Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2

2000
R
1h 30m

IMDb RATING

4.0/10

41K

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A group of tourists arrives in Burkittsville, Maryland after seeing The Blair Witch Project (1999) to explore the mythology and phenomenon, only to come face to face with their own neuroses ... Read allA group of tourists arrives in Burkittsville, Maryland after seeing The Blair Witch Project (1999) to explore the mythology and phenomenon, only to come face to face with their own neuroses and possibly the witch herself.A group of tourists arrives in Burkittsville, Maryland after seeing The Blair Witch Project (1999) to explore the mythology and phenomenon, only to come face to face with their own neuroses and possibly the witch herself.

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IMDb RATING

4.0/10

41K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 5 wins & 11 nominations

Trivia
Unhappy with Joe Berlinger's version of the film, Artisan opted to re-shoot certain scenes to add more "traditional" horror movie elements and re-cut the movie to make it more commercial. Berlinger repeatedly states on the DVD commentary that he doesn't like the changes that were made and that they ruin the ambiguous tone of the plot.

Goofs
(at around 1h 12 mins) When they're watching the tapes backwards, they see Tristen hiding the tapes under some rocks (where they found them). The tape they're watching is one of the tapes they found, but when she hid them, she was being recorded on that tape.

Quotes
Sheriff Cravens: [angrily] Wipe that shit off your face! You think that your makeup and black clothes give you POWER... but you're just a scared, cowardly, little girl underneath all that.

Crazy credits
Part of the end credits roll over some shaky camera work in the woods, put there to appease fans of the first film.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Pay It Forward/The Legend of Drunken Master/The Yards/Bedazzled/Two Family House (2000)

Soundtracks
Disposable Teens
Written by Marilyn Manson, Jeordie White (as Twiggy Ramirez) and John 5 (as John Five)
Performed by Marilyn Manson
Published by Chrysalis Music/GTR Hack Music, EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Songs of Golgotha and Blood Heavy Music
From the album "Holy Wood"
Courtesy of Nothing Records Limited, Inc.

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Featured review

8/10

Not what I was expecting...in the best way.

It's disappointing to see that this film has been hit with such a low rating, because I for one thought it was a pretty good flick.

I was curious to see how the makers of the original film would go about creating the sequel, and I had the idea that they'd just totally cash in on BWP and make a movie solely about the Blair Witch with fancy special effects and lots of blood and guts, requiring the viewer to simply kick back and not think. You know, like so many other Hollywood movies these days that milk a concept for all it's worth at the expense of the story. Thankfully, the makers didn't take this route.

Book of Shadows doesn't rely on blood and gore, nor special effects. There is little in the way of jump-in-your-seat-frights, if any, but that's not a bad thing. It contains a pretty decent story, which at times, is quite chilling. The acting was fairly good as well, except the guy who played the sheriff. I felt he went just a little over the top..

If you haven't seen it, and are wary about it, take a chance and do so. Not exactly a 'sequel' in the traditional sense and more of a stand alone film (though I recommend seeing the first film beforehand), you can't go wrong. Good movie!