V/H/S/94: Shudder announces October premiere date for anthology sequel

A couple months ago, we learned that Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service that focuses on horror, thrillers, and the supernatural, had acquired the worldwide distribution rights to V/H/S/94, the fourth film in the V/H/S found footage anthology franchise. Now the streamer has specified that V/H/S/94 will be available to watch as of October 6th. The film is being released as a Shudder Original in North America, the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.

The directors who contributed segments to this V/H/S are Simon Barrett, Timo Tjahjanto, Jennifer Reeder, Ryan Prows, and Chloe Okuno. Reeder, Prows, and Okuno are new to the franchise, but Barrett and Tjahjanto have both worked on previous entries. Barrett wrote segments for V/H/S and V/H/S/2, and also directed one of the V/H/S/2 segments. With Gareth Evans, Tjahjanto wrote and directed the Safe Haven segment of V/H/S/2, which is often mentioned as being one of the best segments in the entire franchise. 

V/H/S/94 has the following synopsis:

After the discovery of a mysterious VHS tape, a brutish police swat team launch a high intensity raid on a remote warehouse, only to discover a sinister cult compound whose collection of pre-recorded material uncovers a nightmarish conspiracy.

Josh Goldbloom produced V/H/S/94 for Cinepocalypse Productions, alongside Kurtis Harder and Bloody Disgusting’s Brad Miska, the co-creator of the franchise. David Bruckner, Radio Silence, Studio 71’s Michael Schreiber, Zak Zeman, Tom Owen, and Raven Banner Entertainment’s Michael Paszt, James Fler, and Andrew T. Hunt served as executive producers.

Goldbloom had this to say about the movie:

We shot the film entirely during the pandemic, building sets in hotels, conference rooms, and in the spirit of the series punk rock roots we even ventured underground into a sewer. Our team channeled the misery of this past year appropriately, so rest assured it’s the biggest, baddest, and most bloodthirsty batch of tapes yet.”