V/H/S/Beyond (2024)
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A collection of five science fiction horror segments is linked together by a documentary-style frame narrative featuring interviews with ufologists.
The story
V/H/S/Beyond is presented as an anthology of five short horror films centered on science fiction tropes. The collection is structured within a frame narrative that functions as a sixth short film, styled like a documentary. This frame narrative includes interviews with ufologists and explores the origins of alien concepts. The individual segments range from a paranormal group investigating an urban legend in Canada to a police unit searching for missing children in a dilapidated house, and a paparazzi's encounter with a Bollywood sensation.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The film opens with a frame narrative where an anonymous Redditor buys cassettes allegedly containing alien evidence, leading to a documentary-style exploration of the 'Farrington House' urban legend. The first segment, 'Stork,' follows a police unit finding a house where babies are disappearing; they encounter 'Brooders' and a large stork-like creature that mutates babies. The second segment follows a family of Chinese immigrants in 1950s Toronto who experience hauntings in a Victorian home. In 'Dream Girl,' Mumbai paparazzi discover a Bollywood star who is actually a gynoid that goes on a killing spree. 'Live and Let Dive' depicts a group of friends skydiving who encounter an alien ship, leading to a series of deaths and a tractor beam abduction. 'Fur Babies' involves an activist group investigating a woman who surgically turns people into half-human, half-dog hybrids. Finally, 'Stowaway' follows a woman who enters an alien spaceship in the Mojave Desert, where she is trapped in a cycle of mutation and repair. The film concludes with the frame narrative's ufologists reacting to footage of an alien creature entering a bedroom and removing eggs from a sleeping man's body.
- First release year
- 2024
- Runtime (minutes)
- 114
- Production countries
- United States; India
- Original languages
- English; Hindi
- Directors
- Jay Cheel; Jordan Downey; Virat Pal; Justin Martinez; Justin Long; Kate Siegel
- Writers
- Jordan Downey · writer; Kevin Stewart · writer; Christian Long · writer; Justin Long · writer; Justin Martinez · writer; Ben Turner · writer; Virat Pal · writer; Evan Dickson · writer; Mike Flanagan · writer; Jay Cheel · writer
- Genres
- found footage; science fiction; horror; anthology
- Themes
- science fiction tropes; alien encounters; mutations; urban legends
- Tone and mood
- horror; science fiction
- Premise and plot tags
- anthology; found footage; sci-fi horror; alien
- Source material / true-story basis
- Based on artwork by Oleg Vdovenko
- Franchise connections
- V/H/S
- Reception
- The film received generally favorable reviews, with critics praising its thematic cohesion and the quality of its individual segments. It was described as 'out-of-this-world fun' and 'exceptional,' though it received a middling review from one critic.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 65 · scale: 100 · review count: 8
- Production trivia
- The film is the seventh installment in the V/H/S franchise.; A sequel titled V/H/S/Halloween was released in 2025.
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