Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)

Director:

Joe Berlinger

Writers (WGA):

Daniel Myrick (characters) and
Eduardo Sánchez (characters) ...
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Release Date:

27 October 2000 (USA)

Genre:

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 | Dream | Digit In Title | Nightmare | Sheriff

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 D. Reed	...	Burkittsville Resident #1 (as Bruce Reed)
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
Briton Green	...	Stoner #1
Erik Jensen	...	Stoner #2
Peggy K. Chang	...	Foreigner #1
Tony Tsang	...	Foreigner #2
Anja Baron	...	Foreigner #3
Kevin Murray	...	Doctor
Keira Naughton	...	Nurse
Lauren Hulsey	...	Eileen Treacle
Ed Sala	...	MBI Man #2
Tyler Zeisloft	...	Teenager #1
Richard Kirkwood	...	Teenager #2
Justin Fair	...	Teenager #3
Raynor Scheine	...	Rustin Parr
Brilane Bowman	...	Ham Lady
Kennen Sisco	...	Peggy
Robert M. Kelly	...	MBI Man #3
Dina Napoli	...	Reporter, WBAL
Landra Booker	...	Reporter, Fox 45
Jacqui Allen	...	Reporter
Sloane Brown	...	Reporter, WJZ 13
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nasi Glekas	...	Security Guard
Oscar Haynes	...	Videographer
Karen Tsen Lee	...	(voice)
Jay Leno	...	Himself (archive footage)
Conan O'Brien	...	Himself (archive footage)
Andy Richter	...	Himself (archive footage)
Heidi Burger	...	Print Reporter (uncredited)
Craig Campbell	...	Crime scene onlooker (uncredited)
Heather Donahue	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brian Dragonuk	...	Angry Citizen at Courthouse (uncredited)
Roger Ebert	...	Himself (uncredited)
Armen Garo	...	Doctor (uncredited)
Cathy Haase	...	First Nurse (uncredited)
Rick Kain	...	On Camera News Reporter (uncredited)
Joshua Leonard	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Julie Mabry	...	Hiker in Woods (uncredited)
Martin Pfefferkorn	...	Mental Patient (uncredited)
Chad Ridgely	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Ryan Slattery	...	(uncredited)
Michael C. Williams	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Joe Berlinger

Writing credits (WGA)
Daniel Myrick		(characters) and
Eduardo Sánchez		(characters)
Dick Beebe		(written by) and
Joe Berlinger		(written by)

Produced by
Bill Carraro	....	producer
Kevin J. Foxe	....	associate producer
Daniel Myrick	....	executive producer
Eduardo Sánchez	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Carter Burwell

Cinematography by
Nancy Schreiber

Film Editing by
Sarah Flack

Casting by
Will Cantler
Bernard Telsey
David Vaccari

Production Design by
Vincent Peranio		(as Vince Peranio)

Art Direction by
Justin Scoppa Jr.
Rob Simons

Set Decoration by
Steve George		(as Steven H. George)
Susan Kessel

Costume Design by
Melissa Toth

Makeup Department
Gina W. Bateman	....	key makeup artist
Derek Becker	....	special makeup effects artist
John Caglione Jr.	....	special makeup effects artist
Joseph A. Campayno	....	makeup artist
Lisa Hazell	....	hair stylist
Charmaine Henninger	....	hair stylist
Janice Kinigopoulos	....	key hair stylist
Cheryl 'Pickles' Kinion	....	makeup artist
Sherri Bramlett	....	additional hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Bill Carraro	....	unit production manager
Dana Robin	....	assistant unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bill Carraro	....	second unit director
H.H. Cooper	....	first assistant director
Joe Incaprera	....	second second assistant director
Dale M. Nielsen	....	second assistant director
Robert Rooy	....	first assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Edward Bellafiore	....	art department coordinator
Billy Crush	....	assistant props
Michael Davis	....	construction coordinator
Susanna Glattly	....	scenic foreman
Ted Lubonovich II	....	propmaker
Lucinda E. Pealer	....	scenic
Scott T. Pina	....	construction foreman
Lester Poser	....	assistant property master
Michael Sabo	....	set dresser
Keith Weaver	....	charge scenic
Helen Williams Ward	....	storyboard artist
Brook Yeaton	....	property master
Silvija L. Moess	....	scenic artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Tom Fleischman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dan Fulton	....	sound intern
Bobby Johanson	....	adr engineer
Dan Korintus	....	dialogue editor
Malaika Langa	....	audio post coordinator
Tony Martinez	....	sound editor
Jay Meagher	....	production sound mixer
Branka Mrkic	....	sound effects editor
Jac Rubenstein	....	dialogue editor
Warren Shaw	....	supervising sound editor
Paul P. Soucek	....	supervising sound editor
Eric Strausser	....	apprentice sound editor
Steven Visscher	....	supervising foley editor
Daniel Ward	....	assistant sound editor

Special Effects by
Wilfred Caban	....	special effects coordinator (as Will Caban)
Tamara Carlson	....	fabrication crew: K.N.B Effects Group
Kevin Carter	....	special effects contact lenses
Steven Kirshoff	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Randall Balsmeyer	....	visual effects supervisor
Daniel Leung	....	digital compositing supervisor
Matt McDonald	....	digital compositor
Christopher Dusendschon	....	in-show optical process and effects compositor: THDX (uncredited)
Christopher Dusendschon	....	optical element Hazeltine colorist: THDX (uncredited)

Stunts
G.A. Aguilar	....	stunt coordinator
Jill Brown	....	stunt double
Blaise Corrigan	....	stunts
Chuck Jeffreys	....	stunts
Jason Noto	....	stunt driver

Camera and Electrical Department
Wayne Arnold	....	film loader
John C. Barber	....	grip
Sean Patrick Crowell	....	key grip
Rusty Gardner	....	video assist operator: second unit
Michael Gearhart	....	grip
Abbot Genser	....	still photographer
Tim Gordon	....	electrician
Craig Haagensen	....	director of photography: second unit
Jay Kemp	....	gaffer
Richard Klompus	....	video assist operator
Ralph Mendoza	....	camera operator: SpaceCam
Michael Proscia Jr.	....	gaffer (segment)
Mark Walpole	....	additional second assistant camera

Casting Department
Joe Adams	....	casting: Los Angeles
Christine Eads	....	extras casting
Pat Moran	....	casting: Baltimore

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Catharine Fletcher Incaprera	....	costume supervisor
Mara Majorowicz	....	key costumer
Erica Westheimer	....	assistant to costume designer

Editorial Department
Erin Crackel	....	apprentice editor
David Gray	....	apprentice editor
Charlene Hamer	....	assistant editor
James Nichols Jr.	....	assistant editor
Shawn Nuzzo	....	post-production associate
Alan Oxman	....	additional editor
Tina Pacheco	....	first assistant editor
Robert Zorella	....	editorial production assistant
John Marston	....	editorial technician (uncredited)

Music Department
Carter Burwell	....	music recordist
Carter Burwell	....	musician
Ed Gerrard	....	music supervisor
Gman	....	musician
Joe Lisanti	....	music editor: temp music
Marilyn Manson	....	executive soundtrack producer
Deirdre O'Hara	....	music consultant
David Torn	....	musician (as SPLaTTeRCeLL)

Transportation Department
Charles E. Bauer	....	driver
Mike Easter	....	transportation co-captain
Michael Luckeroth	....	driver
Gerald Titus	....	driver
Douglas A. Walk	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Annie Noel Applegarth	....	clearance coordinator
Annie Noel Applegarth	....	product placement
Angela Athayde	....	additional set production assistant
Michael Bederman	....	production accountant
John Francis Black II	....	payroll accountant
Michael Bonfiglio	....	assistant: Mr. Berlinger, New York
Tonya Bowen	....	studio production coordinator
Jane Burka	....	assistant: Mr Berlinger
Jane Burka	....	script supervisor: second unit
Al Cerullo	....	helicopter pilot
Brian Cooper	....	production secretary
Rob Coughlin	....	grip second unit
Joan Devilla	....	payroll accountant
Caprice Ericson	....	location scout
Ginny Galloway	....	assistant: Mr. Carraro
Karl O. Gilbert	....	dailies projectionist
Patti Hawn	....	unit publicist
Jeff Johnson	....	set medic
Rick Kain	....	stand-in: Eric Jensen
Lisa Katcher	....	script supervisor
Kristan C. Keck	....	accounting assistant
Martin Kircher	....	dailies projectionist
Stephanie Lovell	....	set production assistant
Kimberly Masimore	....	production assistant
Josh McCintock	....	stand in/double
Bryan Nelson	....	production assistant
Jason Noto	....	body double
Sean Oliver	....	adr loop group
Erik Proveaux	....	caterer
Scott Rabenstein	....	production assistant
Ruben Flores Rios II	....	production assistant
Xanthus Valan	....	set production assistant
Drew Vandervelde	....	production assistant
Craig Wirth	....	production assistant
Andrew Golov	....	production executive (uncredited)
Andrew Golov	....	studio executive (uncredited)
Wayne Petrucelli	....	security coordinator (uncredited)
Timothy Scott Ralston	....	studio projectionist (uncredited)
Peter Pamela Rose	....	adr loop group (uncredited)
Cathy Ziehl	....	studio coordinator (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Artisan Entertainment
• Haxan Films

Distributors

• Columbia TriStar Egmont Film Distributors (2000) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Frenetic Films (2000) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Artisan Entertainment (2000) (USA) (all media)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2001) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Egmont Entertainment (2001) (Finland) (DVD)
• Egmont Entertainment (2001) (Finland) (VHS)
• Filmes Lusomundo
• Highlight Film (2001) (Germany) (DVD)
• K2 Entertainment
• Laurenfilm (Spain)
• Lions Gate Films (2003) (USA) (all media)
• Líder Films (Argentina)
• Mars Distribution (France)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Paris Vídeo (Brazil) (DVD)
• Paris Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Victor Company of Japan (JVC)
• Yorin (2003) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)

Other Companies

• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Mobtown Props  property
• Priority Records  soundtrack
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Summit Entertainment  foreign sales

Also Known As:

"BW2" - USA (promotional abbreviation)
"BWP2" - USA (promotional abbreviation)
"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 | Brazil:16 | 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:

The barking dogs are a reference to The Omen (1976).

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:May I have permission to take this leaf? Thank you!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Nostalgia Critic: Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows (#4.47)" (2011)

Soundtrack:

Mind

One of the worst movies of the year. Makes no sense. * (out of four)

BOOK OF SHADOWS: BLAIR WITCH 2 / (2000) * (out of four)

"The Blair Witch Project" was a one of a kind hit; it had original ideas and a story about three filmmakers who become lost in a local wooded area while filming a documentary about the legendary Blair Witch. That was one of the best movies of last year, and now "Book Of Shadows: Blair Witch 2" is clearly one of this year's worst. It is completely contradictory to the original, contains not a single character we care about, and is recycled from about every other horror film released within the past five years. After comparing the two movies I am disturbed.

"Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2" (the title is meaningless) has not one strand of decent plot impression. There is just scene after scene detailing an assortment of unfocused misfits on a field trip to see the related sights and settings of where events in "The Blair Witch Project" took place. There is Jeff (Jeffrey Donovan) the leader, an ex-patient at a mental hospital, Stephen (Stephen Turner) who is writing a book on the "Blair Witch" phenomenon, in the company of his girlfriend, Tristen (Tristen Skylar), who is pregnant but is hoping for a miscarriage. Also among them is Kim (Kim Director) a Goth, and Erica (Erica Leerhsen) another practicing Wicca who wants the Blair Witch to be her mentor. These characters smoke a seemingly endless amount of pot, apparently engage in ritualistic sex, had have strange experiences when they wake up the day after they set camp having no recollection of what happened the night before.

There is such a struggle for good storyline the filmmakers provide the characters with excessively blunt dialogue to reveal important information and plot points. However, to get anything out of the writing, one would have to care about the characters, and the movie provides no reason anywhere for us to concern ourselves with any of the characters. There is no development or introduction, nor does the film contain any motive or reason. This is unfortunate because the only thing holding the movie together is the mystery of what occurred during the five hours the group cannot remember. How are we to concerned ourselves with the inactive conflict if we do not care about any of the characters?

Perhaps the biggest flaw with "Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2" (and there are many) is the fact that it is never scary or suspenseful. I was somewhat curious about what happened to the characters during those mysterious five hours, but there is no clarification. Some of the scenes have potential to involve us with horrific material, but never on the recognizable level of the original "Blair Witch Project." The film often builds tension, but forgets, or does not know how to relieve it. The sequences that do attempt to answer our disputes are cluttered and distraught, although they do contain disgusting, disturbing, and violent nightmare imagery.

What really bothers me with movies these days is how so many provide inquisitive, thought-provoking questions but never the long-awaited answers. A specific scene in the movie has one of the characters ask what is happening. I think just about everyone in the audience had the same question on their mind…the movie has no answers.