History Film / VHS99

* ShoutOut: ''Ozzy's Dungeon'' itself is a pitch perfect love letter to 90s Nickelodeon game shows, specifically borrowing elements of ''[[Series/NickelodeonGuts GUTS]]'', ''Series/DoubleDare'', and ''Series/LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple''.

* ChromosomeCasting: Much like how the previous film contained a segment that only featured men, this segment's cast consists primarily of women. The only male characters in the story are a pair of campus police officers who inspects the graveyard, but leave when they don't hear Lily's screams for help.

This is the fifth entry in the franchise following 2012's ''[[{{Film/VHS}} V/H/S]]'', 2013's ''[[Film/VHS2 V/H/S/2]]'', 2014's ''Film/VHSViral'' and the 2021 reboot, ''Film/VHS94''. A sixth film, ''[[Film/VHS85 V/H/S/85]]'', was released in 2023.

This is the fifth entry in the franchise following 2012's ''[[{{Film/VHS}} V/H/S]]'', 2013's ''[[Film/VHS2 V/H/S/2]]'', 2014's ''Film/VHSViral'' and the 2021 reboot, ''Film/VHS94''. A sixth film, ''V/H/S/85'', is slated to release sometime in 2023.

* {{Bathos}}: the segment milks quite a bit of humor from absurd juxtapositions like the coven insisting on consent forms for the doomsday ritual, and Nate and Troy's somewhat lame attempts at badassery. Having to fight your way out of hell with the help of an unhinged witch? Terrifying. Doing it while wearing a party hat and bickering over who's more qualified to carry the spear? Hilarious.

* CelebrityResemblance: As part of the segment's punk rock motif, Rachel resembles Deborah Harry, lead singer of ''Music/{{Blondie}}.'' Similarly, Chris has a faint resemblance to Music/MarilynManson.

''V/H/S/99'' is a 2022 FoundFootage {{anthology}} film featuring segments directed by new franchise directors [[Film/TheStrangersPreyAtNight Johannes]] [[Film/ResidentEvilWelcomeToRaccoonCity Roberts]], Music/FlyingLotus, [[Film/TragedyGirls Tyler MacIntyre]], [[Series/IntoTheDark Maggie Levin]] and [[Film/{{Deadsteam}} Vanessa & Joseph Winter]]. The plot is set during the year 1999, where a thirsty teenager's home video leads to a series of horrifying revelations, taking one giant leap forward into the hellish new millennium.

* DraggedOffToHell: [[spoiler:Nate and Troy accidentally get sent to Hell by mistake when the witches attempt to summon Ukabon.]]

* ItsAllAboutMe: [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk While gravely concerned with her daughter's permanent injury, Debra proves herself to be domineering and self-centered]], only seeing Donna as a means of leaving Detroit if she wins the show and pressuring her to win at all costs, revealing that she manipulated Donna to have her victory wish help her get out of Detroit.

* {{Hell}}: Obviously. This is the first segment in the franchise where it's actually seen.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Debra's ColdBloodedTorture of the {{Slimeball}} game show host.

* DueToTheDead: At first, R.A.C.K. treats the legend of Bitch Cat with a sense of respect and dignity. When they enter the Colony Underground however, the trope is sharply averted, with the band making tasteless comments about the site of Bitch Cat's deaths, disturbing their shrine, and crushing blow-up dolls filled with Jell-O ''to mimic how the band were trampled.'' It's this final act that ultimately sets the spirits of the band after them.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Ankur uneasily goes along with the rest of R.A.C.K. at first, but he is clearly not okay with their flippant and disrespectful attitudes towards the dead, and when they bring out the blow-up dolls to mock their deaths, he is openly disgusted and abandons them in a rage.
* ForeShadowing: Ankur tells the group about ''bhuts'', restless spirits in Hindu mythology that possess any person who disturbs their rest or trespasses in their site of death. By the end of the segment, R.A.C.K.'s corpses have been hastily stitched together and possessed by Bitch Cat, performing in the same place the latter died.

* OnlySaneMan: Ankur is the only member of R.A.C.K. who thinks that venturing into the abandoned venue is a bad idea, and he is clearly disturbed by the blatant disrespect for the dead that the others show. When they bring out the Jello-O-filled blow-up dolls to abuse, he blows up at the others, tells them that he hopes the ''bhuts'' kill them, and storms off in disgust.

* BreakTheCutie: Lily is a nice, if lonely, young lady who desperately wants to join a sorority that she feels is where she is meant to be. The sisters of said sorority proceed to haze her by burying her alive in a coffin, fill said coffin with spiders, and ultimately bail on her when police officers investigate the graveyard. If that isn't enough, the coffin is exposed to pouring rain, nearly making Lily drown. As the final cherry on top, Giltine herself, now a demon, takes Lily to the underworld with her. Thankfully, Lily gets the last laugh by making a deal with Giltine, offering the sorority sisters to her as victims if she spares her soul.
* ChromosomeCasting: Much like how the previous film contained a segment that only featured men, this segment's cast consists primarily of women. The only male characters in the story are a pair of police officers who inspects the graveyard, but leave when they don't hear Lily's screams for help.
* DirtyCoward: The sorority does not lift a finger to [[spoiler:help Lily out of the coffin once a rain storm occurs nor say a word about their crime to anyone out of fear of being expelled and subsequently convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Once they get a taste of their own medicine, their cowardice are upfront as they are terrorized by Giltine.]]
* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:The now-demonic Lily works with Giltine to punish the sisters of Beta Sigma Eta by forcing them all to suffer the same fate she had: trapped in a coffin to slowly await death.]]

* GenreSavvy: Helen, Lily's roommate, can sense just what kind of girls the sisters of Beta Sigma Eta are, just by observing the way she and Lily were looked at, and questions Lily if she really wants to take the risk of joining their ranks. When Lily is left terrified through the ordeal, she tearfully apologizes to Helen for not listening to her and even calling her her only real friend.
* {{Jerkass}}: The Beta Sigma Eta sorority enjoy giving their inductees terrifying hazes, and they [[spoiler:even leave Lily in a watery coffin to avoid expulsion.]]

* PoliceAreUseless: The officers who check out the cemetery where Lily is buried. Despite seeing a blatantly open grave, they promptly leave to get out of the rain and avoid catching pneumonia, leaving poor Lily to her fate.
* UrbanLegend: The legend of Giltine.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Lily's roommate Helen, who warns her that if Beta Sigma Eta rejects her application, she'll have to spend the rest of her freshman year as an outcast. She only appears in the opening scene.

* AbusiveParents: Debra is shown to be a domineering woman who only sees her daughter as a means to leave Detroit through the titular game show, and easily browbeating her husband and son into going along with her plans to torture and/or kill the former host of the show.

* BaitAndSwitch: The segment starts off as a recording of the ''Ozzy's Dungeon'' game show. [[spoiler: Halfway through, it turns out to be a recording of the episode where Donna was injured being shown to the kidnapped ex-host several years after the incident.]]

* BlackBossLady: Debra calls all the shots among her family.
* BodyHorror: Donna's injured leg has been succumbing to decay ever since it was injured.
* BringMyBrownPants: During the makeshift obstacle course, the host while crawling reveals to have wet himself if the yellow stain on his briefs is any indication.
* BystanderSyndrome: Despite calling the first aid personnel when a contestant is injured in an earlier challenge challenge, when Donna's leg is hideously injured, the host does absolutely nothing but crack one-liners and pressuring both her and Timmy in completing the obstacle course, even when the stage crew and the audience are blowing chunks and Debra is being physically held back from reaching her daughter.
* {{Cancellation}}: ''Ozzy's Dungeon'' was cancelled almost immediately after Donna was injured.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Debra and her family subject this to the former host of ''Ozzy's Dungeon'', punishing him with painful homemade versions of the show's challenges.
* CoveredInGunge: ''Ozzy's Dungeon'' heavily features this, being a send-up of 80s/90s kids' game shows, with contestants having to dig for a flag in a pool of gelatin. [[spoiler:Debra builds a version in her basement that she subjects the host to, where the gunge is much more... fragrant.]]

* FanDisservice: Not only the game show host is stripped down to his briefs, FatBitch Debra goes topless following by blowing her nose tissue-less with snot shooting out of her nostril.
* FatBitch: Debra, a ScaryBlackWoman of a StageMom. [[spoiler:It's subverted with [[JackassGenie Ozzy itself]], who inhabits the body of a heavily pregnant woman.]]
* ForeShadowing: Before the final challenge begins, the host tells Donna that no one has completed it before. The trend continues when Donna injures her leg trying to complete it.
* GilliganCut: One of the contestants on ''Ozzy's Dungeon'' tells the audience that his wish is to be an expert basketball player. When we see him again, he's clutching an injured shoulder as the medics take him off the set.
* HenpeckedHusband: Debra's husband makes feeble objections to her revenge plot, but is easily cowed into going along.
* HollywoodAcid: Debra repeatedly threatens to splash and/or inject the host of ''Ozzy's Dungeon'' with the stuff and holds onto the bottle as her preferred weapon throughout the entire segment from that point on.
* ItsAllAboutMe: [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk While gravely concerned with her daughter's permanent injury, Debra proves herself to be domineering and self-centered]], only seeing Donna as a means of leaving Detroit if she wins the show and pressuring her to win at all costs, revealing that Donna's wish to leave Detroit wasn't her own.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Despite his inaction towards Donna's injury, the host of ''Ozzy's Dungeon'' raises a valid point in saying that not every child who competes on the show can win and have their wish granted, since the show had a budget that would easily be depleted if every contestant won. He also points out that he's not the person who actually caused Donna's leg injury, and states that the show wasn't rigged so no one ''couldn't'' win.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: At first, Debra's vengeance against the slimy game show host appears be out being a MamaBear [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes wanting to avenge her daughter's crippling out of a degree of affection for her]], but as the segment goes along her ulterior motives reveal she's looking out for herself and her own greed.
* KarmaHoudini: Timmy, Donna's rival contestant and the person who actually injured her leg, doesn't suffer any consequence for doing so.
** However, given the nature of Donna's wish at the end, it's possible [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty he was killed]].

* LaserGuidedKarma: Debra, who blatantly saw her daughter as her ticket to leave Detroit behind her, gets her face melted off when Donna finally gets her wish granted. Her father, older brother, and the host of the show share the same fate, the former for blindly following Debra, and the latter for not stopping the show after the injury.

* LowerClassLout: Debra can be considered to be one, for her unkempt FatBitch appearance and manners and that her family live in a low rent part of Detroit, if their CreepyBasement is any indication of their way of living.
* MamaBear: Debra, as a vengeful StageMom in fact, avenges her daughter's crippling against the game show host. Even when the injury first happened, Debra had to be physically restrained by her husband and her older son from coming to her aid. For all her domineering tendencies, [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes this incident shows that Donna's mother does have some degree of affection for her daughter]].
* NoNameGiven: The Host of ''Ozzy's Dungeon''.

* RevengeBeforeReason: Debra and [[spoiler:Donna, the latter especially, who used her wish to kill everyone who wronged her rather than fixing her irreparable leg, which would be more practically desirable]].

* ScaryBlackWoman: The vengeful MamaBear Debra and [[spoiler:Donna herself, as she not only became a {{Goth}} who wears a constant DeathGlare since her crippling, but used her wish to avenge herself, with the last shot of her being a spine-chilling SlasherSmile, PsychoticSmirk and KubrickStare]].

* ShoutOut: ''Ozzy's Dungeon'' itself is a love letter to 90s children's game shows, specifically borrowing elements of ''Series/NickelodeonGuts'', ''Series/DoubleDare'', and ''Series/LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple''.
** And just in case you feel like ''Ozzy's Dungeon'' doesn't look and sound exactly like something straight out of the early 90s, just before the second challenge, the Host exclaims [[Film/AceVentura "AALLLLLLL-righty, then!"]]

* {{Slimeball}}: InUniverse, Debra believes the host is one, which is true due to his sleazy demeanor shown on camera.

* TookALevelInCynic: While on the show, Donna was an energetic and excitable child eager to win the show and have her wish to leave Detroit granted. As a teenager, years after she injured her leg and the host didn't stop the show, she's a morose and angry goth confined to a wheelchair after her injured leg began to succumb to rot.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Donna prior to becoming a seething vengeful goth.

* AllMenArePerverts: Dylan and his friends enjoy spying on women and getting as many upskirt and nude shots as they can. Hell, their main motivation throughout the segment is to find a way to spy on their next-door neighbor Sandra as she strips naked.

* EarlyBirdCameo: The delivery man who delivers Sandra's computer appears earlier in the segment, as the teens remove his parking brake and make his van roll away.

* FanserviceCarWash: Sandra engages in one, complete with the tank top and cut off shorts, as she washes her car in her driveway. Dylan and his friends spy her doing it from his room, but the scene is blocked by a mailman who delivers her computer. The guys even say that she's washed her car in the same fashion every day since she moved in.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Sandra's lawn decorations.

* IKnowYoureWatchingMe: When she transforms into her true form, Sandra can apparently sense or see Dylan and his crew through the web cam, where she kills/petrifies the lot of them.
* TheInternetIsForPorn: Brady manages to install spyware into Sandra's computer so his brother and his friends can spy her through her web cam.

* {{Medusa}}: [[spoiler:Sandra is revealed to be a gorgon.]]

* PetTheDog: After he installs the spyware, Dylan compliments Brady for fulfilling his duty, and his friends also call him a man for his blossoming relationship with Sandra before and after the deed.
* ProperlyParanoid: Boner is planning to hide in a bunker for Y2K. The next segment features Y2K as a central plot device, and proves that Boner was somewhat right about the day bringing bad omens... just not in a technological way.

* StalkingIsLove: Dylan and his friends' motivations for the segment are to spy on girls without their knowledge, mostly Sandra.

* ActionGirl: Mabel knows her way around a good portion of Hell, and acts as the duo's guide to Ukabon's lair. She even tells the duo that she commands 30 legions of demons.
* AffablyEvil: The witches treat summoning their demonic lord and ushering an age of darkness as a celebration to look forward to. They even produce special release forms designed for vessels for their rituals.
* BittersweetEnding: Nate and Troy end up killed by the witches, who thankfully fail to summon Ukabon, but Troy is able to write Mabel's name in their spell book before he dies, giving her a shot at resurrection. The witches are even heard using Mabel's name in their summoning chant at the end of the credits, indicating that she will indeed return to the realm of the living.

* BodyHorror: Lots of misshapen demons and mutilated humans are found in Hell.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Despite Nate and Troy being a pair of dum-dums, they managed to upgrade into {{Action Survivor}}s as they fight their way through Hell to get back home.
* DemonicPossession: In an interesting case, Kristen ''willingly volunteers'' to be Ukabon's vessel in the witches' ritual. [[spoiler: She gets mistakenly possessed by Nate when he comes back from Hell and doesn't go into his own body.]]
* DevilsPitchfork: Both videographers arm themselves with discarded pitchforks. Nate gets a large one, while Troy steals a smaller one from a sleeping(?) imp.

* EscapedFromHell: Nate and Troy manage to get thrown into Hell by an uninvited demon, and fight for their lives to reach Ukabon so they can return to Earth before midnight.
* EyelessFace: One of the creatures encountered in Hell.
* FatBastard: From what we see of him, Ukabon appears as a flabby demon with tendrils on his midsection and a mouth on his stomach.
* FlatEarthAtheist: Nate doesn't believe in Hell, and he attempts to persuade Nate that they're not actually in Hell because neither of them go to church.

* KarmaHoudini: The witch cult aren't punished for their murder of Nate and Troy or their practicing of the dark arts, but their plan to summon Ukabon fails, which leaves them immensely frustrated.

* OhNoNotAgain: The witches accidentally summon a different demon known as Ferkus while summoning Ukabon. Their irritated, albeit casual, dialogue when they can sense him lets us know that Ferkus has been showing up quite uninvited through their rituals many times before.

* TheUnreveal: Troy asks Mabel what exactly she ended up in Hell for, but she never gives him an answer.

* VoiceOfTheLegion: A booming voice, either Satan or Ukabon, commands the "Great Order" to retrieve him.

* WithFriendsLikeThese: Nate and Troy snipe at each other constantly while they're stuck in Hell, reminding one another of their previous transgressions against the other, but they manage to make amends and return to Earth.

* ''Shredding'': R.A.C.K, consisting of Rachel, Ankur, Chris, and Kaleb, are a punk rock garage band who host a web show where they pull off various pranks. For their latest video, the band decides to venture into "The Colony Underground", an abandoned music venue that was shut down after an electrical fire burned it down. The venue is rumored to be haunted by the restless spirits of Bitch Cat, an all-girl punk group on the rise, who were trampled to death by their fans when the fire broke out. While it would seem that supernatural happenings plague the group as they attempt to film themselves playing on Bitch Cat's old stage, they turn out to be pranks that Rachel, Chris, and Kaleb pull on Ankur, who they treat as their go-to punching bag. That quickly changes when the actual, angry spirits of the deceased band emerge and go after the band.

* ButtMonkey: Ankur, who is subject to the jabs of his friends for everything from being hesitant with their plans to just being Hindu.

* ForeShadowing: Ankur tells the group about ''bhuts'', restless spirits in Hindu mythology that possess any person who disturbs their rest or trespasses in the place where they died. By the end of the segment, R.A.C.K.'s corpses have been hastily stitched together and possessed by Bitch Cat, performing in the same place the latter died.

* LaserGuidedKarma: After mocking Bitch Cat and the tale of their deaths by trampling/burning, R.A.C.K is killed by the angered spirits of the band, who then possess their corpses so they can jam on their old stage.

* PreMortemOneLiner: The spirit of Bitch Cat's vocalist tells Rachel, Kaleb, and Chris to "Get off my fucking stage!", right before she kills Kaleb.

* TragicMonster: In life, the members of Bitch Cat were four young women who became lifelong friends through their love of music and partying, and their skills as musicians were good enough to bring them on the cusp of rock stardom. On the night of their last performance however, an electrical fire broke out at the Colony Underground, and Bitch Cat were trampled to death by their fleeing fans, leaving their corpses to burn in the blaze. Ever since, their restless spirits haunt the abandoned venue, and they proceed to kill and possess R.A.C.K. as part of an apparent "comeback tour".

* FromNobodyToNightmare: In life, the members of Bitch Cat were four young women who became lifelong friends through their love of music and partying, and their skills as musicians were good enough to bring them on the cusp of rock stardom. On the night of their last performance however, an electrical fire broke out at the Colony Underground, and Bitch Cat were trampled to death by their fleeing fans, leaving their corpses to burn in the blaze. Ever since, their restless spirits haunt the abandoned venue, and they proceed to kill and possess R.A.C.K. as part of an apparent "comeback tour".

* CelebrityResemblance: As part of the segment's punk rock motif, Rachel resembles Deborah Harry, lead singer of ''Music/{{Blondie}}.'' Similarly, Chris has a faint resemblance to ''Music/MarylinManson''.

* CelebrityResemblance: As part of the segment's punk rock motif, Rachel resembles Deborah Harry, lead singer of ''Music/{{Blondie}}.''

''V/H/S/99'' is a 2022 FoundFootage {{anthology}} film featuring segments directed by new franchise directors [[Film/TheStrangersPreyAtNight Johannes]] [[Film/ResidentEvilWelcomeToRaccoonCity Roberts]], Music/FlyingLotus , [[Film/TragedyGirls Tyler MacIntyre]], [[Series/IntoTheDark Maggie Levin]] and [[Film/{{Deadsteam}} Vanessa & Joseph Winter]]. The plot is set during the year 1999, where a thirsty teenager's home video leads to a series of horrifying revelations, taking one giant leap forward into the hellish new millennium.

''V/H/S/99'' is a 2022 FoundFootage {{anthology}} film featuring segments directed by new franchise directors [[Film/TheStrangersPreyAtNight Johannes]] [[Film/ResidentEvilWelcomeToRaccoonCity Roberts]], [[Music/FlyingLotus Flying Lotus]], [[Film/TragedyGirls Tyler MacIntyre]], [[Series/IntoTheDark Maggie Levin]] and [[Film/{{Deadstream}} Vanessa & Joseph Winter]]. The plot is set during the year 1999, where a thirsty teenager's home video leads to a series of horrifying revelations, taking one giant leap forward into the hellish new millennium.

* HollywoodAcid: Debra repeatedly threatens to splash and/or inject the host of ''Ozzy's Dungeon'' with the stuff and holds onto the bottle as her preferred WeaponOfChoice throughout the entire segment from that point on.