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*CrapsackWorld: If in deed all the tapes, including the ones from the sequel(s?) take place in the same world then everybody is screwed. You have a early stage ZombieApocalypse outbreak, malevolent [[spoiler: aliens]], ghosts, monster/ghost/demons that look like digital glitches, .succubus, and psycho lesbians.



** ...and inspired by the SlendermanMythos.

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** ...and inspired by the SlendermanMythos.SlendermanMythos.
*ZombieApocalypse: Featured in the second tape from V/H/S/2
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A group of hoodlums is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire a rare VHS tape. Upon arriving, they discover the dead body of the owner and stacks of videotapes. As they search for the right one, they are treated to a seemingly endless number of horrifying videos, each stranger than the last.

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A group of hoodlums is are hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire a rare VHS tape. Upon arriving, they discover the dead body of the owner and stacks of videotapes. As they search for the right one, they are treated to a seemingly endless number of horrifying videos, each stranger than the last.
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A sequel titled ''S-VHS'' was made in 2013 premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. It features shorts from Gareth Evans & Timo Tjahjanto, Eduardo Sanchez & Gregg Hale, Jason Eisener, Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett. Watch the teaser trailer [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38OOLoymvYQ here.]]

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A sequel titled ''S-VHS'' ''V/H/S/2'' was made in 2013 premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. It features shorts from Gareth Evans & Timo Tjahjanto, Eduardo Sanchez & Gregg Hale, Jason Eisener, Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett. Watch the teaser trailer [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38OOLoymvYQ here.]]
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** A minor one on Amateur Night. Shane wasn't outright evil, but his intentions for the night certainly were less than honourablem since the plan was to film the sexual intercourse without the girl's knowledge. But once Lisa falls unconscious in drunk stupor, he stops his attempts with her.

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** A minor one on Amateur Night. Shane wasn't outright evil, but his intentions for the night certainly were less than honourablem honourable, since the plan was to film the sexual intercourse without the girl's knowledge. But once Lisa falls unconscious in drunk stupor, he stops his attempts with her.
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** A minor one on Amateur Night. Shane wasn't outright evil, but his intentions for the night certainly were less than honourablem since the plan was to film the sexual intercourse without the girl's knowledge. But once Lisa falls unconscious in drunk stupor, he stops his attempts with her.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Lisa's fate in Amateur Night. It is likely that she sruvived [[spoiler: since it seems that Lily is a succubus-like creature who only shows interest in men]], but we have no visual confimation.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Lisa's fate in Amateur Night. It is likely that she sruvived [[spoiler: since it seems that Lily is a succubus-like creature who only shows interest in men]], but we have no visual confimation. After all she was lying unconscious just a couple of feet away from the creature, so who know.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Lisa's fate in Amateur Night. It is likely that she sruvived [[spoiler: since it seems that Lily is a succubus-like creature who only shows interest in men]], but we have no visual confimation.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Everyone in the movie except for Emily in "The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was Younger", and the guys in "10/31/98", who are merely GenreBlind.
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* CosmicHorrorStory: There's certainly implications of this trope at work in most of the stories, most noticably in "10/31/98" and "Tape 56".
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* FateWorsethanDeath: [[spoiler: Last we see of Clint from "Amateur Night", poor guys being carried off somewhere by Lily, screaming the entire time.]]

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* FateWorsethanDeath: FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler: Last we see of Clint from "Amateur Night", poor guys being carried off somewhere by Lily, screaming the entire time.]]
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Lily from amateur night is quite cute, [[spoiler: when she transforms, not so much.]]


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* FateWorsethanDeath: [[spoiler: Last we see of Clint from "Amateur Night", poor guys being carried off somewhere by Lily, screaming the entire time.]]
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* CreepyChild: The [[spoiler:aliens]] in "The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was Younger" look like this.

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* CreepyChild: The [[spoiler:aliens]] [[spoiler:aliens in "The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was Younger" look like this.]]



* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:James]] from "The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was Younger" who prevents the children from killing Emily. Possibly subverted in that he may have been doing it for the sake of avoiding unnecessary police attention. But he does show a degree of care for her.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:James]] [[spoiler:James from "The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was Younger" who prevents the children from killing Emily. Possibly subverted in that he may have been doing it for the sake of avoiding unnecessary police attention. But he does show a degree of care for her.]]
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* [[spoiler: DownerEnding: For '''EVERY''' story including the wraparound one.]]
** [[spoiler: Averted in an alternate ending for "10/31/98," where the foursome survive and go on to remark that they had an awesome Halloween.]]



* [[spoiler: KillEmAll: Most of them, with the exception of "The Sick Thing that Happened to Emily When She Was Younger" which is the only story to have no deaths at all.]]
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* AllThereInTheManual: The audio commentary for "Tuesday The 17th" reveals a bit more about the nature of the Glitch, such as the fact that people killed by it become Glitch monsters themselves.

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Wendy in "Tuesday the 17th". Also James from "The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was Younger".

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Wendy [[spoiler: Wendy]] in "Tuesday the 17th". Also James [[spoiler: James]] from "The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was Younger".Younger". But the crowning example would be [[spoiler: Stephanie]] from "Second Honeymoon"


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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: [[PsychoLesbian Stephanie and her lover]] who kill Sam and escape.]]
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* SnuffFilm: [[spoiler:''All of them''.]]

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* SnuffFilm: [[spoiler:''All of them''.them'' EXCEPT [[AvertedTrope "The Sick Thing that Happened to Emily When She Was Younger"]] in which nobody dies.]]
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: In "10/31/98" the four main characters interrupt an exorcism and "save" the possessed girl, allowing her to go free and kill them all.]]
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'''This movie provides examples of the following:'''

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'''This !!'''This movie provides examples of the following:'''
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** A sequel will be created during 2013.

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** A sequel will be created during 2013.
titled ''S-VHS'' was made in 2013 premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. It features shorts from Gareth Evans & Timo Tjahjanto, Eduardo Sanchez & Gregg Hale, Jason Eisener, Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett. Watch the teaser trailer [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38OOLoymvYQ here.]]
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** [[spoiler: Averted in an alternate ending for "10/31/98," where the foursome survive and go on to remark that they had an awesome Halloween.]]
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* [[spoiler: KillEmAll: Most of them, with the exception of "The Sick Thing that Happened to Emily When She Was Younger" which is the only story to have no deaths at all.]]
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* XMeetsY: "Tuesday the 17th" could be described as {{FridayThe13th}} meets {{Predator}}.

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* XMeetsY: "Tuesday the 17th" could be described as {{FridayThe13th}} ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' meets {{Predator}}.''Film/{{Predator}}''.
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*TheVirus: The [[WordOfGod Audio commentary]] for "Tuesday the 17th" Suggests that those killed by the Glitch Monster become Glitch monsters themselves.
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* XMeetsY: "Tuesday the 17th" could be described as {{FridayThe13th}} meets {{Predator}}.

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* XMeetsY: "Tuesday the 17th" could be described as {{FridayThe13th}} meets {{Predator}}.{{Predator}}.
** ...and inspired by the SlendermanMythos.
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* OhCrap: Wendy in "Tuesday The 17th" when she realizes [[the Glitch has used OffscreenTeleportation to escape her carefully-constructed trap.]]

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* OhCrap: Wendy in "Tuesday The 17th" when she realizes [[the [[spoiler:the Glitch has used OffscreenTeleportation to escape her carefully-constructed trap.]]
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* XMeetsY: "Tuesday the 17th" could be described as [[FridayThe13th]] meets {{Predator}}.

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* XMeetsY: "Tuesday the 17th" could be described as [[FridayThe13th]] {{FridayThe13th}} meets {{Predator}}.
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* OhCrap: Wendy in "Tuesday The 17th" when she realizes [[the Glitch has used OffscreenTeleportation to escape her carefully-constructed trap.]]



* StylisticSuck: It varies but is most prominent during the wrap-around segment.

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* StylisticSuck: It varies but is most prominent during the wrap-around segment.segment.
* XMeetsY: "Tuesday the 17th" could be described as [[FridayThe13th]] meets {{Predator}}.
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* TheNineties: in "10/31/98" two of the four friends go out to the Halloween party dressed as contemporary news items, the Unabomber and the Nanny Cam.
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* RedRightHand: [[spoiler: Lily's creased forehead and deformed feet hint at her true form.]]
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* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: Every supernatural foe encountered]] fits this trope, but Lily and the Glitch stand out in terms of weirdness.

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