| Book of Shadows - Blair Witch 2 | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 262 reviews)
Sales Rank: 23686
Category: DVD
Actors: Anja Baron, Deb Burgoyne, Pete Burris, Peggy K. Chang, Andrea Cox
Publisher: Lions Gate
Studio: Lions Gate
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Label: Lions Gate
Format: Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), German (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 90 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D11703D
UPC: 012236117032
EAN: 0012236117032
ASIN: B00005NB8M
Release Date: September 18, 2001
Theatrical Release Date: October 27, 2000
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This thoroughly second-rate follow-up to the groundbreaking (and highly profitable) horror flick The Blair Witch Project--produced by Blair Witch directors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez--plays with the notions of reality and fantasy that surrounded the hype of the original movie, and attempts to throw in some scares along the way. A year after the release of the original film, a group of five Blair Witch aficionados--four out-of-towners led by one seriously unhinged "tour guide"--venture into the woods outside Burkittsville, Maryland, on a tour of the sites made famous by missing documentarians Heather, Mike, and Josh. After a drunken night of camping out in hopes of communing with the spirit of the Blair Witch, the five wake up to find that their seemingly innocent sleep may have been disturbed somehow. But what exactly happened? If you're expecting suspense of the first degree and a horrifying payoff similar to the one that climaxed the first film, you'll be sorely disappointed. After retreating to an old, run-down broom factory (get it? Broom factory? Blair Witch? Oh well...), the five go over their videotapes of the night in question to get some answers, and basically wind up screaming at each other for the remainder of the film, and shedding some blood along the way. Documentary filmmaker Joe Berlinger (of the highly acclaimed Paradise Lost and Brother's Keeper) proves that he should definitely stick to nonfiction filmmaking, and the entire cast is grating and unpleasant, aside from a scene-stealing turn by Kim Director as a goth chick with attitude to burn and a no-nonsense approach to this Blair Witch stuff. Strictly for hard-core Blair Witch fans only, and even then this sequel may prove to disappoint. --Mark Englehart
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 a worthy sequel. November 9, 2008
I never understood why everyone hated this. I saw it when it came out and I was in 8th grade at the time. Everyone at the theater left saying "what the hell was that?" and "that sucked!" I walked out awestruck and thoroughly impressed. Just because it's a departure from the original doesnt mean its bad AT ALL. Honestly, incredibly underrated. Don't listen to what ANYONE SAYS! Judge for yourself!
WAY better... October 28, 2008
than the first movie! I hated the first one and this second one, was terrifying! I couldnt stop watching the craziness continue! This will keep you glued to your seat in shock! Definately give this dvd a chance!
Better Than the Original Blair Witch Project September 25, 2008
I picked Book of Shadows: Blair Witch Project 2 movie up at the rental store, expecting absolutely nothing except a bad flick that might have a few good moments. I cannot believe how well-done this movie is, how it exceeded my expectations in every way. The acting is especially solid, by characters that you really care about.
The original Blair Witch Project was spoiled by all the hype as "the scariest movie of all time," and I frequently thought how disappointed I was with it. This movie makes it all better.
The story starts out fairly innocuous, with folks who loved the original movie pouring into the town where the students vanished. An enterprising, young local man is making money selling all kinds of Blair Witch souvenirs on E-Bay. He takes a group of four on his first guided tour of the site, a camping trip in the woods. A practicing Wiccan, a Goth girl, and a couple conducting serious research. As the movie unfolds, it becomes more intricate and you are soon enmeshed in a terrifying situation. Thank you to the producers and director for finally delivering some solid horror from this franchise.
The soundtrack is excellent, featuring Marilyn Manson and System of a Down.
 Way to Destroy a Franchise!! July 10, 2008
I can't write a proper review of this film because I refused to finish it. It takes a lot to get me to pull the trigger on a horror movie in mid-play, but that threshold was met and exceeded by the BOOK OF SHADOWS: BLAIR WITCH 2.
You have to give the makes of this film some credit. With just two hours of incoherent, badly-written filmmaking, they managed to end any hopes Hollywood had for making a string of BLAIR WITCH movies. Not only that, but they actually drove the whole phenomenon which accompanied the first flick right out of the popular consciousness. I honestly haven't heard the words "Blair Witch" uttered aloud by anyone, anyone at all, since about 2001. And this movie came out in 2001. Coincidence?
The concept here involves some fans of the original film, who take a guided tour in the same woods where the events of BW "happened." They make a camp, but wake up later with all their equipment wrecked or stolen, and no memory of the intervening five hours. The rest of the film takes place in an abandoned...sigh...broom factory where the fans have holed up. They begin to get paranoid, bleed and find that creepy BW symbol on their bodies when not screaming at each other. Not much happens, and nothing makes sense, but everyone is angry, and so was I when I realized how badly this movie sucked.
Whether writer-director Joe Berlinger suffered a violent blow to the skull when he did both tasks, or simply has no feeling whatsoever for non-documentary film-making, or staggered off on some pretentious-artist trip, I've no idea. I just know there's a reason this sucker's in the bargain bin at your local Ballbuster.
The last time I saw a sequel desecrate the original this badly was with the second MATRIX film. But that was just silly, stupid and boring. This throws in some additional "qualities", like having nothing whatsoever to do with the original and suffering from the delusion that continuity, order or a comprehensible storyline are necessary to make a successful movie, and you have a level of crappiness which is seldom achieved even on those bloodygodawful movies you see on the Sci-Fi channel.
Let's face it. The first BLAIR WITCH movie wasn't actually very good, it was more like a clever student film, hitched to a brilliantly innovative guerilla marketing campaign, which itself happened to trundle into town at a time when the horror movie market was in a creative depression. Take away the gimmickry, and you have nonunion actors shreiking at each other in the woods. But at least the idea was cool. Here, there are no ideas, except to kick the crap out of the pinata of the original idea in the hopes it would cough out some candy. Sorry. Didn't work.
Really doesnt live up to the original! February 23, 2008
This movie was awful! It was boring, the acting was bad, and it was completely confusing! They barley mentioned the blair witch and it did not follow the first!!! I loved the first and thought it was really creepy! This, not so much. I would avoid if i were you.
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