They crammed out a sequel to V/H/S already. Halloween 2012 is long gone by now, but V/H/S remains as one of the best horror anthologies of all time. Even with its weakness and extremely problematic content, its a high quality piece of work. Sequels generally aren't. V/H/S 2 stands up.
Once again we have a horror anthology set in this bleak universe. The collector is gone, the rapists are gone, all that's left is the house and the tapes. A man/woman private eye team break into the collector's house looking for a missing person. They find the person's laptop in the TV room. As the man begins to search the house for the kid, the woman puts in a tape. and another tape, and another. On each tape is another visage of horror: an eye transplant goes wrong, a man goes for a bike ride he'll never forget, a group of people investigate a cult, and a bunch of kids have a slumber party.
V/H/S/2 suffers from one major problem: most of the shorts run overlong. In the first, we get a full-blown explanation of how the terror mechanics work, which is never a good sign (see: friday the 13th part 2). The second and third go well past their welcome. Some of the shorts stretch the gimmick a little far. There's a lot of editing involved in the second and third that loses some of the suspension of disbelief. The last one, however, is almost flawless in its execution. It shows off some basic effects and makes what are clearly dudes in poorly made costumes blasting air horns absolutely terrifying.
Overall, V/H/S/2 is unnecessary but fun. Its nice seeing a short with an all non-white cast, there's no short that involves rape this time around, and the only homophobia I could see came from one throwaway line that probably should have been edited out. All in all, V/H/S/2 is worth a watch if you liked the first one. Also, they should have kept the S-VHS title, that one's way better than V/H/S/2.
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