V H S 85 2023 May 2026

And it is terrifying.

Unlike the uneven pacing of some franchise entries, 85 builds like a concept album. The wraparound segment, “Total Copy,” presents itself as an earnest PBS-style documentary about a “new form of life” discovered in a Nicaraguan lake. But as the “expert” grows increasingly unhinged, the documentary’s slick veneer cracks to reveal a Cronenbergian body-horror nightmare—one that subtly connects every other tape in the collection. V H S 85 2023

Watch it alone. On an old TV, if you can find one. And when the tracking wavers during the quiet parts… do not adjust the picture. And it is terrifying

★★★★½ (4.5/5) Best watched with the lights off and your hand hovering over the eject button. V H S 85 2023