If you're not already familiar with Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett, you probably will be soon. The creative duo has been vitalizing the indie horror scene with their contributions to anthologies like V/H/S and The ABCs of Death, and with their anticipated festival hit You're Next finally coming to theaters in August and new projects already lined up (Dead Spy Running, The Guest), Wingard and Barrett are poised to make quite an impression in the coming year. For V/H/S/2, the team returns to the franchise with "Tape 49" and "Clinical Trials Phase 1". While V/H/S met with mixed reviews, the second installment has been praised as a leaner, meaner, more ambitious follow-up with higher stakes and bigger payoffs. Earlier this week I jumped on the phone for an interview with Wingard and Barrett. We discussed the lessons they learned on the first film, feeling more comfortable with the found footage format the second time around, what they like about working on anthology films, they're success as creative partners, and more. V/H/S/2 also features segments by Jason Eisener, Gareth Evans and Timo Tjahtjanto, Eduardo Sanchez and Gregg Hale. Check out the full interview after the jump. Collider: You guys have the unique perspective of having participated on the first V/H/S and now being involved in the sequel. Talk a little bit about how those experiences compare, and what might have been different this time around. SIMON BARRETT: The thing about the first V/H/S is that when Adam and I first started working on it no one was really even quite sure what that film was. That movie came about over nearly a year's worth of people shooting their various segments. We filmed the wrap around that ...
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