Blair witch 2 is a 2000 american psychological horror film, directed and cowritten by joe berlinger and starring jeffrey donovan, stephen. Blair witch 2 dvd, 2001, dvdvideo and cd soundtrack at the best online prices at ebay. Tv special about the blair witch from the year 2000. This thoroughly secondrate followup to the groundbreaking and highly profitable horror flick the blair witch projectproduced by blair witch directors daniel myrick and eduardo sanchezplays with the notions of reality and fantasy that surrounded the hype of the original movie, and attempts to throw in some. He also uses strong profanity, drinks and smokes pot. Everything and i mean everything that made the blair witch project a little indie masterpiece has been falsified and trashed.
It took the lore of the original blair witch project and expanded on it by showing the effects that lore had on fans. The witch is described by one woman as being covered in black fur which is. Blair witch 2, which was rushed into theaters one year later, earning the scorn of. With jeffrey donovan, stephen barker turner, erica leerhsen, kurt loder. The blair witch was a legendary being in burkittsville, maryland. The scifi channels shadow of the blair witch purports to delve into the true case that inspired the film book of shadows.
Book of shadows tries to capitalize on the huge success of the original movie by creating a selfreflective scenario about peoples fascination with video, film and pagan religion. Blair witch 2, given the events of that film being a film within a film. Blair witch 2 and featured a wiccan character, despite there being no mention of a book of shadows, during the film. Shadow of the blair witch the creators of the blair witch phenomenon are nothing if not masters at marketing, which allows them to get away with this long and frequently gruesome trailer. Blair witch 2 is a not a very lucid piece of filmmaking and contains no book of shadows. As of the latest count, the blair witch project has spawned one sequel, the blair witch project 2. After the success of the movie, jeff opens up a blair witch tour of black hills for his way to cash in on the movie. Book of shadows is an incredibly entertaining and scary sequel that could easily stand on its own. Why the new blair witch movie ignores book of shadows. Four college fans of the blair witch project take a tourist trip into the famed haunted woods hoping to answer the question. While director adam wingards upcoming blair witch is technically the second sequel in the blair witch franchise, following book of shadows. Using convincingly faked police file footage and interviews with experts, law enforcement officials, and even families of the victims, sotbw looks at how accused killer jeff patterson became obsessed with the blair witch project 1999. 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. Blair witch 2 was significantly altered in postproduction, which berlinger would later claim compromised his original vision.
Blair witch 2, the movie doesnt pay any attention to. 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. Book of shadows original motion picture score at discogs. Book of shadows soundtrack original soundtrack on allmusic 2000 while this soundtrack is mostly forgettable as a. All the nobrainer horror cliches, old and new, that blair witch so triumphantly discredited have been reintroduced into a yawninducing followup. It also confirmed the lore of the blair witch in no uncertain terms. Shadow of the blair witch is shot great, comes off as realistic as it can, and immerses you in the fictional court case of jeff patterson portrayed by andre brooks, convicted for murders he may or may not have committed. Maryland opens a blair witch hunt tour, which shows patrons various locations from. Once at the ruins of rustin parrs house, however, the group blacks out after a fair share of partying to discover ruined equipment, shredded book drafts, and several hours unaccounted for on their video in book of shadows. Blair witch 2 perhaps there really is a blair witch curse.
Erica leerhsen plays a practicing witch whos into the whole blair witch scene and also uses strong profanity. Book of shadows 2000, the shocker sequel to the groundbreaking 1999 blockbuster, delivers all the screams of the first, with the added bonus of creams, in the form of naked witchy woman erica leerhsen. Book of shadows begins with archive footage of various news. Blair witch 2 was meant to capitalize on the success of the first film, expanding the mythology for blairobsessed audiences eager for another trip to the burkittsville woods. Several mysterious events over the course of centuries became blamed on an exiled woman named elly kedward, who was said to have practiced witchcraft. He was always bad and was always fascinated in the story of the blair witch, just like victim heather donahue of blair witch 1.
First it claimed three poor souls in the biggest indie breakout hit ever. 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. Like the previous bestselling blair witch dossier, it is full of real newspaper clippings, evidence, etc. This sequel to blair witch project is all formula and no creativity, mechanically borrowing elements from the original and other horror movies. See more ideas about witch, book of shadows and wiccan spells. Blair witch 2 picks up a few years after the events that took place in the first film.
Blair witch 2 dvd and bluray release date, trailer and movie stats. After several people went missing while on a hunt for the blair. Shadow of the blair witch 2000 directed by ben rock. Series of video games, books, novels and comic books were released to accompany the films. After a night of heavy drinking, they wake up with no clue of what happened. Book of shadows, dave sterns second dossier, and the ebook graveyard shift, his final manuscript. Book of shadows, by contrast, proves insultingly literal.
The film went on to be a massive commercial success, and a sequel, book of shadows. What brings those characters together, of course, is the blair witch project. A group of tourists arrives in burkittsville, maryland after. But in the films teaser trailer, reveals the book of shadows itself but never appeared in. Blair witch book of shadows ending image collections book. The sequel as well as the games received poor response from critics and audiences alike. 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. Bizarrely captivating, shadow of the blair witch is a quick fixit watch to enjoy if youre binge watching the entire series. Shadow of the blair witch is a mockumentary directed by ben rock and was released on the scifi channel in conjunction with the release of book of shadows. This is a story about the shadow existence of five people, who come together in the spirit of camaraderie and descend into an abyss.
Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing book of shadows. As it follows the twisted path traveled by five people fixated on the blair witch project, book of shadows. 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. Stephen turner plays a man writing a book about the blair witch phenomenon who reacts to everyone beginning to act strangely. Shadow of the blair witch tv movie 2000 horror mystery in this true crime documentary, we delve into the murder spree that was the inspiration for joe berlinger s book of shadows. Blair witch 2 does well to integrate the euphoria surrounding the original movie and still deliver a genuinly unique and unpredictable kind of movie. Oh the horror of blair witch 1999 book book of shadows blair witch 2 2000 worth watching all horror blair witch book of shadows by d a stern book of shadows blair witch 2 2000 horror amino blair witch 2 is book of shadows an undervalued sequel collider. Blair witch 2 2000 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Originally conceived by berlinger and cowriter dick beebe as a psychological thriller and meditation on mass hysteria, book of shadows.
A second official sequel, blair witch, was released on september 16, 2016. This is a book that is like a compilation of files that show newspaper clips, interviews, fairytales, pulp stories, etc. The 2000 sequel to the blair witch project was titled book of shadows. 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. The blair witch project derived much of its understated power from its mastery of inference and suggestion, the way its minimalist plot invited viewers minds to travel to places far more terrifying than anything that could be shown onscreen.
Stern really develops the characters and allows them to all truly shine. That film tapped into the publics fascination with realitybased. The mockumentary focus on the murderspree that occurred following the theatrical release of the blair. Blair witch 2 journeys into a dark and dangerous place where the line between truth. 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.
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