Blair witch 2 is a not a very lucid piece of filmmaking and contains no book of shadows. With jeffrey donovan, stephen barker turner, erica leerhsen, kurt loder. The film was immediately greenlit upon pitch due to the surprising success of its predecessor, the wildly successful 1999 film the blair witch project. In the story, a former mental patient and videofilm freak takes a group of four young people on a tour of the sites where the alleged occult murders took. Blair witch 2, which was rushed into theaters one year later, earning the scorn of fans everywhere before being exiled to the dvd. Local resident and former mental patient jeffrey patterson is cashing in with blair witch merchandise and is taking four tourists on his inaugural blair witch hunt armed with multiple video cameras. Young adults become fascinated by the events of the three missing filmmakers in maryland, so they decide to go into the same woods and find out what really happened. Blair witch 2 is not the sequel that modern horror. 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. Book of shadows soundtrack original soundtrack on allmusic 2000 while this soundtrack is mostly forgettable as a. Horror, mystery, thriller young adults become fascinated by the events of the three missing filmmakers in maryland, so they decide to go into the same woods and find out what really happened. Blair witch 2 perhaps there really is a blair witch curse. Blair witch project 2, the first film has created a sensation, with witch obsessed tourists flocking to the small town of burkittsville, maryland. Blair witch 2, the movie doesnt pay any attention to.
Blair witch 2 upon release was generally unfavorable. 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. A group of tourists arrives in burkittsville, maryland after seeing the blair witch project 1999 to explore the mythology and phenomenon, only to come face to face with their own neuroses and possibly the witch herself. 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 was the first dramatic feature directed by joe berlinger, who previously helmed the awardwinning documentaries brothers keeper and paradise lost. I loved the blair witch project, it was very scary. Blair witch 2 journeys into a dark and dangerous place where the line between truth. Four young adults join tour guide jeff jeffrey donovan on his witch hunting excursion into the woods and wind up spending the night in the home of killer rustin parr. Blair witch project 2 book of shadows 2000 bunny movie. Reviewed in the united kingdom on december 15, 2017. Blair witch 2 is a very flawed film and a pretty bad follow up to the original film. Il libro segreto delle streghe blair witch 2 2000 ita. Mar, 2017 belated found footage sequel delivers solid scares and a sensational dolby atmos mix the blair witch project 1999 is one of the major cinematic milestones of the past two decades. What stefanedit tried to do is edit the film as close as possible to what the director originally wanted for his film, and he did a pretty good job at it.
Blair witch 2 looks nothing like first movie and no found footage. Book of shadows tries to capitalize on the success of the original movie by creating a selfreflective story about peoples fascination with video, film and pagan religion. Blair witch 2gets off to a strong start with a minidocumentary about the first films impact on the town of burkittsville population 200. Book of shadows blair witch 2 r, 1 hr 30 min horror. Blair witch 2 trailer young adults become fascinated by the events of the three missing filmmakers in maryland, so they decide to go into. Why the new blair witch movie ignores 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. Sep 14, 2016 while director adam wingards upcoming blair witch is technically the second sequel in the blair witch franchise, following book of shadows. Intent on milking the same story for all its worth, the local fan and former psychiatric patient, jeff, launches a tour in the. Blair witch 2 2000 starring kim director and jeffrey donovan on dvd and bluray. First it claimed three poor souls in the biggest indie breakout hit ever. Book of shadows is not the worst film of the year by a long shot. I mean, hey, props to you, book of shadows tried something totally different to the original.
Blair witch 2, which was rushed into theaters one year later, earning the scorn of. Nome l libro segreto delle streghe blair witch 2 2000 hmr. May 09, 2016 what isnt as commonly discussed is the sequel, book of shadows. It really does seem as if maybe, at one point, in the days of yore, there was a really interesting psychological thriller at play, now buried deep within the layers of garbage that blair witch 2 ended up being. As it follows the twisted path traveled by five people fixated on the blair witch project, book of shadows. One could even call it an above average effort next to movies like the watcher, whose out and about mediocrity seems to be taken for granted. Blair witch 2 last summers the blair witch project was a bona fide popculture phenomenon, as well as one of the most original horror films in ages, a visionary chiller that combined the immediacy of a documentary with the unsettling mood of a val lewton film. And yet, no matter how disappointing a sequel, blair witch 2. Mar 15, 2017 book of shadows did earn a profit upon release, but only grossed about 20 per cent of what its predecessor made. No, the blair witch project didnt need a sequel, and no, book of shadows. The critics were rightfully savage towards it, and it pretty much killed blair witch as a franchise. There are in book of shadows, especially early on, some fine moments and.
We see blair witch fanatics flocking to the black hills outside of burkittsville and merrily traipsing across private property. 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. Blair witch project 2 scifi channel special part 2 by cnnrotatingsquare. But any attempt at turning it into a franchise was killed stone dead by the diabolical blair witch 2. In the wake of the bloodcurdling events depicted in the blair witch project 1999, witch obsessed fans flock to the nowfamous town of burkittsville, maryland, in high hopes of catching a glimpse of the shadowy myth. What isnt as commonly discussed is the sequel, book of shadows. The blair witch project 2 book of shadows home facebook. Jump to content s jump to site navigation 0 jump to search 4. Learn more about book of shadows blair witch 2 on imdb. Last years generally effective sequel by director adam wingard felt a bit like a case of too little, too late.
Blair witch 2 1 hours and 30 minutes movie 2000 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 original film. Its 1999 and fans of a movie called the blair witch project are flocking to the annoyed town of burkittsville, maryland. Please activate cookies in order to turn autoplay off. The story is presented through a series of flashbacks, as some of the young adults are questioned at a police station. Nome l libro segreto delle streghe blair witch 2 2000 micro 1080p hmr. While director adam wingards upcoming blair witch is technically the second sequel in the blair witch franchise, following book of shadows. Blair witch 2 trailer young adults become fascinated by the events of the three missing filmmakers in maryland, so they decide to go into the same woods and find out what really happened.
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