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. Jump to content s jump to site navigation 0 jump to search 4. Blair witch 2 looks nothing like first movie and no found footage. 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. Blair witch 2 was the first dramatic feature directed by joe berlinger, who previously helmed the awardwinning documentaries brothers keeper and paradise lost. 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. 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. Reviewed in the united kingdom on december 15, 2017. Why the new blair witch movie ignores book of shadows.
This sequel to blair witch project is all formula and no creativity, mechanically borrowing elements from the original and other horror movies. The blair witch project 2 book of shadows home facebook. Blair witch 2 upon release was generally unfavorable. As it follows the twisted path traveled by five people fixated on the blair witch project, book of shadows. 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. With jeffrey donovan, stephen barker turner, erica leerhsen, kurt loder. But any attempt at turning it into a franchise was killed stone dead by the diabolical blair witch 2. Blair witch 2, blair witch 2 le livre des ombres, blair witch 2. 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.
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. Sep 14, 2016 while director adam wingards upcoming blair witch is technically the second sequel in the blair witch franchise, following book of shadows. Blair witch 2 is a not a very lucid piece of filmmaking and contains no book of shadows. Blair witch project 2 book of shadows 2000 bunny movie.
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. 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. Le livre des ombres, il libro segreto delle streghe. Blair witch 2 trailer young adults become fascinated by the events of the three missing filmmakers in maryland, so they decide to go into. 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. I loved the blair witch project, it was very scary. 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 perhaps there really is a blair witch curse. Book of shadows is not the worst film of the year by a long shot. Please activate cookies in order to turn autoplay off.
Book of shadows blair witch 2 r, 1 hr 30 min horror. Blair witch 2 is not the sequel that modern horror. Mar 15, 2017 book of shadows did earn a profit upon release, but only grossed about 20 per cent of what its predecessor made. Nome l libro segreto delle streghe blair witch 2 2000 micro 1080p hmr.
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 2 is a very flawed film and a pretty bad follow up to the original film. 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, which was rushed into theaters one year later, earning the scorn of fans everywhere before being exiled to the dvd. Book of shadows blair witch 2 2000 rotten tomatoes. 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. I mean, hey, props to you, book of shadows tried something totally different to the original. Blair witch 2, the movie doesnt pay any attention to. What isnt as commonly discussed is the sequel, book of shadows. May 09, 2016 what isnt as commonly discussed is the sequel, book of shadows. 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 does well to integrate the euphoria surrounding the original movie and still deliver a genuinly unique and unpredictable kind of movie. The critics were rightfully savage towards it, and it pretty much killed blair witch as a franchise.
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. Il libro segreto delle streghe blair witch 2 2000 ita. Blair witch 2, which was rushed into theaters one year later, earning the scorn of. Blair witch project 2 scifi channel special part 2 by cnnrotatingsquare. Last years generally effective sequel by director adam wingard felt a bit like a case of too little, too late. Nome l libro segreto delle streghe blair witch 2 2000 hmr. The film was immediately greenlit upon pitch due to the surprising success of its predecessor, the wildly successful 1999 film the blair witch project. While director adam wingards upcoming blair witch is technically the second sequel in the blair witch franchise, following book of shadows. There are in book of shadows, especially early on, some fine moments and.
Its 1999 and fans of a movie called the blair witch project are flocking to the annoyed town of burkittsville, maryland. And yet, no matter how disappointing a sequel, blair witch 2. Learn more about book of shadows blair witch 2 on imdb. Blair witch 2 2000 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. No, the blair witch project didnt need a sequel, and no, book of shadows.
First it claimed three poor souls in the biggest indie breakout hit ever. 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. We see blair witch fanatics flocking to the black hills outside of burkittsville and merrily traipsing across private property. The story is presented through a series of flashbacks, as some of the young adults are questioned at a police station. Blair witch 2 2000 starring kim director and jeffrey donovan on dvd and bluray. 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. Blair witch 2 journeys into a dark and dangerous place where the line between truth. 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.
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