While a certain section of the audience was against the idea of one more found-footage Blair Witch movie, there was another section of the audience that enthusiastically welcomed another installment in the nascent franchise that would deliver some delicious found-footage horror in the vein of the original The Blair Witch Project.
Nowadays, in the era when found-footage horror movies have become passe, it is easy to forget just how groundbreaking The Blair Witch Project was when it arrived in theaters back in 1999.
In a new interview with ComicBook.com, Berlinger explained that his intention with Blair Witch 2 was to critique the first movie instead of celebrating it.
It’s follow up movie in 2000, Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, directed and co-written by Joe Berlinger, was greenlit in hopes of establishing a dominant new horror franchise.