This portmanteau collection of horror shorts, loosely tied together by a burglary story, is intended as a love-letter to the glory days of VHS horror, but the lo-fi conceit sits at odds with modern CG trickery and the inevitable nods to the Saw, Paranormal Activity and Blair Witch franchises. The wraparound story is the weakest, and the success of the individual segments really depends on the mood of the viewer, as often the weak performances and uniformly unlikeable characters come across as more comedy than horror. There is some invention on display, and the overall playing on the voyeuristic nature of the camera and the audience has some merit, which is perhaps giving more credit to these thin stories than they deserve.
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