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Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
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Reviews Counted:103
Fresh:13
Rotten:90
Average Rating:3.4/10
Consensus: This sequel to Blair Witch Project is all formula and no creativity, mechanically borrowing elements from the original and other horror movies.
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
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Artisan Entertainment's Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 delves deeper into the legend of the infamous Blair Witch and the unspeakable evil wrought in the Black Hills near Burkittsville,...
Artisan Entertainment's Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 delves deeper into the legend of the infamous Blair Witch and the unspeakable evil wrought in the Black Hills near Burkittsville, Maryland.
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 takes place in present-day Burkittsville, after the events chronicled in The Blair Witch Project. Four young people have signed up for a tour of the Black Hills, the latest Blair Witch-inspired moneymaker dreamed up by Jeff Patterson, a black sheep townie with a murky past. They set up camp near the foundation of the house that belonged to Rustin Parr, the old hermit who was hanged for the murders of seven children, a crime that bore the mark of the Blair Witch. In the morning, the campers awake with no memory of having gone to sleep and five hours stolen from their lives. They return to Jeff's residence, an abandoned 19th Century warehouse at the edge of Burkittsville, to try to piece together what happened.
But the strange occurrences haven't ended with that night, as legend and reality become frighteningly entwined. Bizarre symbols appear on their bodies, children's plaintive crying is heard, phantasmagoric visions confound their eyes, and fleeting apparitions suggest the villainy of the distant past. In the woods, a grisly discovery at Coffin Rock recalls a deadly chapter in the history of the Blair Witch. No longer sure what is real and what is imagined, the five young people start to unravel psychologically, eyeing one another with suspicion and edging ever closer to mass hysteria. Too late, they realize that when they left the woods, they didn't leave alone...
Starring: Tristan Skylar, Stephen Barker Turner, Jeffrey Donovan, Kim Director
Starring: Tristan Skylar, Stephen Barker Turner, Jeffrey Donovan, Kim Director, Erica Leerhsen, Lanny Flaherty
Director: Joe Berlinger
Director: Joe Berlinger
Screenwriter: Jon Bokenkamp, Neal Marshall
Producer: Daniel Myrick, Bill Carraro
Studio: Artisan Entertainment
Reviews for Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Maybe it's all of the artificially flavored butter topping talking, but I thought BWP 2 was a damn fine little thriller!
Not nearly as original as The Blair Witch Project, but has its moments.
...though this isn’t a movie with enough redeemable features to be leveled with the original, it is, at least, still a mildly engaging horror flick with enough tension and energy to work up the audience.
Clever, entertaining, and thought-provoking, a purely original thriller that is able to stand on its own two feet.
Laced with just enough intelligence and originality to modestly recommend it.
A decent psychological mystery filled with paranoia and delusions, which messes with your head and demands that you keep thinking about it, even after you've left the theatre.
It's better made than the original, and its writing contains a subtlety and wit the original film lacked.
It's a surprisingly intelligent and welcome addition to a genre that's usually a dumping ground for low budget efforts.
Diverting and unexpectedly funny, and it delivers a few well-fashioned jolts that should please horror junkies.
While it's not as clever as it thinks it is, it's considerably better than we had any right to expect.
There are moments of pleasure, humor and, yes, terror to be had here all the same.
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