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Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000) More at IMDbPro »

On the DVD there is a special feature called "secrets of ESREVER" at the end of this feature, rewind the video and at the bottom of the screen you will see letters-in turn-words. Throughout the film, based on the words, you will see hidden messages. Here they are: (keep in mind, some were find by constant view, others were given in ESREVER) FIRE-when kim and erica are sitting at the fire the flames spell "seek". *must pause quickly at right time GRAVE-kim is lying on a grave tomb which says treacle. the next shot it says "further" GRASS-when erica lays her back on the grass after seeing picture of blair witch, the word "me" is to her right in grass. MIRROR-the sheriff craven's reflection is of a skull/ghost in the two way mirror when he is talking to jeff. RUG-during the scene where erica is chanting, the word "or" appears on the rug. DOOR-the fridge door that erica opens has a child's face. WINDOW-after erica slices steven in the dream, look at the window behind erica and "no" appears. WATER-when tristen has the dream of drowning the baby, to the far right is a large stickman shadow made by the ripples. The message i got with the words were, "Seek me no further or die." -- Blair Witch. ESREVER is "reverse" spelled backwards.

Why was it in ruins?

Because the house was burned down by unknown reasons.