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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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Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
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Toronto Star

Maybe it's all of the artificially flavored butter topping talking, but I thought BWP 2 was a damn fine little thriller!

Full Review Source: Juicy Cerebellum | comment Comment
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Alex Sandell
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

Not nearly as original as The Blair Witch Project, but has its moments.

Full Review Source: Radio Free Entertainment | comment Comment
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Andrew Manning
Andrew Manning
Radio Free Entertainment

A muddled if appealing failure.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
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Andrew O'Hehir
Andrew O'Hehir
Salon.com
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Is it scary? Sad to say, no, not very often.

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Andy Klein
Andy Klein
TNT's Rough Cut

Though BW2 eschews the first film's jumpy visuals, its erraticism as a narrative is even worse.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
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Bruce Westbrook
Bruce Westbrook
Houston Chronicle
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Bryant Frazer
Bryant Frazer
Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus

MTV newshound Kurt Loder's wizened face is the first image in Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, and that's about as scary as this loser movie gets.

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Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

The results should hold your interest, but they're hardly bewitching.

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Chris Vognar
Chris Vognar
Dallas Morning News
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The film just doesn't make a lot of sense, and it's not compelling enough to make it worth the effort to try and figure out.

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Christopher Null
Christopher Null
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Full Review Source: Philadelphia City Paper | comment Comment
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Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
Philadelphia City Paper

When it comes time for Berlinger to deliver the shocks, he comes up with little his public hasn't seen, or won't be able to anticipate.

Full Review Source: Citysearch | comment Comment
01/01/00
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Citysearch

Sadly, Artisan gave [Berlinger] little time to develop an interesting movie.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
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Dave McCoy
Dave McCoy
Seattle Times

For serious, uncritical, mindlessly devoted Blair Witch fanatics only.

Full Review Source: IFilm | comment Comment
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Dave White
Dave White
IFilm

...though this isn’t a movie with enough redeemable features to be leveled with the original, it is, at least, still a mildly engaging horror flick with enough tension and energy to work up the audience.

Full Review Source: Cinemaphile.org | comment Comment
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David Keyes
David Keyes
Cinemaphile.org

Even formula-slasher-pic fans are likely to find this hectic, unfocused effort a letdown.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
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Dennis Harvey
Dennis Harvey
Variety
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A pale shadow of the diabolically clever piece of video hocus-focus that was The Blair Witch Project.

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Desmond Ryan
Desmond Ryan
Philadelphia Inquirer

The execution isn't quite up to the movie's ambition.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
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Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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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

Clever, entertaining, and thought-provoking, a purely original thriller that is able to stand on its own two feet.

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