Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 – a steFANedit

On the whole, it's OK. Personally I would keep SOME of the deleted scenes. Maybe editing the ending titles too would be a good idea (e.g. the soundtrack section, we see references to songs we don't get to hear in this version and no reference the new songs). Also you missed 3 references to the Coffin Rock Massacre. 2 are made by the reporters, and the third one when Cravens says "...the blood in the van is going to match those tourists."
Kim's "Am I going to have problems with you too?" no longer makes any sense, 'cause we don't get to see any other problem, what happened outside with the rednecks was clearly not a problem for her.

Book Of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 by SteFANedit

Caught Blair Witch at the peak of its hype and was completely underwhelmed.
Avoided the sequel until I saw the DVD in a cut-out bin, paired with BW1, for $1.00.
Later, I kicked myself for wasting a whole dollar.
The film, which I only viewed once and now sits like an diseased barnacle on a lower shelf somewhere, was a complete p.o.s.
Stupid writing, enhanced by inept direction, and apparently edited by a drunken puppy.
So, why did I even get this edit? Cause SteFAN made it.

SteFAN resurrected this tosser, and actually made it decent. Ain’t top tier horror, but makes for a watchable late night grind flick.
Characters remain unlikable, shouting, argumentative morons, but that’s what he had to work with and I cannot fault him.
On the technical side, I saw nothing wrong with the video and heard nothing out of kilter on the audio.
If you hated the original BW2, this is much more enjoyable.
Thanks, SteFAN. Come Halloween, this will air on the sheet hanging in my living room window for the begging monsters on my porch.

The original version of Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 is a very flawed film and a pretty bad follow up to the original film. What steFANedit tried to do is edit the film as close as possible to what the director originally wanted for his film, and he did a pretty good job at it. Instead of a film that's all over the place with it's story is now in chronological order and is a smoother story overall. Having the interviews with the main characters can feel like a little long in the tooth instead of being spread over the movie, but i feel like it's better overall for it. Removing a chunk of Jeff being in the hospital is a good edit because sometimes more is less.

The Audio and Video is really good. Frank Sinatra's Witchcraft is a little too loud at the start, but not so bad i can't hear what they're saying. Overall, this is a great edit and is an improvement to the source material.

I LOVED this!! I actually prefer it over the original, except for there are 2 tiny “secrets of Esrever” clues that were cut out, but the pacing is just wonderful and I really liked how you rearranged the interrogation scenes. MY only real gripe is you cut out when Tristen says “Peggy” to Kim. LOL That’s my favorite line in the movie. But overall, this is a really good job and I think I might even prefer it over the theatrical version!

I always kind of preferred BW2 to the first film, despite obvious flaws. Listening to the director’s commentary actually made me like it a little less though, as I lamented the version of the film we didn’t get.

Thankfully, we finally do have it in the form of steFAN’s edit. Maybe not exactly what the director would have released if given the chance, but as close as you can possibly get with the material released.

Job well done on this one. Apart from a…questionable audio transition near the beginning and spelling the director’s name wrong (twice) there was very little to complain about. I didn’t care for two song choices, but that’s just personal taste, and hardly the kind of thing to hold against the edit.

Special mention goes to the finale, which was reworked very nicely.