"A Ride in the Park"

"A Ride in the Park" is the second proper short featured in the horror anthology film "V/H/S/2". Directed by Eduardo Sánchez and Gregg Hale, who directed The Blair Witch Project, which is arguably the most influential and well-known found footage horror film of all time, this dark horror-comedy follows a cyclist who becomes zombified while on a ride in the woods. The short is shot from a camera attached on a helmet, and takes the unique approach of showing the story from a zombie's perspective for most of the story.

This short is preceded by "Phase I Clinical Trials" and followed by "Safe Haven".

Plot
A cyclist, Mike, with a camera affixed on his helmet, is riding through a state park, when he runs into a hysterical and bloody woman, asking for help with her boyfriend. Mike then sees several zombies approaching them, before he is suddenly attacked and bitten on the throat by the woman, whom he kills. Mike staggers through the park, heavily bleeding, before finally collapsing and apparently dying. A pair of bikers come across him and attempt to help, but he reanimates, attacks, and partially devours them. Hearing noise in the distance, the three zombies head off towards it.

The trio invades a young girl's birthday party, killing several people, some of whom reanimate to attack others. While trying to attack a man and his three daughters in their car, Mike notices his bloodied reflection, which seems to subdue his aggressive behaviour. When he accidentally pocket dials his girlfriend, Amy, he is shocked back to a semi-conscious state upon hearing her voice and kills himself with a discarded shotgun.

Cast

 * Jay Saunders as Biker
 * Bette Cassatt as Screaming Girl
 * Dave Coyne as Good Samaritan Guy
 * Wendy Donigian as Good Samaritan Girl
 * Devon Brookshire as Biker's Girlfriend

Trivia

 * Controversial movie reviewer Rex Reed's review of "V/H/S/2" received criticism for its many factual inaccuracies, which were caused by Reed admitting he had walked out at the end of the first segment. He describes "A Walk in the Park" as the story of "a mountain biker pursued by flesh-eating zombies (rather than turned into one himself early on)".