Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)

User Rating:

4.0/10   

Director:

Joe Berlinger

Writers (WGA):

Daniel Myrick (characters) and
Eduardo Sánchez (characters) ...

Release Date:

27 October 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Evil Doesnt Die.

Plot:

College students at a Boston college 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.

Plot Keywords:

Witch | Murder | Female Nudity | Dream | Wiccan

Awards:

2 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Kim Director	...	Kim Diamond
Jeffrey Donovan	...	Jeffrey Patterson
Erica Leerhsen	...	Erica Geerson
Tristine Skyler	...	Tristen Ryler (as Tristen Skyler)
Stephen Barker Turner	...	Stephen Ryan Parker
Kurt Loder	...	Himself
Chuck Scarborough	...	Himself
Bruce Reed	...	Burkitsville Resident #1
Lynda Millard	...	Burkitsville Resident #2
Deb Burgoyne	...	Burkitsville Resident #3
Andrea Cox	...	Burkitsville Resident #4
Joe Berlinger	...	Burkitsville Tourist #1
Sara Phillips	...	Burkitsville Tourist #2
Lanny Flaherty	...	Sheriff Cravens
Pete Burris	...	MBI Man #1

Also Known As:

BW2 (USA) (promotional abbreviation)
BWP2 (USA) (promotional abbreviation)
Blair Redux (USA) (working title)
Blair Witch 2 (USA) (working title)
Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows (USA) (working title)
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch Project 2 (USA) (video title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language, sexuality and drug use.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Malaysia:18PL | Netherlands:16 | South Korea:18 | Philippines:PG-13 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Germany:18 | Hong Kong:IIB | Japan:PG-12 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #37725) | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Company:

Artisan Entertainment

Trivia:

While auditioning for the film, Erica Leerhsen was originally trying for Kim Director's role, Tristine Skyler was trying for Erica's, Kim was trying for Tristen's, and Jeffrey Donovan was trying for Stephen Barker Turner's.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: After Kim is gets her beer from the store refrigerator, a woman comes round the corner and bashes her trolley into her. However if you look in the glass of the door behind Kim as she gets her beer, you can see the reflection of the woman standing there and waiting for her cue to push her trolley round, into Kim.

Quotes:

Erica: [Erica finds a cache of video cameras at Jeff's house] I thought all your cameras got trashed.
Jeff: Yeah, well, you can never have too many.
Stephen: Uh, Jeff, I think we've had enough videotaping for one weekend.
Erica: Yeah, dude. Tour's over.
Jeff: Well, maybe the tour's just begun, Erica, because you're walking into the official Blair store. Come on in, everybody. This is where it all begins. This is the epicenter of the Blair Witch Hunt website. Uh, let's see now... I got my sticks. You can touch these, they're for the stick men. Don't touch those, those are drying. What else?
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Sl8n8 (2006)

Soundtrack:

Goodbye Lament

so many people just don't get it --

one of my favorite movies --- i want to reply to a comment i see a lot about this movie. I'm noticing many people saying either that the director did a bad job cause there are too many 'loose ends' by the end of the movie or that there were too many 'unanswered questions'.

- that was the idea.

The questions were meant to be left unanswered - its up to you to come up with your own answer on what really was going on in the movie. Was it mass hallucination? was it a curse? --?? all of the above? up to you to guess at, thats the fun of it.

Just cause you don't get it, doesn't mean it isn't good. Matter of fact thats probably just proof this movie is good, there's plenty for you to miss, and many people miss it. I have a feeling the people that didn't care for this movie didn't understand natural born killers, requiem for a dream, blue velvet or a billion other movies either.

excellent flick - I've seen it about 4 times, I love the visuals, the music, the actors, the plot - i loved the secret message hunt provided in the DVD version (that was a lot of fun) - and i enjoy the whole concept, but I'm not going to get into any spoilers - for those that don't get it.... ah well, maybe an action movie is a better choice for you.