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starring: Anja Baron, Deb Burgoyne, Pete Burris, Peggy K. Chang, Andrea Cox
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0012236115748
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Label: Live / Artisan
Manufacturer: Live / Artisan
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Live / Artisan
Release Date: August 21, 2001
Running Time: 99 minutes
Sales Rank: 44802
Studio: Live / Artisan
Theatrical Release Date: October 27, 2000
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
This thoroughly second-rate follow-up to the groundbreaking (and highly profitable) horror flick The Blair Witch Project--produced by Blair Witch directors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez--plays with the notions of reality and fantasy that surrounded the hype of the original movie, and attempts to throw in some scares along the way. A year after the release of the original film, a group of five Blair Witch aficionados--four out-of-towners led by one seriously unhinged 'tour guide'--venture into the woods outside Burkittsville, Maryland, on a tour of the sites made famous by missing documentarians Heather, Mike, and Josh. After a drunken night of camping out in hopes of communing with the spirit of the Blair Witch, the five wake up to find that their seemingly innocent sleep may have been disturbed somehow. But what exactly happened? If you're expecting suspense of the first degree and a horrifying payoff similar to the one that climaxed the first film, you'll be sorely disappointed. After retreating to an old, run-down broom factory (get it? Broom factory? Blair Witch? Oh well...), the five go over their videotapes of the night in question to get some answers, and basically wind up screaming at each other for the remainder of the film, and shedding some blood along the way. Documentary filmmaker Joe Berlinger (of the highly acclaimed Paradise Lost and Brother's Keeper) proves that he should definitely stick to nonfiction filmmaking, and the entire cast is grating and unpleasant, aside from a scene-stealing turn by Kim Director as a goth chick with attitude to burn and a no-nonsense approach to this Blair Witch stuff. Strictly for hard-core Blair Witch fans only, and even then this sequel may prove to disappoint. --Mark Englehart
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Better Than the Original Blair Witch Project
I picked Book of Shadows: Blair Witch Project 2 movie up at the rental store, expecting absolutely nothing except a bad flick that might have a few good moments. I cannot believe how well-done this movie is, how it exceeded my expectations in every way. The acting is especially solid, by characters that you really care about.
The original Blair Witch Project was spoiled by all the hype as "the scariest movie of all time," and I frequently thought how disappointed I was with it. This ... Read More
Rating:  - Way to Destroy a Franchise!!
I can't write a proper review of this film because I refused to finish it. It takes a lot to get me to pull the trigger on a horror movie in mid-play, but that threshold was met and exceeded by the BOOK OF SHADOWS: BLAIR WITCH 2.
You have to give the makes of this film some credit. With just two hours of incoherent, badly-written filmmaking, they managed to end any hopes Hollywood had for making a string of BLAIR WITCH movies. Not only that, but they actually drove the whole phenomenon ... Read More
Rating: - Really doesnt live up to the original!
This movie was awful! It was boring, the acting was bad, and it was completely confusing! They barley mentioned the blair witch and it did not follow the first!!! I loved the first and thought it was really creepy! This, not so much. I would avoid if i were you.
Rating:  - A slight departure from the original...
Sure, there are a few awkward scenes and bad one-liners, but all in all, this flick is not too shabby. It departs from the format of the first Blair Witch movie, and with the exception of the occasional spoof of reference to the original, this movie goes off on it's own with the subject all together. The overall feel of the movie is quite surreal and is sure to creep you out once in a while with the "did they or didn't they" suspense. Sure, it wasn't the summer blockbuster when it came out, but it is certainly ... Read More
Rating: - I Liked It
In my opinion this is a lot better than the first Blair Witch because the casting is superb, the acting is halfway believable, the realistic costumes and it doesn't pretend to be reality.
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