Today with all those mockumentaries and so-called paranormal stuff filmed on tape and tapes being found I'm close to get fed up with those kind of movies. But I was warned by the magazines specialized in horror that this was a must see. Sure, the producers claimed that it would be better than part 1 and that it all would be a gory ride and that you will be scared from the first minute and not like the Paranormal Activity franchise were you have to wait a long time before things go awry.
I was one of those who didn't like the original entry, V/H/S due some parts being rather boring like the episode with the Skype stuff. Starting of with V/H/S 2 I immediately was surprised by the full frontal nudity from a man and the close up of naked juggs. But from there on it was just a disappointment with the first episode. The only thing you wanted was that the strange girl visiting the house of the one with the cyborg eye would undress and see, talking about paranormal activity, that's exactly what she did. But after that it was just laughable with those ghosts appearing before the windows. I almost even stopped the whole flick, luckily I didn't.
Once the worst was over we move to the other episodes and from there on the gore and creepiness comes in. All filmed in the same style with the notorious GoPro camera's it all looked shaky and wobbly but it worked out fine due the gore slowly coming in with the second episode concerning zombies. I liked it but thought we were going downhill remembering V/H/S and was afraid to move further in episode 3, but what the hell was that. This was extremely gory and even creepy about some cult waiting for the devil to arrive. Excellent entry. The last episode is about some alien attack, not that bad at all.
This is surely an improvement towards the original. I gave it a 7 because the first entry was stupid and laughable otherwise I would rate it 8. Better directors (Eduardo Sanchez from Blair Witch Project) made this an excellent entry in the found footage generation and surely one to embrace.
Gore 3/5 Nudity 1/5 Effects 3/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5
I was one of those who didn't like the original entry, V/H/S due some parts being rather boring like the episode with the Skype stuff. Starting of with V/H/S 2 I immediately was surprised by the full frontal nudity from a man and the close up of naked juggs. But from there on it was just a disappointment with the first episode. The only thing you wanted was that the strange girl visiting the house of the one with the cyborg eye would undress and see, talking about paranormal activity, that's exactly what she did. But after that it was just laughable with those ghosts appearing before the windows. I almost even stopped the whole flick, luckily I didn't.
Once the worst was over we move to the other episodes and from there on the gore and creepiness comes in. All filmed in the same style with the notorious GoPro camera's it all looked shaky and wobbly but it worked out fine due the gore slowly coming in with the second episode concerning zombies. I liked it but thought we were going downhill remembering V/H/S and was afraid to move further in episode 3, but what the hell was that. This was extremely gory and even creepy about some cult waiting for the devil to arrive. Excellent entry. The last episode is about some alien attack, not that bad at all.
This is surely an improvement towards the original. I gave it a 7 because the first entry was stupid and laughable otherwise I would rate it 8. Better directors (Eduardo Sanchez from Blair Witch Project) made this an excellent entry in the found footage generation and surely one to embrace.
Gore 3/5 Nudity 1/5 Effects 3/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5