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

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:

In the scene in which Jeffrey is sitting at a table in the madhouse and the camera moves towards him you can see an old s/w photograph hanging on the wall. This is a photo of Kyle Brody, the 8th kid kidnapped by Rustin Parr and the only one who wasn't killed by him. Kyle Brody was the main witness in the Rustin Parr trial and he described how the children were killed. He spent most of his life in a madhouse. So the madhouse in which Jeffrey lives could be exactly the one in which Kyle Brody spent his life. As the photo shows Kyle Brody as a grown-up, it was shot in the madhouse, too.

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: We're all virgins on this bus!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Psych: Let's Get Hairy (#4.8)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

The Reckoning

it wasn't going to please everyone

I feel this film has taken somewhat of a bad rap, lets face it Director Joe Berlinger was fighting a losing battle from the start here. Put another bunch of kids in the woods and he would be slammed for being unoriginal and so he made a more cerebal horror film that was slammed for not being as closely associated with the first film. I think the main reason this film wasn't successful was that because of Berlingers whole what is reality angle when the twists come the audience and critics laughed them off as stupid. I'll admit the acting isn't the best (especially from the male actors) but just by fighting against the expectations that people were going to have of a blair witch sequel i enjoyed the film. Just listen to the DVD commentary by Berlinger to hear about all the studio interference he had to deal with and see how great this film could have been, Without ruining the ending i walked out with a smile on my face when i heard the exact same comments at the end of BW2 that i heard at the end of 1 'what thats it?' or 'thats a load of crap'. Although BW2 is entirely different from the first film its ending holds true to the spirit of the original as the people that got the film left having enjoyed the original should feel the same about BW2. Destined to become a future cult classic