The Ice Cream Truck is the main antagonist of the 2014 found footage horror anthology film V/H/S: Viral.
It's an ambiguously-sentient, homicidal ice cream truck that serves as the film's driving force, being the one who started a city-wide police chase, roping the film's main protagonist, amateur videographer Kevin in. The truck's likely responsible for his girlfriend, Iris', disappearance and death, too.
Nature[]
Due to the vehicle's enigmatic nature, many of the franchise's fans have chalked it up to being a vehicle possessed/controlled by the V/H/S Entity. This remains unconfirmed, though. And while it is a good explanation for the truck's calculated aggression as well as malice (in addition to the fact that the Entity itself appears on TV screens stacked within it), the possibility of the truck being a completely separate entity remains.
Here's a phrase that sums up its nature pretty quickly (and effectively): "Hell follows with it." This is evident in the film, as it commits a huge conga line of crimes, ranging from being engaged in a police chase to murdering LAPD officers. The amount of chaos it had wreaked upon Los Angeles by the film's end is simply unbelievable.
History[]
V/H/S: Viral[]
The vehicle's presence is first felt in the film when Kevin witnesses a car chase occurring on live TV, a chase that was brought to his neighborhood by the speedy truck. Seeing an opportunity to create a viral video, he decides to rush outside, attempting to film the ordeal. Kevin gets into an argument with a police officer, however. All the while, Iris receives a call that entrances and prompts her to walk outside, onto the road ahead of Kevin in a zombie-like state. Their bizarre interaction ends when the truck passes by, running over the cop and taking Iris away through unknown, presumably paranormal means. After witnessing this, Kevin receives a "haunted call" from the missing Iris and proceeds to chase the truck.
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