"Amateur Night"

"Lily" the main antagonist of the short

***"Amateur Night"*** is a short featured in the 2012 anthology horror movie "V/H/S". Directed by David Bruckner, an American film director known for his 2017 movie "The Ritual", and written by Bruckner and Nicholas Tecosky this is the first, excluding the frame narrative, short featured in the movie and therefore the series.

The short follows a group of three friends who visit a local nightclub, intending to pick up drunk girls for the purpose of filming an amateur porn video. Unbeknownst to them, one of the girls who they take home is hiding a dark secret, and their immoral plot of sex and voyeurism is sure to come to a grisly end.

"Amateur Night" was acclaimed by audiences and critics alike for its unique character design, slow build of tension, effects and its unique blend of extreme sex and violence, and it is considered by many to be the best short of V/H/S, and one of the best shorts in the series. It was ranked 18th in the Den of Geek's "The 31 Best Segments From Horror Anthology Movies" , and is ranked 1st of all the shorts in the V/H/S series in a list by Douchebag Batman, an online movie blogger and reviewer who called it *"one of the best horror shorts of the past decade"* and *"a fun ride from start to finish".*

"Amateur Night" and it primary character, Lily, were so successful that they spawned a spin-off, SiREN, a feature horror film directed by Gregg Bishop, which was released on December 2, 2016. This film is not found footage like the original but shares the same actress, Hannah Fierman, and a similar story.

This short was preceded by "Tape 56" Part 1 and followed by "Second Honeymoon".

## Plot

Shane, Patrick, and Clint are three friends who have rented a motel room to fulfill Shane's intent of bringing women back for sex; Clint's glasses have been outfitted with a hidden camera that will allow them to turn their planned encounter into an amateur porn video. While the three men are bar-hopping, Clint encounters a mysterious young woman, Lily, who appears unusually shy, and says little other than "I like you."

In addition to picking up Lily, the men also succeed in convincing another young woman, Lisa, to return to their motel with them. Lisa passes out as Shane attempts to initiate sex and Patrick, laughing, discourages him from continuing. Lily continues awkwardly coming on to Clint, but a dejected Shane comes on to Lily instead, oblivious to the scales visible on her feet as he undresses her. Lily appears responsive, pushing Shane onto his back and then beginning to undress Clint, seemingly beginning a threesome. Overwhelmed, Clint goes to the bathroom; Patrick disrobes and attempts to take Clint's place, but Lily has made it clear that she dislikes Patrick.

Moments later, Patrick bursts into the bathroom claiming Lily bit him. When they approach Shane, Lily sprouts fangs, attacks and kills him. Clint and Patrick hide in the bathroom until Patrick, still nude, arms himself with a shower curtain rod and returns to the room. Clint tries to wake Lisa and Patrick attempts to fight Lily but she subdues him, drinks his blood and rips off his genitals. Clint escapes but ends up falling down a stairwell and breaks his wrist in the process. Lily catches up to Clint, but instead of attacking, she attempts fellatio. Due to his pain and fear, Clint is unresponsive which upsets Lily who crawls over to a corner and cries softly, which gets louder, then turns into a horrific growl. Clint flees, begging bystanders for help, but he is suddenly lifted into the sky by Lily, who has transformed into a winged creature. This reveals that she is a succubus who was on the hunt. The glasses fall off Clint's face and hit the ground before the video cuts out.

## Cast

* Hannah Fierman as Lily
* Mike Donlan as Shane
* Joe Sykes as Patrick
* Drew Sawyer as Clint
* Jas Sams as Lisa

## Feature film spin-off/SiREN

***Siren*** (stylized as ***SiREN***) is a 2016 American horror film. It is a spin-off and feature-length adaptation of *Amateur Night*, David Bruckner's segment from the 2012 anthology horror film *V/H/S*. It was released on December 2, 2016 in theatres, on DVD on December 6, 2016 and on Netflix January 1, 2020. It was directed by Gregg Bishop and produced by Gary Binkow, Jude S. Walko, Brad Miska, and David Bruckner. One week before his wedding day, Jonah and his groomsmen hit the town for a wild night of club hopping and debauchery. But the party becomes a savage fight for survival when they unwittingly unleash a fabled predator upon the festivities.