The horror anthology is a beautiful thing \u2013 a bloody, twisted, haunting, and\/or ghastly beautiful thing. It\u2019s nothing new, per se, but since the success of \u201cV\/H\/S,\u201d it\u2019s easy to see the format is on the rise and, fortunately for genre fans, it means more of that thrilling mixture of curiosity, dread and excitement that comes along with one segment of a movie coming to an end, only to realize another completely fresh dose of sheer terror awaits you.<\/p>\n
It all begins with the Simon Barrett wraparound before, in true \u201cV\/H\/S\u201d form, the film moves into Adam Wingard\u2019s \u201cClinical Trials\u201d courtesy of an unsuspecting character popping in a forbidden VHS tape. After an artificial eye fills your own with paranormal entities, it\u2019s on to Eduardo Sanchez and Gregg Hale\u2019s \u201cA Ride in the Park,\u201d shedding new light on the zombie apocalypse. You\u2019ll never feel the need to investigate a doomsday cult courtesy of Timo Tjahjanto and Gareth Evans\u2019 third installment, \u201cSafe Haven,\u201d and then Jason Eisener will prove there\u2019s no safety-in-numbers when aliens invade your sleepover party.<\/p>\n
After sitting through the buffet of brutality that is \u201cV\/H\/S 2,\u201d no one in their right might should want to sit down with Barrett, Wingard, Eisener, Sanchez and Hale, but as someone with an insatiable hunger for terrifying, inventive scares, I\u2019ll happily take my chances with a distorted bionic eye, a bike ride through a forest full of zombies, a demonic ideology, a too-close encounter, and an interview with the sick and brilliant minds that bring it all to life.<\/p>\n