First published by Little White Lies If the title of V/H/S evokes a video format prevalent in the 1980s, then its extraneous ‘slashes’ point in two opposite directions, suggesting both the horror subgenre most closely associated with the Reagan era, and the conventional punctuation of a URL. The film itself, an anthology of short pieces…
Devil’s Due first appeared in Sight & Sound, March 2014 Review: The collective Radio Silence, comprising Tyler Gillett, Justin Martinez and internet pranksters Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Chad Villela, first courted attention in the ‘found footage’ anthology V/H/S (2012) – and if their climactic contribution, entitled ’10/31/98′, was a calling card for the filmmakers’ way with in-house…