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Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
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Overwhelming dislike
Based on 34 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 28 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Horror
Written by:
Joe Berlinger
Dick Beebe
Directed by: Joe Berlinger
Release Date:
Theatrical: October 27, 2000
DVD: March 13, 2001
Running Time: 90 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: R for violence, language, sexuality and drug use
Starring Kim Director, Jeffrey Donovan, Erica Leerhsen, Tristine Skyler, and Stephen Barker Turner
Students at a Boston college become fasinated by the missing filmmakers, so they decide to go into the same woods and find out what really happened. They pitch a tent for the night and terrifying things start to happen. When they try to escape the woods, they realize something is following behind them.
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Portland Oregonian Shawn Levy
There are moments of pleasure, humor and, yes, terror to be had here all the same.
Philadelphia Inquirer Desmond Ryan
Has the incoherent look of a movie thrown together by a committee whose members weren't on the same page.
Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach
Gets credit for avoiding the easy path. Too bad the path it chooses doesn't lead us anywhere we want to be taken.
The New York Times Stephen Holden
A clever if muddled collection of riffs on the "Blair Witch" juggernaut, dressed up with intellectual pretensions by Joe Berlinger, who directed this film with a chortling zest.
Read Full Review >TNT RoughCut Andy Klein
There are lots of elements that make no sense whatever.
Boston Globe Jay Carr
Berlinger has approached Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 with intelligence and even a bit of thematic heft. But, frankly, the cheap thrill is gone.
Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman
The assault is against our ears, as the soundtrack pours forth a stream of thrash and Goth music.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jack Mathews
The characters are boring, the violence generic, the suspense nonexistent.
Read Full Review >Dallas Observer Luke Y. Thompson
While not entirely successful, at least deserves points for creativity.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Mark Caro
Resembles an old Nine Inch Nails video. Missing from the mix are any characters with whom you'd want to spend one minute around a campfire.
Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez
If you're going to direct a piece of crass, nonsensical junk, at least have the decency to release it straight to video, where it belongs.
Rolling Stone Peter Travers
While the first movie steadily tighened its vise, the second loosens its grip through strained acting and incoherent plotting.
Mr. Showbiz Michael Atkinson
A peerless indignity, a club-footed vomit launch of teen-horror clichés, overproduced self-importance, and scareless gore.
Washington Post Desson Thomson
We're only a little spooked, only a little amused and, by extension, only a little entertained.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold
It doesn't have the imagination or daring to make a full turn to self-parody.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris
Cult shocker has been turned into throwaway megaplex fodder.
Time Richard Corliss
Few movies have spread their fibs or facts as clumsily as this one. There's not an emotionally plausible moment in the picture.
Film.com Sean Means
Admirers of "The Blair Witch Project" are going to be left high and dry.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir
There's nothing scarier than a group of hormone-crazed 20-somethings, but this sequel isn't much more than a footnote of a footnote.
Read Full Review >Film.com Robert Horton
It's just another bad horror film with inadequate young actors chased around a big house by something.
Read Full Review >Newsweek David Ansen
If you harbor any fond feelings for the original, stay far away from this mess.
Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
Guaranteed to inspire many more belly laughs than it does actual shivers. Boo, scary? I think not.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 3.5 (out of 10) based on 28 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Andie v gave it a2:
I think the director got bored with this "new project" and asked his teenage son to direct it or something, i mean, i did NOT get it, there were these twenty year old people having sex in the middle of the woods, maybe cause there's nothing also to do, then they wake up the next day not knowing what happened to them, it has nothing to do with the blair witch at all, ugh! what a waste of movie rental money, i should have rented something more worthwhile. i kinda feel sorry for the cast members, this move probably ruined their acting careers...
Sammyo gave it a0:
A terrible movie. I hated every second of it. Don't watch it, it's that simple.
calimero gave it a7:
Sorry to disappoint you guys,but I think this is a interesting film.And the reasons are: is so dumb and stupid! But above all: it makes no sense and that makes him look creepier than actually it is.
Sam gave it a0:
There is noththing awful in this movie that is considered "Quite possibly". Everything awful in this movie is "Easily". It's EASILY the worst movie I have ever seen, it's EASILY the most pathetic excuse for an ending of all time, and last but not least, it's EASILY the most dissapointing movie of our time.
Sam gave it a0:
A truly awful film. The first one had great acting, chlls to the core, and intelligence. THIS one has poor acting, it's not scary at all, it's dumb and has pure homosexuality in it. I don't even think it's trying to be scary. It's more like a crappy show that came out in the 60's, and it's first and only episode. Lame, lame, lame, lame lame.
Megan H. gave it a 0:
It was the worst movie i have ever seen, it never made any sense it seems like it was thrown in there randomly.
Jeff F. gave it a 4:
Not a very lucid piece of filmmaking. but i did like the cast kim, erica and jeff.
