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Book of Shadows is a sequel to the Blair Witch Project that takes place in the real world, as in where Blair Witch is a movie that played in theatres.  A group of people go on a guided tour of the places where the film was made around Burkittsville.  They take a bunch of cameras and tape everything they do.  While they are out in the woods something weird happens and all of their stuff is ruined except for the video tapes.  They return to the tour guide's house to try to piece together what happened.  Something weird did happen and continues to happen as they try to unravel the mystery.

This is a normal movie instead of a documentary style film.  The footage from their videos looks too good to be actual non-movie footage and the film includes both a musical score and a lyrics soundtrack.  This sequel is missing most of the tension of the first film, but that is not saying much.  The characters are a likeable bunch of freaks and misfits.  The acting is all right but not up to the standard of the first film.  The scares, if there are any real ones, are sort of flat and not given the proper kind of hype or oomph, as if they are to be frightening all on their own, and they aren't.  Still, taken on its own this is fair horror movie and less reliant on expensive and over numerous special effects.

( Thank you for reading my review.
Bob Male)

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