V/H/S 4: Sequel Possibly Revealed In Now-Deleted Instagram Post – Screen Rant
A picture leaked from Freddy Rodriguez hints at a likely sequel to the V/H/S horror anthology franchise, this time set in exclusively in the 80’s.
A hint of a new film in the V/H/S franchise has been dropped by actor Freddy Rodriguez in a since-deleted Instagram post. The V/H/S films are a series of found-footage horror anthologies that have attracted a number of current genre filmmaking greats including Radio Silence (Scream 2022), Ti West (X), Gareth Evans (The Raid: Redemption), and David Bruckner (The Night House). While the series hit somewhat of a nadir with 2014’s V/H/S: Viral, the recent addition of the Shudder-produced V/H/S/94 brought the horror streamer its highest viewing numbers when it premiered last year.
Hot off the tails of that success, it seems Shudder may have another throwback anthology in the works, only this one set firmly in the 80s. ComicBook reports on the Instagram post, in which Freddy Rodriguez, perhaps best known to genre fans for his role in Robert Rodriguez’s Planet Terror half of Grindhouse, and a far more recognizable face than this series normally gets, poses in costume as a cop with #VHS85 in the caption. The post has since been taken down, either as a marketing ploy to stoke anticipation with a glimpse of what’s to come, or because he genuinely wasn’t supposed to post it yet. A screengrab of the post can be seen below:
V/H/S/94 made an attempt at rebooting the franchise by trying to tie the framing segments and the stand-alone video segments into a fluid narrative, a device it only employed semi-successfully. Still, the latest entry was filled with some clever deployment of cameras, great practical creature effects, and finally brought two female filmmakers into the mix with Chloe Okuno and Jennifer Reeder. If V/H/S/85 can maintain that same level of consistency, it should be an entertaining addition to the series.
Source: ComicBook
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