V/H/S/2 (it’s a horror anthology with the following segments and a sequel to: V/H/S)
Segment Tape 49
Director: Simon Barrett
Writer: Simon Barrett
Cast: Lawrence Michael Levine, Kelsy Abbott
Segment Phase I Clinical Trials
Director: Adam Wingard
Writer: Simon Barrett
Cast: Adam Wingard, Hannah Hughes
Segment A Ride in the Park
Director: Gregg Hale, Eduardo Sánchez
Writer: Jamie Nash, Eduardo Sánchez
Cast: Jay Saunders
Segment Safe Haven
Director: Gareth Evans , Timo Tjahjanto
Writer: Gareth Evans , Timo Tjahjanto
Cast: Fachry Albar, Hannah Al Rashid, Oka Antara, Epy Kusnandar
Segment Slumber Party Alien Abduction
Director: Jason Eisener
Writer: Jason Eisener, John Davies
Cast: Rylan Logan, Samantha Gracie, Zack Ford, Josh Ingraham, Cohen King
Part of: /slash Filmfestival

Plot:
Private Investigator Larry (Lawrence Michael Levine) is sent after a missing boy. He stumbles upon a weird house full of VHS tapes where his partner Ayesha (Kelsy Abbott) starts watching a few while he checks out the rest of the house.
The first tape is the recording from an artificial eye, just activated in Herman (Adam Wingard) who not only starts seeing again at all, but even things that aren’t actually there.
The second tape is the helmet cam of a biker (Jay Saunders) who gets attacked by zombies in the woods.
The third tape shows film material from the inside of a sect’s compound where things are coming to a head.
The fourth tape shows a group of kids who are home alone when strange creatures come from out of the lake.

V/H/S 2 was a whole lot better than V/H/S which, honestly, wasn’t very hard to do. They cut down the framing (which makes the still-remaining question of WHY VIDEOTAPES less apparent), on the gratuitous boobs (though there’s still too much of them) and on the general length, which all works in its favor.

More about each segment after the jump.

Phase I Clinical Trials was super-creepy and made me jump several times. But I still was a bit frustrated by the sheer mess of nonsense and logical inconsistency this segment deemed to call a plot.

A Ride in the Park had a brilliant concept and it was very well made. I really enjoyed it – though I did think that the ending was a little too cheesy. I like my zombies with a healthy dose of cynicism, thank you very much.

Safe Haven was one giant ball of What The Fuck, but in the most brilliant way. It really had everything, including one of the best cast crazy cult leader I’ve ever seen.

Slumber Party Alien Abduction had brilliant moments (like when we first see the creature in the lake), but then it got a little annoying, especially when the dog became the camera man and the camera doesn’t show anything apart from shaking anymore.

Summarizing: entertaining.