The horror anthology franchise V/H/S is getting a reboot according to sources from THR. The next film will throw it back to 1994 with help of is getting a reboot with the backing of the makers of recent chillers Ready or Not and The Night House.
“David Bruckner, whose feature The Night House was picked up by Searchlight Pictures out of Sundance this year for $12 million, and who recently signed on to helm Spyglass Media’s Hellraiserremake, has written and developed V/H/S 94 and will produce the film. Filmmaking collective Radio Silence which, like Bruckner contributed to the first V/H/S film, will also produce V/H/S 94. Spyglass recently confirmed that Radio Silence filmmaker trio Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett, and Chad Villella will helm the company’s Scream sequel.”
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Contributing to the series of shorts that make up the film are directors Simon Barrett (You’re Next, The Guest), Indonesian horror helmer Timo Tjahjanto (Netflix’s The Night Comes For Us) and Chloe Okuno (AFI short Slut). More will be announced as they come aboard.
Along with the new faces lending their talents to the new film, there will also be a format change. The film will be the first in the horror series to be presented in a single narrative, with all the shorts linked together.
Brad Miska and Tom Owen of horror website Bloody Disgusting, are back producing with Josh Goldbloom and Parinda Patel of Cinepocalypse Productions.
The first film in the franchise, V/H/S premiered at Sundance in 2012 and was followed by two sequels. You can check out the trailer below for the first film and you can find it for free on Tubi. Be sure to follow ScaryNerd for more of all things horror!
