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Urban Legend

Play trailer 2:20 Poster for Urban Legend R Released Sep 25, 1998 1h 35m Horror Play Trailer Watchlist
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A university is beset by a rash of gruesome murders that resemble old urban legends. When her friend Michelle (Natasha Gregson Wagner) is killed by someone hiding in her car, Natalie (Alicia Witt) begins to notice the pattern. Her suspicions grow stronger when her own roommate is strangled to death. Soon the quiet college campus is transformed into hunting grounds for a maniac, and Natalie struggles to find the killer and stop the bloodshed before she becomes the next victim.
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Elements of Scream reappear in a vastly inferior vehicle.

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Liam Lacey Globe and Mail Like Frankenstein's monster before the lightning strikes, it's all recycled cold flesh and bolts, without a twitch of originality. Rated: 2/4 Apr 25, 2003 Full Review Kim Newman Sight & Sound Manages somehow to be rather endearing. Mar 3, 2002 Full Review Bob Heisler Los Angeles Times A low-voltage drive-in movie, made strictly by the book. Rated: 1/5 Feb 14, 2001 Full Review Josh Winning Radio Times Urban Legend deserves its place in the pantheon of pulse-raising 90s popcorn slashers. Rated: 3/5 Oct 25, 2024 Full Review Brian Bisesi Horror Movie Club Podcast Urban Legend lacks captivating characters, but it does deliver on the promise of its premise by packing in a good amount of urban legend-related deaths. Props for encasing some of these urban legends in a piece of culture that may outlive the legends. Rated: 3.5/5 Aug 14, 2024 Full Review Rocco T. Thompson Rue Morgue Magazine Twenty years on, Jamie Blanks’ glossy, post-Scream slasher is a tasty slice of 90s teen horror: nostalgia softening its logical flaws, caustic young people, and of-its-time-ness into charms. Jul 3, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Johnny H Basic slasher movie, although without spoiling anything the kills dont make one bit of sense at the end. Theres a plot one of the victims finds out why the spree happened, however as a viewer you'd like to know at the start of the movie not near the end like one of the victims. Basic slasher movie, good acting tbf however major flaws in the plot. 2/5 is a fair representation in my opinion. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 08/28/25 Full Review Idris F Está película es mala y ridícula, arruinado su nombre, pero solo le guardo amor a esta película por la nostalgia que me transmite. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/15/25 Full Review Robert D The idea? Clever. The acting? Not THE worst, but it’s not good. But this feels honestly like what started Yandere simulator. I mean, really. And I’m almost amazed by how much were shocked by the Draino scene. Yes, they probably added a few bits of Agar or whatever to make it foamy as if it were real Draino, I’ll give people that, but still. And the motivation of the antagonist? Makes no sense whatsoever. And if you’re gonna do that, do it with a bit more mystery and passion like you’d maybe see in a Jason Bourne or Mission Impossible movie. BUT, I will say that this is better than Final Destination, I do not care what anybody says about how good those catastrophizing movies are. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 05/27/25 Full Review Ian H Standard slasher nonsense. Love Robert Englund. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/09/25 Full Review Ethan G Borrowing heavily from “I Know What You Did Last Summer” and “Scream”, “Urban Legend” is “Scary Movie” minus the parody. It’s a predictable, but mostly harmless slasher. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/18/25 Full Review rosie b The film obviously tried to piggy back off the success of Scream, but with much less satisfying results. Fun and forgettable. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/17/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A university is beset by a rash of gruesome murders that resemble old urban legends. When her friend Michelle (Natasha Gregson Wagner) is killed by someone hiding in her car, Natalie (Alicia Witt) begins to notice the pattern. Her suspicions grow stronger when her own roommate is strangled to death. Soon the quiet college campus is transformed into hunting grounds for a maniac, and Natalie struggles to find the killer and stop the bloodshed before she becomes the next victim.
Director
Jamie Blanks
Producer
Gina Matthews, Michael McDonnell, Neal H. Moritz
Screenwriter
Silvio Horta
Distributor
Columbia Tristar, TriStar Pictures
Production Co
Original Film, Phoenix Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 25, 1998, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 11, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$38.1M
Runtime
1h 35m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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