 He wanted to remove his name completely from the film and give directing credit to Alan Smithee, but his request was denied.West was set to direct "The Haunting in Georgia", the sequel to "The Haunting in Connecticut", but left the project in March 2010.In 2012, he worked with Adam Wingard, Simon Barrett, David Bruckner, Joe Swanberg, Glenn McQuaid and the Radio Silence Productions hosts Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Chad Villella on the anthology horror film "V/H/S".