This sequel to blair witch project is all formula and no creativity, mechanically borrowing elements from the original and other horror movies. Blair witch 2 looks nothing like first movie and no found footage. After blair witch how would it be possible to continue to suggest the possibility of real. Blair witch 2 journeys into a dark and dangerous place where the line between truth and fiction blurs and perhaps vanishes altogether. Five fans of the original the blair witch project journey into the woods near burkittsville to investigate the hysteria and mystery surrounding the film. Blair witch 2, starring jeffrey donovan, stephen barker turner, erica leerhsen, kim director. It has since been returned to a private collection. As it follows the twisted path traveled by five people fixated on the blair witch project, book of shadows. Book of shadows blair witch 2 2000 rotten tomatoes. Book of shadows soundtrack original soundtrack on allmusic 2000 while this soundtrack is mostly forgettable as a. Blair witch 2, which was rushed into theaters one year later, earning the scorn of. The only known existing copy of the blair witch cult, on display at the maryland historical society museum in baltimore in 1991.
Among the changes were a new soundtrack, additional editing, and the integration of entirely new sequences. The hype surrounding the blair witch project is a rare phenomenon in which a purely fictitious film sorry to burst the occult lovers bubble, but there is no blair witch myth. Just try stomaching the story of blair witch 2 book of shadows. I would love to experience a true directors cut and wonder if it would have been as memorable, because book of shadows, as it is, is a fun little flick that deserves better than some of the ratings its garnered by those wanting more blair witch project. What isnt as commonly discussed is the sequel, 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. 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. Individual perception grows increasingly untrustworthy as the films protagonists find themselves caught in a vortex of unspeakable evil, the origins. The collected data found in this dossier lends more eerie authenticity. Originally conceived by berlinger and cowriter dick beebe as a psychological thriller and meditation on mass hysteria, book of shadows. Blair witch 2 was significantly altered in postproduction, which berlinger would later claim compromised his original vision. After a night of heavy drinking, they wake up with no clue of what happened. Blair witch 2 is a 2000 american psychological horror film, directed and. College students at a boston college become fascinated by the events of the three missing filmmakers in maryland, so they decide to go into. 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. Blair witch 2 is a 2000 sequel to the blair witch project.
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