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Shadow of the Blair Witch

  • TV Movie
  • 2000
  • 45m
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
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Blair Witch 2 : Le Livre des ombres (2000)
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In this true crime documentary, we delve into the murder spree that was the inspiration for Joe Berlinger's Blair Witch 2 : Le Livre des ombres (2000).In this true crime documentary, we delve into the murder spree that was the inspiration for Joe Berlinger's Blair Witch 2 : Le Livre des ombres (2000).In this true crime documentary, we delve into the murder spree that was the inspiration for Joe Berlinger's Blair Witch 2 : Le Livre des ombres (2000).

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    • Ben Rock
  • Writer
    • Ben Rock
  • Stars
    • Tony Abatemarco
    • Andre Brooks
    • Mariclare Costello
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.2/10
    627
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    • Director
      • Ben Rock
    • Writer
      • Ben Rock
    • Stars
      • Tony Abatemarco
      • Andre Brooks
      • Mariclare Costello
    • 3User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Tony Abatemarco
    • Deputy Hank Hart
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    • Jeff Patterson
    Mariclare Costello
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    • Kathy Patterson
    Bill Dreggors
    • Bill Barnes
    Apollo Dukakis
    • Dr. Liam Woblick
    Philip Friedman
    • Aidan James
    James Gleason
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    • Jeff Schoene
    Dilva Henry
    • Dilva Henry
    Bari Hochwald
    • Vera Tenslue
    Wendy Hoffman
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    John Huck
    • John Huck
    Rachel Moskowitz
    • Kim Diamond
    Sandy Mulvihill
    • Miriam Lane
    Roger Nolan
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    Chris Parnell
    • Frank Parsons
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    • Dr. Clayton Larson
    Richard Sexton
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    7dancziraky

    Mockumentary better than film!

    The Sci-Fi Channel's SHADOW OF THE BLAIR WITCH purports to delve into the "true" case that inspired the film BOOK OF SHADOWS: BLAIR WITCH 2. Using convincingly faked police file footage and interviews with "experts," "law enforcement officials," and even "families of the victims," SOTBW looks at how accused killer Jeff Patterson became obsessed with THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999). Footage from both films enhance the show's realism, as does the use of different actors for the "real" characters. I'm sure that SOTBW has fooled almost as many people as 1999's CURSE OF THE BLAIR WITCH (also first aired on SFC).
    6meaningbird

    Pretty much the only reason to watch this is as a companion piece to Blair Witch 2

    This movie is a great companion piece to Blair Witch 2 and makes it a lot better and it perfectly gets that made for TV true crime documentary feel but this movie has the same problem as those documentaries that being that it's kind of dull

    C+
    mermatt

    More of the myth

    This is the companion piece to CURSE OF THE BLAIR WITCH, another Sci-Fi channel "documentary" that was used to stir publicity about THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. This film was used to help promote BLAIR WITCH 2: BOOK OF SHADOWS. Like everything else in Blair Witch myth-making, this TV show uses verisimilitude to tease the audience into thinking that there is some fact behind what we are shown in the two movies.

    The boundaries between reality and fiction are blurred once again, and we have one of the "experts" telling us that this time, it's the "real thing." The myth-makers even poke fun at their own process of manufacturing reality by having character point out how we can be induced to believe what we want to believe.

    The reality of the Blair Witch herself is an issue disputed in this show, thus making the viewer want to believe all the more that she not only exists but also has a significant role to play in what happens.

    BOOK OF SHADOWS, which is included in the title of the second movie, was supposedly a movie that chief suspect Jeff wanted to make. The number of murders and the identities of the other suspects are not revealed, thus teasing the viewer into seeing BLAIR WITCH 2 to find out who did what to whom. We get a play within a play within a play by having the supposedly real people appear and then showing the viewer the actors who play these people in BLAIR WITCH 2.

    This show is an interesting comment on "cyber-stalking" and the madness of a society that produces mass suicides like Heaven's Gate and mass murderers like Hitler, Son of Sam, and Charles Manson. Once again I was reminded of Orson Welles' point in his famous WAR OF THE WORLDS broadcast -- namely, to illustrate how powerful and dangerous the media are. The principle is the same, but now instead of radio, we have the internet, TV, and movies to create myths that people begin to believe or want to believe.

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      Filmed at the same time as Blair Witch 2 : Le Livre des ombres (2000)
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      Features Le Projet Blair Witch (1999)

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    • Release date
      • October 22, 2000 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Stíny Blair Witch
    • Filming locations
      • Malibu Creek State Park - 1925 Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Artisan Entertainment
      • Neptune Salad Entertainment
      • Pirie Productions
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      45 minutes
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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