I take an in depth look at the hype surrounding the original blair witch project which then leads into a view of the much misunderstood sequel. Worrell and the teddy ruxpin doll a movie poster and footage from the blair witch project are being shown. 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. Blair witch 2 was alot better than i thought it would be. Instead, hell be taking a look at its terrible sequel, book of shadows. The blair witch project 2 book of shadows home facebook. Book of shadows soundtrack original soundtrack on allmusic 2000 while this soundtrack is mostly forgettable as a. 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. Blair witch 2 is not the sequel that modern horror classic from 1999 deserved. Just try stomaching the story of blair witch 2 book of. 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.
Blair witch 2 is not the sequel that modern horror. Book of shadows blair witch 2 r, 1 hr 30 min horror. Blair witch 2 2000 full cast movie book of shadows. No, the blair witch project didnt need a sequel, and no, book of shadows. Blair witch 2 is pretty funny considering doug walker himself had posted video evidence that he had a pretentious pseudogoth phase once the take that, audience. In the story, a former mental patient and videofilm freak takes a group of four young people on a tour of the sites where the alleged occult murders took. 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 am neither the nostalgia critic nor the angry video game nerd, nor do i own the rights to their videos. Book of shadows tries to capitalize on the success of the original movie by creating a selfreflective story about peoples fascination with video, film and pagan religion. Four young adults join tour guide jeff jeffrey donovan on his witchhunting excursion into the woods and wind up spending the night in the home of killer rustin parr. 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.
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. The opening for nostalgiaween 2011 plays out, featuring images of the leprechaun from leprechaun, casper, pennywise the clown, ernest p. Blair witch 2 is a very flawed film and a pretty bad follow up to the original film. Blair witch 2 estados unidos 2000 cor 90 min direcao joe berlinger producao bill carraro roteiro dick beebe joe berlinger elenco kim director jeffrey donovan erica leerhsen tristine skyler stephen barker turner genero terror.
He likes the original, but finds the sequel incoherent, horribly acted, badly edited and dreadfully acted. Everything and i mean everything that made the blair witch project a little indie masterpiece has been falsified and trashed. Reviewed in the united kingdom on december 15, 2017. The blair witch 2 has to be the worst horror sequel i have ever seen. The nostalgia critic tears into some beloved and not so beloved childhood memories. Blair witch 2 is a not a very lucid piece of filmmaking and contains no book of shadows. After a night of heavy drinking, they wake up with no clue of what happened. Exploring blair witch 2 book of shadows good bad flicks. Book of shadows nostalgia critic by channel awesome.
Cecil, the guy who runs the channel, does a quick expose on why, while blair witch 2 book of shadow is a piece of shit, that this has little to do with the director or the cast. Its worse than jason x, its worse than halloween 3. Book of shadows nostalgia critic video dailymotion. The story is presented through a series of flashbacks, as some of the young adults are questioned at a police station. Show nostalgia critic, ep blair witch 2 book of shadows jan 5, 2014. A witch whose spirit is said to haunt the black hills forest in maryland, usa. Just try stomaching the story of blair witch 2 book of shadows. Yes, it is one of those movies, the one bend over a barrel by the producers who think that they know better than the director. 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. In 1999, this movie got a lot of hype for creating a lot of scares with a lessthan. Book of shadows introduced me to a lot of bands that i had never heard of, like nickelback, queens of.
What isnt as commonly discussed is the sequel, book of shadows. Blair witch 2 perhaps there really is a blair witch curse. Blair witch 2 is a 2000 sequel to the blair witch project five fans of the original the blair witch project journey into the woods near burkittsville to investigate the hysteria and mystery surrounding the film. Blair witch 2 does well to integrate the euphoria surrounding the original movie and still deliver a genuinly unique and unpredictable kind of movie. In saying that, im also sort of happy in a way, that. Nostalgia critic blair witch 2 book of shadows the simpsons homers enemy disclaimer. Blair witch project 2, the first film has created a sensation, with witchobsessed tourists flocking to the small town of burkittsville, maryland. Blair witch 2 2000 english subtitle book of shadows.
Blair witch 2 upon release was generally unfavorable. With jeffrey donovan, stephen barker turner, erica leerhsen, kurt loder. Blair witch 2 is pretty funny considering doug walker himself had posted video evidence that he had a pretentious pseudogoth phase once. Blair witch 2, which was rushed into theaters one year later, earning the scorn of. I loved the blair witch project, it was very scary. Blair witch 2 book of shadows 2000 nostalgia critic season 4 episode 39 hey, whats up guys, my name is charlie, and i like youtube. The critic making fun of the pretentious goth chick from book of shadows. Four young adults join tour guide jeff jeffrey donovan on his witch hunting excursion into the woods and wind up spending the night in the home of killer rustin parr. Blair witch 2 looks nothing like first movie and no found footage. Blair witch 2 2000 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. Blair witch project 2, the first film has created a sensation, with witch obsessed tourists flocking to the small town of burkittsville, maryland.
Book of shadows after spending a night in the hill of maryland, four young fans of the original blair witch movie descend into a nightmare realm of murder, madness and perceptionsbending supernatural horror in this anticipated sequel. Nostalgia critic book of shadows read the glass menagerie online pdf, directed by doug walker. The nostalgia critic 2007 blair witch 2 book of shadows 447 was released on. When i bought it i didnt have very high expectations, the only song i had heard was rob zombies dragula. A bunch of college students decide to take the tour, and wind up in rustin parrs house. Blair witch 2 2000 full streaming movie film book of shadows. Blair witch 2, which was rushed into theaters one year later, earning the scorn of fans everywhere before being exiled to the dvd. A movie poster and footage from the blair witch project are being shown. 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 various locations from the original film. Blair witch 2 2000 movie online movie book of shadows. The critic takes a look at the horrible sequel to the foundfootage smash hit, the blair witch project. Critic rants that the book of shadows mentioned in the title is not in the film.
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