Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)

User Rating:

4.0/10   

Director:

Joe Berlinger

Writers (WGA):

Daniel Myrick (characters) and
Eduardo Sánchez (characters) ...

Release Date:

27 October 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Evil Doesnt Die.

Plot:

College students at a Boston college become fascinated by the events of the three missing filmmakers in Maryland, so they decide to go into the same woods and find out what really happened.

Plot Keywords:

Witch | Murder | Female Nudity | Dream | Wiccan

Awards:

2 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Kim Director	...	Kim Diamond
Jeffrey Donovan	...	Jeffrey Patterson
Erica Leerhsen	...	Erica Geerson
Tristine Skyler	...	Tristen Ryler (as Tristen Skyler)
Stephen Barker Turner	...	Stephen Ryan Parker
Kurt Loder	...	Himself
Chuck Scarborough	...	Himself
Bruce Reed	...	Burkitsville Resident #1
Lynda Millard	...	Burkitsville Resident #2
Deb Burgoyne	...	Burkitsville Resident #3
Andrea Cox	...	Burkitsville Resident #4
Joe Berlinger	...	Burkitsville Tourist #1
Sara Phillips	...	Burkitsville Tourist #2
Lanny Flaherty	...	Sheriff Cravens
Pete Burris	...	MBI Man #1

Also Known As:

BW2 (USA) (promotional abbreviation)
BWP2 (USA) (promotional abbreviation)
Blair Redux (USA) (working title)
Blair Witch 2 (USA) (working title)
Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows (USA) (working title)
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch Project 2 (USA) (video title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language, sexuality and drug use.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Malaysia:18PL | Netherlands:16 | South Korea:18 | Philippines:PG-13 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Germany:18 | Hong Kong:IIB | Japan:PG-12 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #37725) | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Company:

Artisan Entertainment

Trivia:

The playing of the tapes backwards is a reference to The Exorcist (1973).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Erica and Stephen are sitting at the table after Stephen has his hallucination kiss scene, the items on the table move between shots, notably the newspapers in front of Erica.

Quotes:

Jeff: You know, there's a lot of naysayers who come and say "Nay".

Movie Connections:

References Ninja, the Violent Sorceror (1982)

Soundtrack:

I'm A Doggy

Be disappointed. Be very disappointed.

'The Blair Witch Project' is, in my view, a near-masterpiece of the supernatural, and an audacious and thrilling leap into the dark in terms of popular movie-making technique.

You would think then, that its sequel couldn't possibly live up this high standard, wouldn't you?

And you would be absolutely right. 'Blair Witch 2' has about as much in common with its predecessor as 'Ishtar' does with 'Casablanca'. I won't even dignify it with an attempt to explain its plot. It has none of the atmosphere or suspense of the original, and doesn't even make a token effort to achieve it. It is utter Z-grade rubbish. I find it hard to imagine that the original producers or writers had anything to do with this follow-up, and if they did, they ought to be put in a bag full of owls.

Ghastly, idiotic rubbish. The only thing that frightens me about it is that some people probably prefer it to the original.