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Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)

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Reviews Counted:103

Fresh:13

Rotten:90

Average Rating:3.4/10

Consensus: This sequel to Blair Witch Project is all formula and no creativity, mechanically borrowing elements from the original and other horror movies.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] violence, language, sexuality and drug use

Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Theatrical Release:Oct 27, 2000 Wide

Box Office: $25,933,572

Synopsis: Artisan Entertainment's Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 delves deeper into the legend of the infamous Blair Witch and the unspeakable evil wrought in the Black Hills near Burkittsville,... Artisan Entertainment's Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 delves deeper into the legend of the infamous Blair Witch and the unspeakable evil wrought in the Black Hills near Burkittsville, Maryland.

Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 takes place in present-day Burkittsville, after the events chronicled in The Blair Witch Project. Four young people have signed up for a tour of the Black Hills, the latest Blair Witch-inspired moneymaker dreamed up by Jeff Patterson, a black sheep townie with a murky past. They set up camp near the foundation of the house that belonged to Rustin Parr, the old hermit who was hanged for the murders of seven children, a crime that bore the mark of the Blair Witch. In the morning, the campers awake with no memory of having gone to sleep and five hours stolen from their lives. They return to Jeff's residence, an abandoned 19th Century warehouse at the edge of Burkittsville, to try to piece together what happened.

But the strange occurrences haven't ended with that night, as legend and reality become frighteningly entwined. Bizarre symbols appear on their bodies, children's plaintive crying is heard, phantasmagoric visions confound their eyes, and fleeting apparitions suggest the villainy of the distant past. In the woods, a grisly discovery at Coffin Rock recalls a deadly chapter in the history of the Blair Witch. No longer sure what is real and what is imagined, the five young people start to unravel psychologically, eyeing one another with suspicion and edging ever closer to mass hysteria. Too late, they realize that when they left the woods, they didn't leave alone... [More]

Starring: Tristan Skylar, Stephen Barker Turner, Jeffrey Donovan, Kim Director

Starring: Tristan Skylar, Stephen Barker Turner, Jeffrey Donovan, Kim Director, Erica Leerhsen, Lanny Flaherty

Director: Joe Berlinger

Director: Joe Berlinger
Screenwriter: Jon Bokenkamp, Neal Marshall
Producer: Daniel Myrick, Bill Carraro
Studio: Artisan Entertainment

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The movie's various subplots, flashbacks and hallucinations are tripping all over each other.

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01/01/00
John Anderson
John Anderson
Newsday
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Who could have guessed that by the final chapter of this Book of Shadows it isn’t the characters who get lost in the woods; it’s the filmmaker.

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Todd Anthony
Todd Anthony
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Less like the first, more like any other ordinary scary movie of recent years

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01/01/00
Ross Anthony
Ross Anthony
Hollywood Report Card

A tedious experience.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
01/01/00
William Arnold
William Arnold
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

While it's not as clever as it thinks it is, it's considerably better than we had any right to expect.

Full Review Source: Popcorn | comment Comment
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Robin Askew
Robin Askew
Popcorn

A peerless indignity, a club-footed vomit launch of teen-horror clichés, overproduced self-importance, and scareless gore.

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01/01/00
Michael Atkinson
Michael Atkinson
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Book of Shadows isn't going to scare anyone except the bean counters at Artisan who are counting on a big financial return.

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James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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Flashy, derivative and makes absolutely no sense. It's not even scary.

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Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

This puffed-up project begins to deflate after about 10 minutes.

Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
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Philip Booth
Philip Booth
Orlando Weekly

Creating a movie that virtually everyone can hate is no small accomplishment. But filmmaker Joe Berlinger may just have pulled it off.

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Jay Boyar
Jay Boyar
Orlando Sentinel

Diverting and unexpectedly funny, and it delivers a few well-fashioned jolts that should please horror junkies.

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Robert W. Butler
Robert W. Butler
Kansas City Star

Missing from the mix are any characters with whom you'd want to spend one minute around a campfire.

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Mark Caro
Mark Caro
Chicago Tribune
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The real problem here may be that Blair Witch 2 was made simply -- and only -- because Blair Witch made a lot of money.

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Jay Carr
Jay Carr
Boston Globe
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It's a surprisingly intelligent and welcome addition to a genre that's usually a dumping ground for low budget efforts.

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Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
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The story contains very few chilling moments.

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Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
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The inevitable sequel, Blair Witch 2: Book Of Shadows is upon us. Woe betide us all.

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Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
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So much for the longevity of the Blair Witch franchise.

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07/28/02
Ryan Cracknell
Ryan Cracknell
Apollo Guide

One wonders what Berlinger's intentions were as he clearly didn't set out to make the simple scary movie everyone wants and expects.

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Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

Like legislation and sausage-making Book of Shadows is not something you want to watch.

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Duane Dudek
Duane Dudek
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Not a very lucid piece of filmmaking.

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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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