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Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2

2000 Directed by Joe Berlinger

Evil Doesn't Die.

Young adults 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.

Kim Director Jeffrey Donovan Erica Leerhsen Tristine Skyler Stephen Barker Turner Lanny Flaherty Lauren Hulsey Raynor Scheine Kennen Sisco Dina Napoli Joe Berlinger Andrea Cox Pete Burris Briton Green Anja Baron Kurt Loder Chuck Scarborough

Alternative Titles

Blair Witch 2, Il libro segreto delle streghe: Blair Witch 2, Blair Witch 2 : Le livre des ombres, Book of Shadows - Blair Witch 2, The Blair Witch Project 2, Blair Witch 2 - Le livre des ombres, El libro de las sombras: Blair witch 2, A bruxa de Blair 2 - O livro das sombras, El Proyecto de la Bruja de Blair 2, The Blair Witch Project 2 - Book of Shadows, Vestica iz Blera 2: Knjiga Senki, Проклятието Блеър 2: Книга от сенки, Záhada Blair Witch 2, O Livro das Trevas: BW2, Gölgelerin dili - Blair cadisi 2, Ведьма из Блэр 2: Книга теней

horror mystery thriller

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Review by nathaxnne wilhelmina (hiatus) ★★★★★ 29

One of my favorite horror sequels and favorite movies of the 00's. Watching this movie is like if Taco Bell Quesadillas grew on trees, or were secreted from trees and had hallucinogenic properties in the spicy cheese which wasn't really cheese but some kind of sap because they weren't really Taco Bell Quesadillas but instead some kind of seed pod or lure for organisms which might eat Taco Bell Quesadillas extruded by a tree that is either symbiotic or carnivorous but is that a question of degree rather than kind?
Review by Josiah Morgan ★★★★★ 16

If people believe something enough, isn't it real?

In Christchurch, where I live, bad things happen. Underneath a happy facade, overflowing with tourists, one can feel the history. The land on which Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme bashed their mother to death with a brick in a sock is shadowy, even in bright sunlight. You can walk there and feel something, history, underneath it all. It is equally as easy to wander the city streets post-earthquakes and sense a completely tangible paranoia. How can a road be schizophrenic? How can trees have split personalities? I may not believe in witches (not in a literal, magical, supernatural sense) but I do believe in the concept of haunting (being haunted by history,…
Review by Tony the Terror😼 ★★★½ 2

I love the BW movies and decided to rewatch all them this weekend because hello fall! Due to some insane greediness, this poor sequel came out way too quickly after the first movie and it never really stood a chance, but it’s still good in spite of what all the haterzz might say.

I understand and even respect the decision to forego the found footage aspect because there was no way the same magic would be captured, especially with this coming out so soon after the first one. There was so much hype around the first movie. So much. Like, if you were around at the time, then you know what I’m talking about and if you weren’t, I don’t…
Review by claire 💖 diane

i really want to say something insightful about how movies are almost always somehow about movies & this is kind of abt how capitalism commodified the first movie & hollowed it out removing the original emotional content & trauma from the events that happened and superficializes them to sell them again & then a witch has psychedelic revenge on them, but mostly i am really happy that i've finally gotten over my arrogant young self who would've looked down her nose at 00's era nu metal horror, but now i totally love it & because i let it go this movie gave me a goth girl AND a wiccan girl in the same movie & i felt very at home.
Review by Hollie Horror ★★ 3

I was making a lot of jokes while [re]watching Book of Shadows and Lords of Salem last night (in preparation for a podcast we're recording tomorrow) and after the day I've had, I'm beginning to wonder if I shouldn't have been such a sarcastic jerk? I've spent my entire day cleaning up after myself because I've been even more klutzy than usual, knocking over full cups of ice water, just had to clean up coffee that I spilled all over a white god damn wall, knocked the shower head down twice/had to put it back together, what's next?! Am I going to wake up tomorrow with rune-shaped wounds all over my body?

From what I can remember, this was probably…
Review by Rich Strahs ★★★½ 10

Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 often feels like the Blair Witch was an afterthought. Look at the title it seems so tacked on in a last minute manner. Yet, it still feel like a sequel. It feels like it is a part of the Blair Witch mythos. Weird right?

I had the pleasure of watching the first movie and this one started up right away on my tv. Who was I to say I didn’t want to watch this to the ever powerful television set? I am a mere human compared to the powerful internet fueled television. Instantly, I am reminded about the Blair Witch buzz by a Kurt Loder MTV News spot, an Ebert clip and a regional…

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Review by Rose. ★

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Review by theolejake ★★

Kind of interesting if you've seen Joe Berlinger's previous work. On it's own however, Book of Shadows is a fairly unremarkable camp fest, that can be enjoyable at times.
Review by M.K. Rhodes ★½

The problem isn't really the cliche horror elements added via studio-mandated reshoots, as director Joe Berlinger attests; nor is it the constant imposition of Marilyn Manson and other 2000-era alt-rock to sell the obligatory Music From and Inspired By soundtrack album. The problem is that Berlinger is completely fucking inept on every conceivable level—this is one of the most embarrassingly amateurish theatrical films I've ever seen, and even in its unaltered form this dopey meta-wank would be nothing but laughable.
Review by Kidgamer54 ★

Had potential but this has producers fingerprints all over it with absolutely atrocious editing and a confusing plot its not a pleasant experience.
Review by SweeneyTom ½

This could have at least had some respect and been fun and not boring while being dumb
Review by cvanderkaay

This is not a good movie, but it is an entertaining exercise to put yourself through.

As you watch this movie, imagine yourself as any of the creatives involved. Imagine deciding to make a sequel to a surprising cult smash hit that was obscenely profitable, shot mostly on video, was a pretend documentary with no famous faces, and all of the characters have died. Go!

What a weird choice for a follow-up film. A narrative sequel to a found footage film (the same mistake would be made years later with The Last Exorcism) directed by a filmmaker known primarily for documentaries, this movie is a tornado of tone shifts.

My personal favorite: the scenery-chewing sheriff that feels like it HAD to be intentionally comical, but I don't understand why.
Review by honeyvoiced ★

One Star for Erica Leehrsen's tits and hair
Review by Taylor Demontigny ★★★

Watched the fan edit (so called Recut Edition), which eliminates a lot of confusing bloat and presents the film in chronological order. It definitely worked better.
Review by jack ★★★★ 2

The mere idea of "The Blair Witch Project" taking the world by storm in the summer of 1999 was unexpected, unpredicted, and completely and totally significant to the movement of film. Among other important and influential elements it brought, it echoed a style of filmmaking that has influenced the Horror genre (for the better or for the worse?): the found-footage trickery, the idea of imposing reality with fiction to blend the idea of truth and fiction, and increasing the element of unknown.

But, as we know, narrative and fiction are separated, as "The Blair Witch Project" isn't a documentation, rather a convincing film and one of the most unsettling films I've ever seen. And yet, "Book of Shadows: Blair Witch…