I didnt see it here on youtube anywhere else, so i figured it was better. Blair witch 2 2000 starring kim director and jeffrey donovan on dvd and bluray. The films bluray version was released on october 5, 2010 by lionsgate. A year after the faux documentary film, the blair witch project, put its setting burkittsville, md on the map, hordes of fans and curiosity seekers regularly descend upon the town, hoping to grab a souvenir or memento and see the sights, despite the fact that the story was pure fiction and that the film wasnt even shot there.
Blair witch 2 takes up the blair witch story one year on from the time when the three student filmmakers went missing in marylands black hills. After several people went missing while on a hunt for the blair. In this metamovie, our protagonists explored the local mythology only to get. A group of tourists arrives in burkittsville, maryland after seeing the blair witch project 1999 to explore the mythology and phenomenon, only to come face to face with their own neuroses and possibly the witch herself. Book of shadows is one of the most underrated horror films of the 200xs. Special edition after spending a night in the black hills of burkittsville, maryland, four young fans of the original blair witch movie descend into a nightmare realm of murder, madness, and perceptionbending supernatural horror in this eagerly anticipated sequel to the most successful independent film of all time. Book of shadows blair witch 2 2000 rotten tomatoes. Nevill was born in birmingham, england, in 1969 and grew up in england and new zealand. Readings independent australian retailers and online merchants of fine books, music and film. Its sequel, book of shadows, went in a different direction. To cash in on all of the real world hype of the events in the first film, a man from. Blair witch 2 dvd and blu ray release date, trailer and movie stats. Blair witch 2 last summers the blair witch project was a bona fide popculture phenomenon, as well as one of the most original horror films in ages, a visionary chiller that combined the immediacy of a documentary with the unsettling mood of a val lewton film.
Blair witch 2 kim director jeffrey donovan erica leerhsen 2000 when a townie jeffrey donovan takes collegians kim director, erica leerhsen on an overnight tour in burkittsville, md. He is the author of the supernatural horror novels banquet for the damned, apartment 16, the ritual, last days, house of small shadows, no one gets out alive, and lost girl. Anyone out there looking for answers behind the newly created mythos of the blair witch is going to have to keep looking, because the answers arent here in this sequel to the original blair witch project. This sequel to blair witch project is all formula and no creativity, mechanically borrowing elements from the original and other horror movies. The real curse of the blair witch was outstaying its welcome. Now, some seventeen years later, blair witch seeks to continue the mythology minimally built by the first film. Blair witch 2, which was rushed into theaters one year later, earning the scorn of fans everywhere before being exiled to the dvd.
Blair witch 2 perhaps there really is a blair witch curse. Blair witch 2 2000 starring kim director and jeffrey donovan on dvd and blu ray. The film was immediately greenlit upon pitch due to the surprising success of its predecessor, the wildly successful 1999. May 09, 2016 what isnt as commonly discussed is the sequel, book of shadows. One could even call it an above average effort next to movies like the watcher, whose out and about mediocrity seems to be taken for granted. After spending a night in the hill of maryland, four young fans of the original blair witch movie descend into. Blair witch 2 is a not a very lucid piece of filmmaking and contains no book of shadows. The film was immediately greenlit upon pitch due to the surprising success of its predecessor, the wildly successful 1999 film the blair witch project. I guess i shouldnt say sequel, because even though its presented as a sequel, book of shadows. Why the new blair witch movie ignores book of shadows. The kingdom trailer that doesnt mean that blu ray still cant be supported or be an option when that happened, it just means it wont be an internal solution. This was a tv special i wrote and directed on sci fi channel when it was spelled that way designed to market book of shadows.
And yet, no matter how disappointing a sequel, blair witch 2. At the end of its run, the program was hosted by candace bailey and sara underwood. Ss is dedicated to the simpsons and host to thousands of free tv show episode scripts and screencaps, cartoon framegrabs and movie scripts. Braveheart theme piano but that doesnt explain why apple. Jeffrey donovan, stephen barker turner, erica leerhsen, tony abatemarco, andre brooks, mariclare costello, bill dreggors. The sequel to one of the most successful independent horror films of all time, book of shadows. Blair witch 2 picks up a few years after the events that took place in the first film. In october 2000, coinciding with the release of book of shadows.
Help us release the directors cut of book of shadows. Does apple have to keep the kingdom trailer things slimmer now that they have a slim option in the macbook air. Ospite potrebbe rappresentare ritratto e cacciagione nel tuo netbook. Braveheart theme piano but that doesnt explain why apple would all of a sudden stop being apple just to offer something that relatively few people use at a price that is considered too expensive for most and that apple is trying to compete against. Blair witch 2 is a 2000 american psychological horror film, directed and cowritten by joe berlinger and starring jeffrey donovan, stephen barker turner, kim director, erica leerhsen, and tristine skyler. Le livre des ombres, il libro segreto delle streghe. The film has been given a letterboxed transfer in the widescreen aspect ratio of 1. I remember seeing this in the theater in fall 2000, and thinking it was almost as good as the first film. Blair witch 2 is a very flawed film and a pretty bad follow up to the original film.
Blair witch 2 becomes available on bluray, simply submit your email below. Sexier and pacier than its predecessor, but still occupying the same psychological horror genre, book of shadows. Sadly, even the directors of the original blair witch project have publicly decried this film despite serving as executive producers, but apparently. Blair witch 2 2000 movie soundtrack, with scene descriptions. There are in book of shadows, especially early on, some fine moments and. Oct 18, 2000 though the horror factor diminishes greatly as each layer of the fabricated tale is exposed, this special, airing prior to the theatrical release of book of shadows.
Sep 14, 2016 while director adam wingards upcoming blair witch is technically the second sequel in the blair witch franchise, following book of shadows. Blair witch 2 2000 followed a subsequent group of investigators to burkittsville, maryland after seeing the blair witch project 1999, herein treated as a real movie within the movie. I suppose it seems clear enough to berlinger, who cowrote it and helped edit it, but one viewing is not enough to make the material clear, and the material is not intriguing enough, alas, to inspire a second viewing. Blair witch project 2, the first film has created a sensation, with witch obsessed tourists flocking to the small town of burkittsville, maryland. To cash in on all of the real world hype of the events in the first film, a man from burkitsville, maryland opens a blair witch hunt tour, which shows patrons. Blair witch 2 2000 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total. Flashbacks and forward leaps are agitatedly and excitedly cut together, drawing us. Oct 26, 2000 all 20 songs from the book of shadows. The blair witch project is a 1999 american supernatural horror film written, directed and edited. Aots was an american live television program shown weeknights on g4, g4 canada and fuel tv in australia. We do not share your email and youll only be notified once email notification.
First it claimed three poor souls in the biggest indie breakout hit ever. Blair witch 2 2000 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and blu ray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. Blair witch 2 is not the sequel that modern horror classic from 1999 deserved. What stefanedit tried to do is edit the film as close as possible to what the director originally wanted for his film, and he did a pretty good job at it. With jeffrey donovan, stephen barker turner, erica leerhsen, kurt loder. Stylistically, the sequel turned out a direct opposite of its predecessor. Listen to and download the music, ost, score, list of songs and trailers. In 2012, 20 and 2015 his novels were the winners of the august derleth award for best horror novel. Blair witch 2, blair witch 2 le livre des ombres, blair witch 2. Book of shadows soundtrack original soundtrack on allmusic 2000 while this soundtrack is mostly forgettable as a.
Blair witch 2, image comics released a oneshot called blair witch. Blair witch 2, the movie doesnt pay any attention to. Stylistically different from the first film, the plot revolves around a group of people fascinated by the mythology surrounding the blair witch project film. Someone needs to release this on blu ray since artisan entertainment is dead and long gone now.
Book of shadows is not the worst film of the year by a long shot. The parson and the outlaw 1957 streaming ita dayze store. This dvd isnt terrible but its looks dated, the print needs a 2k. The more mainstream and not found footage studio sequel book of shadows. Starring kim director, jeffrey donovan and erica leerhsen. This dvd isnt terrible but its looks dated, the print needs a 2k or 4k. Book of shadows heeft een andere opzet, een andere cast en een andere regisseur. No, the blair witch project didnt need a sequel, and no, book of shadows.