Post by Motor City Horror Club on Apr 28, 2010 12:10:22 GMT -5
Hello all
This week we got another great review for you by new member Psycho Billy who is doing the reviews for The Motor City Horror Club!
This week he is reviewing..
Blair Witch: Book of Shadows!
Here it is..
"Evil Doesn't Die."
This tag line, possibly used for EVERY creepy horror flick tag line, has been seen before. BOOK OF SHADOWS is the sequel to the 1999 hit THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. This film stars Jeffery Donovan (to many will be known as Michael Westen of BURN NOTICE), Kim Director, Erica Leehrsen, Tristine Skylar, and Stephen Barker Turner. In the film, due to the revelation that the film was in fact fake, one fan, Jeffery Patterson, gets two writers, Tristine and Stephen, a gothy psychic type chick, Kim, and a witch, Erica, to go out into the Rustin Parr ruins for one night to see if any Blair Witchery occurs and they all black out. Now as the film occurs, the night unravels to it's full revelation to the point that someone isn't who they say they are. This being a sequel, it in this case, rather than expanding on the film's plot, it expands the Blair Witch's history. In one scene, one of the characters states that, in a dream, that character sees it through the Blair Witch's eyes. That, on the exact night of her banishment, the accusers came to the tree and let their dogs attack her and then pressing their hands into her flesh. They promptly untied her and hung her from the tree. The reason why I liked this film was the fact that it was creepy like the first but was a total mind f**k to believe. What you think is happening may not be what is happening. To me, this film was a pretty well made flick, but the problem was that it was a Hollywood flick rather than the home video camcorder one which we all know and love. Then they introduce hidden symbols and words within the film for the people to find and unravel a secret. Most fans will not like this film because of the film's premise and the usage of already known actors rather than ones who weren't known at all, like in the first film.
I give it three and a half Jack O Lanterns out of 6! for effort, effects, casting. Although there is much to be said about the plot.
We hope you enjoyed the review by the great Psycho Billy. and ounce again if you got any movies you want him to review email him at psychobillxxx@yahoo.com.
Next week he will have a huge review of the classic Grind House Both Films!
Also like we said in the past we are going to start up our video log again in the next week or so about the reaction of Motor City Nightmares horror movie convention so stay tuned for that as well. We will post the video as soon as we get it up
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Thanks for reading and see you next week!