Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2

[Moe Szyslak]

I know this film has been forgotten or ignored by most, but I've alway thought it was a creative and effective horror sequel. I never listened to the DVD commentary, but I found this snippet on Wikipedia:

Director Joe Berlinger has stated that he originally made the film with more of an ambiguous tone, but Artisan recut the film and re-shot certain scenes to add more "traditional" horror movie elements, thus creating what they saw as a more "commercial" film. Berlinger repeatedly expresses his dislike of the studio's changes throughout the film's DVD commentary.

Very interesting. This is wishful thinking, and it would likely require the effort of several parties who don't care to re-visit this project, but I'd love to see a director's cut more akin to Berlinger's original vision. Sadly, even the directors of the original Blair Witch Project have publicly decried this film (despite serving as executive producers, but apparently having little creative involvement).

I assume Lionsgate has the rights to this, so I suppose it's on them to bare down and give a shit about releasing a blu-ray.