There, they decide to camp for the evening, but in the morning, they realize they didnt sleep and. Blair witch 2, you know im a big fan of the bizarre and basically unrelated middle child in the blair witch series. Blair witch 2 2000 after spending a night in the black hills of burkittsville, maryland, four young fans of the original blair witch movie descend into a nightmare realm of murder, madness and perceptionbending supernatural horror. Blair witch 2, the idea of simply yelling this is fucking bullshit makes a lot of sense, but one has to imagine a much longer, curseladen tirade came from the. The film was immediately greenlit upon pitch due to the surprising success of its predecessor, the wildly successful 1999 film the blair. No, the blair witch project didnt need a sequel, and no, book of shadows. Im such a fan of this movie that ive watched it backward, start. The child murders at robin hood hills and brothers keeper. Blair witch 2 is a 2000 sequel to the blair witch project five fans of the original the blair witch project journey into the woods near burkittsville to investigate the hysteria and mystery surrounding the film. Joe berlinger, whose credits include paradise lost. The original blair witch project, the gothic zbudget horror film that became the 1990s most unlikely blockbuster, was so impoverished it literally didnt have a score. Blair witch 2 is quite possibly one of the worst sequels and horror films ive ever seen.
Blair witch 2, 2000, directed by joe berlinger, with jeffrey donovan, alissa magrill, briton green, at turner classic movies. Studio mandated reshoots had them murdered to insert more traditional horror movie elements. Blair witch 2, given the events of that film being a film within a film. A bunch of college students decide to take the tour, and wind up in rustin parrs house. Their purpose was just to show the global obsession with the blair witch. May 09, 2016 what isnt as commonly discussed is the sequel, book of shadows. The blair witch project avoided gore in favor of hitchcockian sequences that leave some of the horror to the imagination. Burwell seems to be making the best of a bad situation with his percussive, minimalist pieces, which mimic the soundtrack of snapping twigs, rustling leaves, and unidentifiable moans that helped make the.
The original score to joe berlingers muddled book of shadows. Its soundtrack ultimately became one of those suspicious, quickly produced music inspired by collections of motley rock tracks. Students at a boston college become fasinated by the missing filmmakers, so they decide to go into the same woods and find out what really happened. After a night of heavy drinking, they wake up with no clue of what happened. 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 is a not a very lucid piece of filmmaking and contains no book of shadows.
Blair witch 2 was alot better than i thought it would be. Book of shadows soundtrack original soundtrack on allmusic 2000 while this soundtrack is mostly forgettable as a. Im such a fan of this movie that ive watched it backward, starttofinish, more than once. Worrell and the teddy ruxpin doll a movie poster and footage from the blair witch project are being shown. The opening for nostalgiaween 2011 plays out, featuring images of the leprechaun from leprechaun, casper, pennywise the clown, ernest p. Book of shadows and releases of this film on dvd, bluray, vhs and more on filmogs. Book of shadows introduced me to a lot of bands that i had never heard of, like nickelback, queens of the stone age, and u. Stylistically, book of shadows was the direct opposite of its predecessor. 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. Blair witch is a 2016 american supernatural horror film directed by adam wingard and written by simon barrett. As it follows the twisted path traveled by five people fixated on the blair witch project, book of shadows. In 1999, this movie got a lot of hype for creating a lot of scares with a. Book of shadows blair witch 2 2000 rotten tomatoes. The blair witch project 2 book of shadows home facebook.
Book of shadows original score carter burwell on allmusic 2000 the original score to joe berlingers muddled. Blair witch 2 happens before the credits and the credits arent at the end. Five fans of the original the blair witch project journey into the woods near burkittsville to investigate the hysteria and mystery surrounding the film. Blair witch 2, blair witch 2 le livre des ombres, blair witch 2. This sequel is set after the release of the original blair witch project, and. Blair witch 2 happens before the creditsand the credits arent at the end. This edit that attempts to bring the film closer to joe berlingers original vision, with a linear narrative and little of the studiomandated gore, is stunning in how much better it is. The film was immediately greenlit upon pitch due to the surprising success of its predecessor, the wildly successful 1999 film the blair witch project. This sequel to blair witch project is all formula and no creativity, mechanically borrowing elements from. Blair witch 2, the illconceived sequel to the blair witch project, features compositions by carter burwell. Blair witch 2, which was rushed into theaters one year later, earning the scorn of fans everywhere before being exiled to the dvd. Blair witch 2 is not the sequel that modern horror classic from 1999 deserved. 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.
It is the third film in the blair witch series and a direct sequel to the 1999 film the blair witch project, ignoring the events of its 2000 followup film book of shadows. Some college students, fascinated by the mystery, join the tour, but after spending the night in an old shack awake to find they have no memory of the previous nights events. Book of shadows is a 2000 american psychological horror film directed and cowritten by joe berlinger and starring jeffrey donovan, kim director, tristine skyler and erica leerhsen. Blair witch 2 by stefanedit caught blair witch at the peak of its hype and was completely underwhelmed. Book of shadows revels in glamorizing the acts of mutilation, torture and killing. 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. When i bought it i didnt have very high expectations, the only song i had heard was rob zombies dragula. An entrepreneur attempts to cash in on the buzz surrounding the blair witch project by organising a blair witch hunt tour. What isnt as commonly discussed is the sequel, book of shadows. With jeffrey donovan, stephen barker turner, erica leerhsen, kurt loder. Blair witch 2 2000 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The story is presented through a series of flashbacks, as some of the. Blair witch project 2, the first film has created a sensation, with witchobsessed tourists flocking to the small town of burkittsville, maryland.