An official poster forShudder’sV/H/S/99, the fifth film in the successful indie horror franchise, has just dropped. Like the previousV/H/Sfilms,V/H/S/99is a found-footage anthology film that will consist of several short horror tales from a slew of different directors, as well as a wraparound story involving a sleazy teen. This installment ofV/H/Swill be the first to not see the return of any directors who are franchise regulars.Johannes Roberts, Flying Lotus, Maggie Levin, Tyler MacIntyre, Joseph Winter, andVanessa Winterwill all serve as directors forV/H/S/99.
The poster, which was created by poster design guruCreepy Duck Designand shared on hisTwitteraccount, is simple yet horrifying. The poster features a city being overcome by some sort of apocalyptic disaster, while a skull resides at the top of the image. The skull has Canon camera lenses instead of eyes. The poster contains the tagline “VHS Goes To Hell.” This official poster indicates that the film will feature an apocalyptic theme, since it is set twenty years ago, at the dawn of the new millennium.
Cinepocalypse and Bloody Disgusting are both behindV/H/S/99, withJosh Goldbloomproducing for the former andBrad Miskaproducing for the latter. Modern horror auteurDavid Brucknerand filmmaking collectiveRadio Silencealso serve as producers onV/H/S/99, alongsideJames Harris. Luke Mullen, Tyler Lofton, Isabelle Hahn, Verona Blue, Dashiell Derrickson, andTybee Diskincurrently make up part of the film’s cast.
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V/H/S/99contains an exciting line-up of modern horror filmmakers. Roberts has directed many notable horror titles, including47 Meters Downand its sequel47 Meters Down: Uncaged,Strangers: Prey at Night, andResident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City.MacIntyre helmed the 2017 horror comedyTragedy Girlsas well as an episode of Hulu’s anthology seriesInto the Dark, a show Levin also was a director on. Joseph and Vanessa Winter directed Shudder’s upcoming festival darlingDeadstream, while Flying Lotus is a musical artist turned filmmaker who helmed the gross-out movieKuso.
In 2012, the originalV/H/Sfilm was an unexpected critical and commercial success, grossing almost $2 million against a minuscule budget of approximately $242 thousand.V/H/S/2was released the following year to similar success, but 2014’sV/H/S: Viralwas considered a major downgrade. Last year,V/H/S/94, which was considered a reboot of the franchise, has been noted as a return to form for the film series and became Shudder’slargest openingfor a film ever when it premiered on the streamer back in October. There is also a little-known Snapchat miniseries spin-off of the franchise titledV/H/S: Video Horror Shorts.
Shudder will exclusively releaseV/H/S/99on October 20. Check out the official poster below:
