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The digital campfire story format of the V/H/S franchise has allowed viewers to experience a buffet of fears across a total of 10 movies, but fans are running out of time to easily stream a few of those. The franchise-launching 2012 movie V/H/S, as well as its first two sequels, V/H/S/2 and V/H/S/: Viral, have all wound up on Tubi’s “leaving soon” list. The horror anthology movies, which offer iconic segments like “Amateur Night,” “Safe Haven,” and “Parallel Monsters,” don’t have an exact departure date, but will most likely stop streaming at the end of March. The franchise is a found-footage horror anthology series focusing on cursed videotapes that display disturbing, supernatural, or violent footage.
The V/H/S Franchise Revitalized the Found Footage Subgenre
While The Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity were groundbreaking found-footage horror films that revolutionized the genre, good found footage movies had been lacking until V/H/S came around in 2012. The movie was an incredibly effective horror experience. V/H/S utilized the found-footage realism to make the stories feel like authentic, disturbing, and raw recordings rather than staged Hollywood movies, and the grungy, low-quality video style, which modern digital found footage movies sometimes lack, only added to the intense and terrifying atmosphere. The movie also excelled at its anthology format, presenting six standout segments that never faltered on the scare or quality level.
