Four young adults join tour guide jeff jeffrey donovan on his witchhunting excursion into the woods and wind up spending the night in the home of killer rustin parr. One year after the blair witch project is released in theaters, the film has become a cultural phenomenon. Book of shadows blair witch 2 pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released book of shadows blair witch 2 pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten. Blair witch 2 inspired by the blair witch project, five young popculture devotees return to the creepy woods of burkittsville, maryland to tempt the homicidal tendencies of the fated blair witch. Blair witch 2 is a 2000 american psychological horror film, directed and cowritten by joe berlinger and starring jeffrey donovan, stephen barker turner, kim director, erica leerhsen, and tristine skyler. Initially intended to be a psychological thriller and an analysis of mass hysteria such as that associated with the original film, artisan entertainment drastically recut and repurposed berlingers original film as a more conventional horror film, altering the soundtrack as. Mar 07, 2017 people across america were stunned by the runaway success of the blair witch projecttm none more so than the residents of burkittsville. The film was immediately greenlit upon pitch due to the surprising success of its predecessor, the wildly successful 1999 film the blair witch project. But berlinger pumps this popular urban legend for all its worth. Instead of creating a sequel to the blair witch project, joe berlinger brings to the big screen a clumsy documentary about what happened in the real world after the release of blair witch in july 1999. Blair witch 2 kim director, jeffrey donovan 2000, artisan, 90 mins. The blair witch project 2 book of shadows home facebook. In saying that, im also sort of happy in a way, that.
Blair witch 2 journeys into a dark and dangerous place where the line between truth. Book of shadows begins with not so much a recap of the events of the original, but an overview of the hysteria caused by a film called the blair witch project. Blair witch 2 is a not a very lucid piece of filmmaking and contains no book of shadows. The blair witch experience is a non profit, fanled annual camping trip and tour of the filming sites used in the blair witch project. The film has been given a letterboxed transfer in the widescreen aspect ratio of 1. The blair witch 2 has to be the worst horror sequel i have ever seen. Four young adults join tour guide jeff jeffrey donovan on his witch hunting excursion into the woods and wind up spending the night in the home of killer rustin parr. Blair witch 2, shadow of the blair witch, establishes the events of the film being a film within a film.
Suddenly the little western maryland farming village was flooded with tourists seeking mementos of the fabled blair witch. Blair witch 2 last summers the blair witch project was a bona fide popculture phenomenon, as well as one of the most original horror films in ages, a visionary chiller that combined the immediacy of a documentary with the unsettling mood of a val lewton film. Jeffrey donovan, stephen barker turner, erica leerhsen, tony abatemarco, andre brooks, mariclare. With jeffrey donovan, stephen barker turner, erica leerhsen, kurt loder. Sep 14, 2016 for those unfamiliar with the story behind the making of book of shadows. I take an in depth look at the hype surrounding the original blair witch project which then leads into a view of the much misunderstood sequel. I was a blair witch fan back in the day but this is the first time i ever read this cashin book. A third installment was announced that same year but did not materialize. Starring kim director, jeffrey donovan, erica leerhsen, and tristen skyler. Five blair witch fanatics travel to the burkittsville woods to visit the haunts from their favourite movie. To direct a sequel to their phenomenal blair witch project, daniel myrick and eduardo sanchez made an unexpected choice. The blair witch project simple english wikipedia, the free. Blair redux, bwp2, blair witch 2, vestica iz blera 2. Blair witch 2 is a 2000 sequel to the blair witch project five fans of the original the blair witch project journey into the woods near burkittsville to investigate the hysteria and mystery surrounding the film.
Book of shadows tries to capitalize on the success of the original movie by creating a selfreflective story about peoples fascination with video, film and pagan religion. Blair witch 2 perhaps there really is a blair witch curse. Book of shadows soundtrack original soundtrack on allmusic 2000 while this soundtrack is mostly forgettable as a. I suppose it seems clear enough to berlinger, who cowrote it and helped edit it, but one viewing is not enough to make the material clear, and the material is not intriguing enough, alas, to inspire a second viewing. Students at a boston college become fasinated by the missing filmmakers, so they decide to go into the same woods and find out what really happened.
Welcome to, the most extensive horror movie collection and the favorite destination for millions of horror movie fans for more than 20 years. It has a dismal 14% on rotten tomatoes and a 410 on imdb. Book of shadows begins with archive footage of various news. Blair witch 2 was also a great movie, you just have to look at it as a film based loosly on the events and the movie release of the first film. The music was loud, the characters tackier than hella sort of bad stereotype people from fifty years from now will have of young people in the 90sand i had a feeling the many folks who didnt go to see it had the right idea. Book of shadows blair witch 2 pictures rotten tomatoes. No, the blair witch project didnt need a sequel, and no, book of shadows. Blair witch 2 picks up a few years after the events that took place in the first film. To cash in on all of the real world hype of the events in the first film, a man from burkitsville, maryland opens a blair witch hunt tour, which shows patrons various locations from.
Just how big of a fat box of hot dookie is the blair witch 2. We get deep inside the blair witch mtv sequel along with an. Blair witch 2 looks nothing like first movie and no found footage. Blair witch 2, the idea of simply yelling this is fucking bullshit makes a lot of sense, but one has to imagine a much longer, curseladen tirade came from the. Instead of creating a sequel to the blair witch project, joe berlinger brings to the big. To cash in on all of the real world hype of the events in the first film, a man from burkitsville, maryland opens a blair witch hunt tour, which shows patrons various locations from the original film. Book of shadows after spending a night in the hill of maryland, four young fans of the original blair witch movie descend into a nightmare realm of murder, madness and perceptionsbending supernatural horror in this anticipated sequel.
Blair witch project 2, the first film has created a sensation, with witchobsessed tourists flocking to the small town of burkittsville, maryland. The blair witch project book of shadows blair witch 2. Among the changes were a new soundtrack, additional editing, and the integration of entirely new sequences. It was a unique film, the classic example of the little film that could some say the most successful independent film ever. The story is presented through a series of flashbacks, as some of the.
Blair witch 2 has been given a wellexecuted presentation for this dvd release. You do have to applaud them for putting much more effort into world building with book of shadows than they did with the recent one when the blair with project and book of shadows were released, we got all these additional things around it. Book of shadows starts out with a promising sequence illustrating how postblair witch project mania has affected the town of burkettsville, maryland, where the film was set. A meditation on horror movie conventions and the blair witch project, this.
The story is presented through a series of flashbacks, as some of the young adults are questioned at a police station. The blair witch project might be one of the greatest horror movies ever. Book of shadows blair witch 2 critics consensus this sequel to blair witch project is all formula and no creativity, mechanically borrowing elements from the original and other horror movies. Xbox one hololens pc mobile device xbox 360 trailer. Book of shadows blair witch 2 2000 rotten tomatoes. Jeff patterson is a local resident with a checkered past who sees a chance to make some fast money. Despite being a major box office success, there was a lot of complains from viewers that the blair witch project had a terrible pace and didnt have any really scary scenes. Books of shadows is a 2000 english horror movie directed by joe. This sequel to blair witch project is all formula and no creativity, mechanically borrowing elements from the original and other horror movies.
As it follows the twisted path traveled by five people fixated on the blair witch project, book of shadows. Originally conceived by berlinger and cowriter dick beebe as a psychological thriller and meditation on mass hysteria, book of shadows. The film was immediately greenlit upon pitch due to the surprising success of its predecessor, the wildly successful 1999. In this film, a group of four teenagers led by jeff patterson go into the black hills, the home of the blair witch, to see if the legend is really true. Blair witch 2 journeys into a dark and dangerous place where the line between truth and fiction blurs and perhaps vanishes altogether. Its worse than jason x, its worse than halloween 3. Fans of the movie sweep over the small town of burkittsville, maryland, in. Its 1999 and fans of a movie called the blair witch project are flocking to the annoyed town of burkittsville, maryland. Sir ian connors and john davis track and ancient evil across the atlantic and find themselves facetoface with their own longburied past.
Four friends spend the night at the blair witch woods and lose a chunk of time before developing scary visions. The blair witch project was an incredibly rare case where wordof mouth. After a night of heavy drinking, they wake up with no clue of what happened. A year on from the original, five young people venture into the black hills to further explore the legend and visit the sites made famous by. Aug 26, 20 i take an in depth look at the hype surrounding the original blair witch project which then leads into a view of the much misunderstood sequel. Find out everything empire knows about book of shadows. Blair witch 2 2000 so i found out that there is a fan edit of this film that takes the sequel to the blair witch project back to what it was supposed to be by restoring as much as possible the directors original intentions and stripping out the studios forced changes.
I have just added archive links to one external link on book of shadows. Fake but well done documentaries, interviews, books, websites, video games, which all added to the lore of the blair witch. Buy products related to book of shadows blair witch 2 products and see what. Blair witch 2 is a 2000 american psychological horror film, directed and cowritten by joe berlinger and starring jeffrey donovan, stephen barker turner, kim director, erica leerhsen and tristine skyler. In the wake of the bloodcurdling events depicted in the blair witch project 1999, witchobsessed fans flock to the nowfamous town of burkittsville, maryland, in high hopes of catching a glimpse of the shadowy myth. Blair witch 2, which was rushed into theaters one year later, earning the scorn of fans everywhere before being exiled to the dvd. What isnt as commonly discussed is the sequel, book of shadows. Critics complain that it doesnt stand up against the original blair witch project. Before the big release of blair witch this weekend, i revisited the first attempt at a sequel to the blair witch project. Regardless of how you feel about the muchmaligned sequel i find it to be an ambitious concept with flawed execution a directors vision deserves to preserved. You may add cbignore after the link to keep me from modifying it, if i keep adding bad data, but formatting bugs should be reported instead. Blair witch 2, the film started moving through development shortly after the release of the blair witch project in 1999.
Blair witch 2 was significantly altered in postproduction, which berlinger would later claim compromised his original vision. As of the latest count, the blair witch project has spawned one sequel, the blair witch project 2. May 09, 2016 what isnt as commonly discussed is the sequel, book of shadows. Why the new blair witch movie ignores book of shadows. Blair witch 2 is not the sequel that modern horror classic from 1999 deserved. After several people went missing while on a hunt for the blair witch, the residents of a small town in maryland are less than happy with the never ending stream of tourists passing through their town. Stylistically different from the first film, the plot revolves around a group of people fascinated by the mythology surrounding the blair witch project film. Blair witch 2 2000 as it follows the twisted path traveled by five people fixated on the blair witch project, book of shadows. I loved the blair witch project, it was very scary. Blair witch 2 is the second film in the blair witch series and was directed by joe berlinger. The following is a fictional reenactment of events that occurred after the blair witch project was released. The film was immediately greenlit upon pitch due to the surprising success of its predecessor, the wildly successful 1999 film the blair. Intent on milking the same story for all its worth, the local fan and former psychiatric patient, jeff, launches a tour in the black hills, and before long, four young.
Blair witch project 2, the first film has created a sensation, with witch obsessed tourists flocking to the small town of burkittsville, maryland. 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. The book of shadows is a short story featured in the fictional magazine tales of the uncanny by august simpson, which is featured in the dossier for book of shadows. Local resident and former mental patient jeffrey patterson is cashing in with blair witch merchandise and is taking four tourists on his inaugural blair witch hunt armed with multiple video cameras. This was a tv special i wrote and directed on sci fi channel when it was spelled that way designed to market book of shadows. Book of shadows more details after spending a night in the black hills of burkittsville, maryland, four young fans of the original blair witch movie descend into a nightmare realm of murder, madness, and supernatural horror in this sequel to the successful independent film. To cash in on all of the real world hype of the events in the first film, a man from burkitsville, maryland opens a blair witch hunt tour, which shows patrons various. 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.
Blair witch 2 stars kim director, jeffrey donovan, erica leerhsen, tristine skyler the r movie has a runtime of about 1. Sep 19, 2016 the studio behind book of shadows certainly didnt help it either and ironically may be the biggest villain in this story. Blair witch 2 is a sequel to the cult film the blair witch project and concerns the reaction to the first film. Book of shadows shreds its horror pages for a spineless psychological abomination. Blair witch 2, was released in the autumn of 2000, but was poorly received by most critics. Blair witch 2 is a film adaptation based on the black hills murders that took place shortly after the release of the blair witch project. Book of shadows is a 2000 american psychological horror film directed and cowritten by joe berlinger and starring jeffrey donovan, kim director, tristine skyler and erica leerhsen. The blair witch project was among the three most talked about movies of that. Lacking the edgy claustrophobia of the first film says william thomas of empire. In the story, a former mental patient and videofilm freak takes a group of four young people on a tour of the sites where the alleged occult murders took. The blair witch project official horror movie trailer 1999 heather donahue, michael c.
In this article, you will find the details of the blair witch project 2. After the blair witch project becomes a boxoffice smash, tourists begin to descend upon the small town of burkittsville, md, wanting to learn more about the truth and legend of the blair witch. First it claimed three poor souls in the biggest indie breakout hit ever. The sequel as well as the games received poor response from critics and audiences alike. Watch book of shadows blair witch 2 prime video amazon uk.