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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.
Rated: R [See Full Rating] violence, language, sexuality and drug use
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Theatrical Release:Oct 27, 2000 Wide
Box Office: $25,933,572
Synopsis:
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
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Reviews for Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
The arguing goes on and on, until you just want someone to die so you can go home already.
This film ranks on my personal lists of: Worst Sequels, Worst Movies, and Worst Examples of Film-making to Cash in on a Trend.
[It] sounds a death knell for this overhyped marketing phenomenon, and not a moment too soon.
So who's ready for "The Blair Witch Reject"? Oops, that title's not fit for a marquee, said the producers. Let's call it, "Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2."
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