup. The priest collects the drool and pours it over Jeff's head, intoning "Hail Raatma". The drool is acidic, and Jeff's cranium begins to melt away as he cries in pain. As Holly pleads for her life, the priest tells her that she is playing witness to the dawn of a new era - one where only the righteous shall rise. He declares that Jeff was not worthy, but feels that Holly may yet be saved. Holly is brought before Raatma who drools upon her as she screams.

Sometime later on Channel 6 News, following a commercial for Veggie Masher, Mark introduces Holly Marciano as his special guest, after showcasing her recent traumatic recovery from the storm drain by rescue workers. Holly begins giving a standard news broadcast, but for the fact that she interjects the word "Raatma" at random points of the broadcast. As Mark looks at his co-anchor strangely, Holly begins to sway. Blood pours from her lip and without warning, she turns and projectile vomits all over Mark. The vomit has the same acidic properties that killed her cameraman, and Mark pulls the sizzling flesh from his face. As he collapses and dies, Holly reconstitutes herself and continues her broadcast, closing with "I'm Holly Marciano, Channel 6 News. Hail Raatma".

Crew

Cast

"The Empty Wake"[]

Crew

Cast

"The Subject"[]

Crew

Cast

"Terror"[]

Crew

Cast

Notes & Trivia[]

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  • There are fifty credited cast members in this film split between the vignettes and framing story.
  • Parts of this film were shot in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. [2]
  • This is the first installment in the franchise to be released on the Shudder streaming service. It became Shudder's biggest film premiere with record-breaking viewership numbers until ultimately being surpassed by its sequel, V/H/S/99.
  • This is the first installment in the franchise that was not distributed through Magnet Releasing.
  • On the movie review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, V/H/S/94 has certified fresh Tomatometer score of 90% based on 69 posted critic reviews. It has 62 positive reviews and 7 negative reviews. The film has a Popcornmeter score of 77% based on more than 500 user ratings, averaging 4.1 out 5.
  • On Metacritic, V/H/S/94 has a weighted average Metascore of 63 out of 100 based on 9 posted critic reviews, indicating generally favorable reviews. It has 6 positive reviews, making up 67% of the voting total, and 3 mixed reviews, consisting of 33% of the overall tally. It has no negative reviews.
  • On Letterboxd, V/H/S/94 has a weighted average review score of 2.86 out of 5 based on 62,925 user ratings.
  • Actor Mardiyono Sulaiman, who plays a SWAT member in "The Subject", is credited as Mardi Sulaiman in this film.
  • Actor Sahlianto, who plays a SWAT member in "The Subject", is credited as Shalianto in this film.
  • Actor Cameron Kneteman, who plays Chuck in "Terror" is credited as Cameron Knetelman in this film.
  • Actor Brendan McMurtry-Howlett, who plays a prisoner in "Terror", is credited as Brendan McMurthy-Howlett in this film.
  • Actress Shania Sree Maharani, who plays S.A. in "The Subject", is uncredited for her participation in this film.
  • Actress Caroline Puzinas, who plays a sewer dweller in "Storm Drain", is uncredited for her participation in this film.
  • Another movie that premiered at Fantastic Fest on the same day as V/H/S/94 is The Stylist.
  • Along with V/H/S/Beyond, this film holds the highest Tomatometer score out of the entire series on Rotten Tomatoes with 90%. [3] It beats out the previous installment, V/H/S: Viral by a whopping 58%. It beats out the original film V/H/S by 34% and it beats out V/H/S/2 by 20%. At the time of its release, it was the highest rated film on the website.
  • "The Veggie Masher" is a commercial that is included as part of "Storm Drain". It is directed and edited by Steven Kostanski and features Conor Sweeney as himself. Sweeney is also known for playing a henchman in Another WolfCop in 2017 and Maddox in P.G. Psycho Goreman in 2020.
  • Executive producers Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, also known collectively as Radio Silence, who are also producers on this film, were slated to direct one of the segments, but had to step away from the project to work on the 2022 film Scream. [4]
  • The copyright notice at the end of the credits ends with "Don't make us unleash the Raatma. HAIL RAATMA." Referencing the segment "Storm Drain". [5]
  • "Storm Drain" takes place in the fictional town of Westerville in the U.S. state of Ohio.

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References[]

  1. ↑ Bloody Disgusting; "Shudder and Bloody Disgusting’s ‘V/H/S/94’ to World Premiere at Fantastic Fest! [Photo]"; Brad Miska (September 9, 2021).
  2. ↑ IMDB; V/H/S/94; Filming locations.
  3. ↑ Rotten Tomatoes; V/H/S/Beyond; Tomatometer Score.
  4. ↑ Cinapse. "Fantastic Fest 2021: Catching Up with the Class of V/H/S/94". Tabor, Dan (September 27, 2021).
  5. ↑ IMDB; V/H/S/94 (2021); Crazy credits.
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