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Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 is the sequel to the movie The Blair Witch Project
. Released on Oct. 27, 2000, it was directed by Joe Berlinger, who previously (and subsequently) had only directed true documentaries.

The movie failed at the box-office. Its failure has been blamed, in part, on its R-rating, which was strictly enforced by theatres due to comtemporary political pressures. Others (including director Joe Berlinger) believe that the incoherence of the film caused its failure, since the studio (Artisan), desiring a more "commercial" film, recut the film and re-shot certain scenes to add more "traditional" horror movie elements. Berlinger repeatedly states on the DVD commentary that he doesn't like the changes that were made and that they ruin the ambiguous tone of the plot.

Synopsis

The story is presented through a series of flashbacks, as some of the young adults are questioned at a police station about their time spent in the woods.

The story begins in Burkittsville, Maryland, where the release of the original Blair Witch Project has attracted a group of young tourists. They want to find the Blair Witch, and hire Jeff, who has made a business of leading tours into the Blair Witch's woods. They venture into the woods to camp for the night.

They wake up the next morning with no real memory of the night before, and videotape shot during the night seems unclear. Over the course of the rest of the movie, several of the tourists are murdered, and the remaining individuals are suspected as the killers. It is never made clear whether the murders are caused by witchcraft, the still-never-seen Blair Witch, or some other cause. The people left alive all claim that many of them were possessed and killed themselves, but videotape taken during the events all show the living tourists killed their friends. The movie ends with the observation that movies can lie, but that video always tells the truth, implying that the movie itself (Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2) has lied to the audience, and only the videotape at the end of the film reveals the "true" story, i.e. that the remaining tourists are the murderers.

The director said that he wanted to leave the end interpretation up to the viewer.

Cast

Kim Director - Kim Diamond
Jeffrey Donovan - Jeffrey Patterson
Erica Leerhsen
- Erica Geerson
Tristine Skyler - Tristen Ryler
Stephen Barker Turner - Stephen Ryan Parker
Lanny Flaherty - Sheriff Cravens

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