marceluiz First of all, I'm a big fan of these kind of "found footage" movies. I think the first V/H/S was better at not having the amount of cliches that this one has. The first tape had some terrible actors - man, I think I may act better than them. The second tape was a interesting take on the zombie stuff that had its peak at 2012~2013. Third tape, for me, was the best one, really interesting and intriguing story. The last one was the standard ET stuff.I liked the out of tapes story as well - better than the V/H/S 1 one. 6.5/10

barfmasta At first glance, the film seemed somewhat slightly clichéd - with the two people at the start investigating a trashed (ish) house, and the eerie sounds and atmosphere, i wasn't sure if I expected a twist in the blade kinda film where it all ridiculously escalated into a grim video slideshow of gore, guts and some boob or a lengthy shitty fail of a film that focused on shock thrill in a cheap and immature manner. The film is focused on a series of tapes that relate to each other in a variety of ways, so watching the whole thing properly is definitely a help. The angle technique is one of a 3d kind of view, shots of characters filming come in various angles throughout the film, with the stuttering and eventual distorted sound of the audio made for each sequence. The actual film is bizarre, gory, nasty and sometimes a little humorous (in a sick way) depending on your horror tolerance, so for a film in the genre of found footage horror and gore focused violence, it's really a perfect representation of what a modern horror of that kind should be like. It is artistic from an effects point of view, some of it like the minotaur style/whatever monster chasing the cameraman, is completely ridiculous but nevertheless very entertaining and varied throughout the vast majority of the picture.Rating this you have to remember it's a horror with strong elements of gory bloody violence, so on that front i'd give it a 7.5 for it's thoroughly entertaining and (at times) completely absurd violence, and for its variety of events managing to lock into each other toward the finish.

akaash-k So I decided to write a review..First of all, how the hell is this rated higher than the proceeder?I had seen the first one last week with a friend, and as I was having another movie night yesterday with the same friend, I decided that it'd be good to start of with the sequel, since the first one had us pretty entertained throughout.Boy was I wrong.This is why most sequels are never better than the first, because they are either just odd, don't live up to the first one, or are just outright crap.This movie is not even as good as the first, and even the worst short of the first installment is way better than any in this one..TAPE 1 - "Phase 1 Clinical Trials" This is the first short, which just doesn't make sense and is only depending on loud sounds and sudden appearances to make you jump. It doesn't even explain why all that happens.TAPE 2 - "A Ride in the park" This was the second short, and was just outright weird. Really? Zombies? It looked like a spoof or something that didn't take itself seriously, which is clearly the wrong impressionTAPE 3 - "Safe Haven" probably the best out of all the shorts, only because it started off creepy. Well Asians and little kids are normally a creepy mix, but what it climaxed into was just plain stupid. Really? A fake looking goat monster :/ rightttt. All that build up for that. PftTAPE 4 - "Slumber Party Alien Abduction" this one was alright, since it was a quick paced short, but that doesn't make it excellent, just fast paced, meaning you have to pay attention. Not as bad as the first two, but still mehhhWrap Around Tape/Frame Narrative - "Tape 49" - the shot of the room while the person puts a VHS in was probably the creepiest part from th film, because you half expect someone or something to jump out due to the angle, but yeah, nothing as such... Well until the very end, but still not even scary, just weird..If Im being really critical, forgive me, but the expectation I had going in to this was even better than the first, especially with the ratings here, but man is that a disappointment. Guess I should stick to my own rule of only seeing reviews/ratings AFTER I see the movie. My friend agreed that this was such a time wasting movie, and was only further dumbfounded as I mentioned this was rated higher than the first. HaThe first at least had good (stretched out shorts) and characters that we could actually sort of care about.Blood and gore (which is more in this one) doesn't make a movie scary(ier). It just makes it gross

Sci-FiHorrorFan I liked the film and I found it to be okay and I liked the wrap around in this film more than the one in the first film,I guess I just found this story more interesting it was about two private investigators that are looking for a boy that went missing. The investigators break into his house and find his collection of V/H/S Tapes and they start to watch them. Unlike the first film this one actually made more sense and the stories were better also the characters were better and more likable. Story one was about a man who was having this operation and they put a camera in his eye. I thought the idea of the camera in his eye was interesting but the story was a bit lacking. He goes home and we find out his house is haunted by ghosts but he thinks the eye is making him see these ghosts but it was not because the ghosts were real. The man meets this women they become friends and she tells him the ghosts are real then they work together to try and get rid of the ghosts.Story 2 I liked I thought it was entertaining it was about a man who was a bicycle rider and he rides around in the woods and he encounters a women who was bitten by a zombie,unaware of this he tries to help her and she ends up biting him turning him into a zombie but not before he kills her.a group of others zombies chase after him and the man ends up turning into a zombie from his bite wound and the rest of the story is about all these zombies running around causing mayhem and destruction trying to infect as many people as possible. This short story was one of my favourites and it was entertaining and there were some really good make up effects as well as blood and Gore in this story. Story 3 I liked okay it was a very insane story about a A news crew that infiltrates an Indonesian cult and I must say this story was very bloody and gory and bizarre and people that like bizarre stories will love this one,I found the story entertaining but I did not love it,however I have to give the story a thumbs up for originality it was something different that I'd never seen before,the story has a lot of creepy images in it along with weird creatures. The cultists in this story begin a mass suicide and chaos ensues,the news crew get attacked and they try to escape from the building.I don't want to give away too much but I will say the dark bloody building they were in reminded me of scene in A film called (Jacobs ladder).the hospital scene in that film was just as bizarre as this story. This 3rd story was insane and effectively creepy I have to be honest and admit that,also the story had good make up effects and the creature looked cool.Story 4 would probably be my favourite one it was called (Slumber party Alien Abduction). The story was interesting it was about these kids who put a camera on their dog to create videos.after their parents leave the kids invite some friends over to have some fun. Later their older sisters boyfriend comes over to see her and the kids play pranks on both of them. The laughs soon stop when the kids start to hear loud noises outside,they go downstairs and they soon realise something dangerous is outside and then they see Aliens break into their house and the kids get abducted one by one. The older sister and her brothers run for it and try to escape but they can't see in the dark so they try and hide but everywhere they go the Aliens seem to find them. Whenever the Aliens show up they are shrouded in bright flickering light and I liked the effect. The alien effects also looked good and I liked the way they moved I thought they were creepy looking.I found this last Alien Abduction story fast moving and very intense! especially toward the end when the kids run for it again. After story 4 we get the end Wrap around story with the two investigators which I liked. I have to say the end wrap around here was much better than the one in the first film.I found this Ending wrap around Creepy also I liked the idea of the end wrap around story,it was a good idea they had but I won't give it away instead just watch the film and see it for yourselves. V/H/S 2 was an okay Film with some interesting stories.