Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- frantic
- visceral
- disturbing
- late night horror marathon
- halloween viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly found the anthology uneven but energetic, inventive, and highly entertaining for committed genre fans.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Private investigators discover a collection of VHS tapes and watch the individual segments as part of the search for a missing student.
The segments use handheld, spy, eye, dog, and other embedded cameras to make frightening events unfold through limited first-person viewpoints.
VHS cassettes, analog image artifacts, and videotape playback define the film's presentation and atmosphere.
The film's vignettes emphasize bloody violence, zombies, abduction, and disturbing practical horror imagery.
Films like V/H/S/2, and why
V/H/S
shared found footage horror, anthology structure, analog recording aesthetic, and escalating supernatural threats
V/H/S: Viral
shared found footage format, visceral gore, rapid pacing, and inventive horror vignettes
Southbound
shared anthology horror, first-person camera perspectives, grotesque practical effects, and darkly playful tone
The Blair Witch Project
shared found footage presentation, alien abduction material, and disturbing subjective camerawork
Movie Details
- Directors
- Adam Wingard, Gregg Hale, Eduardo Sánchez, Simon Barrett, Timo Tjahjanto, Jason Eisener, Gareth Evans
- Release Date
- 2013-06-06
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (1240)
Cast
- Lawrence Michael Levine
- Kelsy Abbott
- L.C. Holt
- Simon Barrett
- Mindy Robinson
- Adam Wingard
- Hannah Hughes
- John T. Woods
- Hannah Al Rashid
- Fachry Albar
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV, Philo
- Rent
- Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
- Buy
- Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is V/H/S/2 about?
- A pair of private investigators uncover a VHS archive whose fragmented recordings unleash a barrage of grotesque supernatural nightmares.
- What is V/H/S/2 like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of V/H/S/2 as breakneck, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is V/H/S/2 violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in V/H/S/2 as graphic.
- What did critics think of V/H/S/2?
- Critics broadly found the anthology uneven but energetic, inventive, and highly entertaining for committed genre fans.
- Which films are like V/H/S/2?
- Films with a similar feel include V/H/S, V/H/S: Viral, Southbound, and The Blair Witch Project.
- How long is V/H/S/2?
- V/H/S/2 runs 96 minutes.
- Where can I watch V/H/S/2?
- In United States, V/H/S/2 streams on fuboTV, Philo.
