176 - Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000) & Blair Witch (2016) →

CW: Mental Illness, Miscarriage

The Worst of 2021 - #7 Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2

It’s Blair Witch Week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey spend a night (or five) in the Black Hills Forest and stumble across some DV tapes with Blair Witch movies on them.

Read our afterthoughts for this episode here!

The Classic Film: Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
"A group of tourists arrives in Burkittsville, Maryland after seeing The Blair Witch Project to explore the mythology and phenomenon, only to come face to face with their own neuroses and possibly the witch herself” (IMDb.com). Producers capitalize on the next new thing, The Blair Witch Project, by immediately making a sequel that has none of the elements that made the original popular. Imagine how that turned out.

The Modern Film: Blair Witch (2016)
"After discovering a video showing what he believes to be his vanished sister Heather, James and a group of friends head to the forest believed to be inhabited by the Blair Witch” (IMDb.com). See, this is how you make a Blair Witch sequel. It ain't superb, but it's certainly not sacrilege.

Audio Sources:
"Anything Could Happen" written by Ellie Goulding & Jim Eliot and performed by Ellie Goulding
"Blair Witch" (2016) produced by Lionsgate, et al.
"Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2" produced by Artisan Entertainment & Haxan Films
"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones