Review of V/H/S/2 (2013) by Jeremy C — 27 Sep 2013

Searching for a missing student two private investigators break into his house and find a collection of VHS tapes. Viewing the horrific contents of each cassette they realize there may be dark motives behind the student's disappearance. You can credit the found footage horror anthology V/H/S/2 for its technological innovation somewhat, if for little else. The Blair Witch Project told its story with one or two hand held video cameras. The Paranormal Activity series has used laptops and household surveillance systems. V/H/S/2 offers the zombie-cam {the helmet camera of a bicyclist who is attacked by the undead then becomes one of them and goes on a killing rampage} and the terrier dog camera placed on the back of a family dog.

V/H/S was a good concept that was wasted due to substandard execution. V/H/S/2 corrects some of its predecessor's mistakes. Two shorts in the sequel maintain a high level of quality as they offer up flesh crawling scares. For this film's most disturbing segment "Safe Haven" It follows a team of journalists on a futile attempt to escape the brainwashing tactics of a bloodthirsty, ritualistic cult leader this particular segment creeps me out like no other. V/H/S/2 still doesn't really work as a whole, but it sure does improve on quality that was lacking from its predecessor.