"Second Honeymoon"

"Second Honeymoon" is a short featured in the 2012 anthology horror movie "V/H/S". Directed and written by American filmmaker Ti West, known for his work in mumblecore horror movies like The House of the Devil (2009) and The Sacrament (2013), it stars his frequent collaborator and fellow director, Joe Swanberg.

It follows a couple on their second honeymoon in Arizona, who face relationship troubles and a mysterious stalker, who seems to have some kind of connection to the couple.

This short is preceded by "Amateur Night" and followed by "Tuesday the 17th".

Plot
A married couple, Sam and Stephanie, travel to Arizona for their second honeymoon. They visit a Wild West-themed attraction where Stephanie receives a prediction from a mechanical fortune teller, which claims that she will soon be reunited with a loved one. That evening (off camera), a woman comes to Sam and Stephanie's motel room and awkwardly tries to convince Sam to give her a ride the next day. In the middle of the night, while the couple are asleep, someone breaks into the room, turns on the camcorder and films stroking Stephanie's buttocks with a switchblade. The intruder then steals $100 from Sam's wallet and dips his toothbrush in the toilet. The next day, on their way to visit the Grand Canyon, Sam notices the missing money and accuses Stephanie of taking it, but she assumes he is joking. That night, someone enters the room again and repeatedly stabs Sam in the neck with the switchblade, filming him as he chokes on his own blood and dies. The camera then shows the killer, the woman from earlier, cleaning the blade while she and Stephanie make out passionately, revealing that the woman was Stephanie's lover. The recording cuts to Stephanie asking her lover if she has erased the footage.

Cast

 * Joe Swanberg as Sam
 * Sophia Takal as Stephanie
 * Kate Lyn Sheil as Girl

Trivia

 * When the couple interacts with the fortune telling machine, it tells Stephanie that she will be reunited with a loved one soon. This comes true later in the movie, where it is revealed that she is in love with the Girl.