Some movies improve on the original by going bigger. V/H/S/2 improves on the original by going absolutely feral.

This 2013 found footage horror anthology picks up the same cursed-tape energy from V/H/S, but the segments feel sharper, meaner, and more confident this time around. The movie is built around a wraparound story called "Tape 49," with four main found footage segments from directors including Adam Wingard, Eduardo Sánchez, Gregg Hale, Timo Tjahjanto, Gareth Evans, and Jason Eisener.

In this episode, Jack and George talk about why V/H/S/2 feels like the franchise figuring out exactly what it wants to be: nasty, creative, chaotic, and sometimes way better than it has any right to be. There are haunted eyeballs, zombie GoPros, alien abductions, and one cult segment that basically kicks the door off the hinges and screams, "Oh, you thought the first movie was intense?"

The big conversation here is found footage itself. Not just "why is the camera still rolling?" but how the best segments use the camera as part of the horror. A helmet cam, a documentary crew, a dog-mounted camera, a robotic eye. The gimmick works when the footage feels like it has a reason to exist, and V/H/S/2 seems obsessed with finding new ways to make that happen.

And then there is "Safe Haven."

We have to talk about "Safe Haven."

That segment, directed by Gareth Evans and Timo Tjahjanto, has become one of the most talked-about pieces in the whole franchise, and for good reason. It starts with a documentary crew investigating a cult and then turns into a full-speed nightmare machine. Even people discussing the film years later often single it out as one of the franchise's strongest segments.

So this episode is about horror sequels, anthology structure, practical chaos, creepy tapes, and whether V/H/S/2 is the rare sequel that knows exactly what to fix.

Also: there is a demon.
A very standard Baphomet-looking demon.
But you know what? Sometimes standard Baphomet-looking demon gets the job done.

This week, Jack and George head into the woods for Hunting Matthew Nichols, a found-footage/mockumentary horror film about a documentary filmmaker trying to solve the decades-old disappearance of her brother and his friend on Vancouver Island. The movie follows Tara Nichols as she digs into old evidence, missing tapes, family trauma, and the kind of mystery that starts as true crime and slowly turns into something much darker.

Part missing-person documentary, part supernatural horror story, and part "why would anyone go back into those woods?" cautionary tale, Hunting Matthew Nichols plays with the old fear that some stories do not want to be solved. It leans into found-footage nostalgia, but with a cleaner documentary style instead of pure shaky-cam chaos.

For Episode 7, we talk about whether the movie earns its scares, how well the mystery builds, and why fake documentaries can sometimes feel more unsettling than traditional horror movies. We also get into what makes a good "lost tape" story work, how much backstory is too much backstory, and whether this one belongs in the same conversation as the found-footage movies that clearly inspired it.

Basically, we watched a movie about people investigating a horrible disappearance in the woods, and then we did the most responsible thing possible: we recorded ourselves talking about why that was a terrible idea.

George: mildmanneredaf
Jack: TopThrillJack

There are things you watch because you want to.

And then there are things you watch because you can't quite look away.

In this episode, Jack and George take on Faces of Death (2026), a movie that sits in a weird place between horror, curiosity, and something a little harder to define. It's less about story and more about reaction. About what happens when a movie stops feeling like a movie.

We talk about:

• where the line is between horror and something more uncomfortable
• why "real" or "real-feeling" changes the way you experience what you're watching
• and whether a movie like this is trying to say anything… or just make you feel something

This one isn't fun in the usual way.

It's not even scary in the usual way.

It just stays with you… whether you want it to or not.

George: mildmanneredaf
Jack: TopThrillJack

Same movie.

Different reactions.

Still not sure we should've watched this one