First image from V/H/S sequel, S-VHS

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V/H/S hasn’t been released in the UK yet (it’s set to arrive January 2013), but its sequel is already gathering pace and has released a first official image.

V/H/S 2 (or S-VHS as it’s now known) will follow the same found-footage compilation structure as its predecessor, with a brace of talented directors on board. Helming segments this time round? Gareth Evans ( The Raid ) and Timo Tjahjanto, Eduardo Sánchez ( The Blair Witch Project ) and Greg Hale, Jason Eisener, and Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett.

Twitch has the first official image, which is taken from the Evans/ Tjahjanto segment, and you can see it above.

It’s not entirely clear what’s going on, but given that we have a first-person perspective of a guy whose body has been mutilated with occult markings, it’s safe to predict that the sequel will have its fair share of unhinged frights.

V/H/S opens in the UK on 18 January 2013. The sequel is expected to open in 2013.

Matt Maytum is the former Editor of Total Film magazine. Over the past decade, Matt has worked in various roles for TF online and in print, including at GamesRadar+. Bucket-list-ticking career highlights have included reporting from the set of Tenet and Avengers: Infinity War, as well as covering Comic-Con, TIFF and the Sundance Film Festival.