Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)

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

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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	...	Burkittsville Resident #1
Lynda Millard	...	Burkittsville Resident #2
Deb Burgoyne	...	Burkittsville Resident #3
Andrea Cox	...	Burkittsville Resident #4
Joe Berlinger	...	Burkittsville Tourist #1
Sara Phillips	...	Burkittsville 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:

Continuity: When they're watching the tapes backwards, they see Tristen Hiding the tapes under some rocks (where they found them). The tape they're watching is one of the tapes they found, but when she hid them, she was being recorded on that tape

Quotes:

Jeff: Ladies and gentlemen, that there is a naked woman!

Movie Connections:

References Ninja, the Violent Sorceror (1982)

Soundtrack:

I'm A Doggy

Not too shabby, but nothing like the first film.

In Burkittsville, Maryland, the success of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT has created a big boom in tourism. Among those eager to check out the legend are ex-mental case tour guide Jeff (Jeffrey Donovan), pot-smoking, beer guzzling goth girl Kim (Kim Director), wiccan witch Erica (the very nice-looking Erica Leerhsen), yuppie Stephen (Stephen Barker Turner) and his pregnant girlfriend Tristen (Tristen Skyler).

After a night of hard partying on a supposedly cursed site, the five wake up with their camp destroyed, having blacked out for five hours, then return to Jeff's house to try to piece together the missing hours of the preceeding evening. This leads to revelations involving ghosts, an orgy, vicious cult-like murders and maybe even The Blair Witch herself.

Quick cut editing and gore are no substitute for real scares and suspense (a lesson the director should have learned in viewing the original), but this has a few interesting moments, adding to the Blair Witch mythology and all. However, some of the performances are pretty poor and it completely falls apart by the end. The best thing is the soundtrack, including Marilyn Manson's opening "Disposable Teens," System of a Down, Elastica, Queens of the Stone Age, Rob Zombie, Poe, P.O.D. and At the Drive-In.