Blair Witch 2: Book Of Shadows is a horror fantasy film directed by Joe Berlinger. The film serves as sort of sequel to the original, but many view it as a standalone project. The plot sees a group of people go to the ‘real life’ filming locations of the first film and surprise, surprise things go wrong, and it turns out the Blair Witch is real.
This film is part found footage, part mockumentary. This film is often unfairly compared to the first film in a hugely unfavourably way. Sure, is it a bad sequel? Yes. It is even a sequel? Only in a lose sense. Was this film riddled with behind the scenes issues? Yes, hell the director of the sequel wanted nothing to do with it and said his vison of the film was not what was made. However is it a bad film? No.
There is some enjoyment to be had here. This is an early 2000’s film in every sense of the word, it opens with a Marilyn Manson song of course because what is more noughties horror than that. It is goofy and weird, and the CGI is bad, but that is part of the fun.
It depends on the sort of horror fan you’re, if you like a horror film to be scary and all of that then this sucks, it is not scary, there is no atmosphere, the scares are obvious and boring. However, if you’re the sort of horror fan that also enjoys bad horror films, I’m taking about things like Killer Clowns From Outer Space, then this is great; I found myself laughing far more than anything else.
Overall, as a horror film, divorcing it from the first film, this film is a failure, but it is also so bad it is good. There are a lot of unintentional laughs to be had here and some goofy hockie genre fun, so it depends what you want.
Pros.
It is hilarious.
Cons.
It is not scary.
It feels like a mishmash.
It doesn’t work as a sequel.
It makes no sense.
1.5/5
Reviewed by Luke
Another Millennial Reviewer 