Urban Legend

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Urban Legend

R

Released Sep 25, 1998

1h 35m

Horror

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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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Critics Consensus

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

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Kim Newman

Sight & Sound

Manages somehow to be rather endearing.

Mar 3, 2002

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Bob Heisler

Los Angeles Times

A low-voltage drive-in movie, made strictly by the book.

Rated: 1/5

Feb 14, 2001

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Josh Winning

Radio Times

Urban Legend deserves its place in the pantheon of pulse-raising 90s popcorn slashers.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 25, 2024

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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

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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

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Stanny R

One of the better “Scream inspired” slasher movies of the 90s. Most of the characters are mostly nothing characters with little to care reason to care about them. The addition of a young Jared Leto - who claims to have no memory of making this movie? - and Rebecca Gayheart towards the start of their respective careers is pretty cool. The final girl “Natalie” is alright as well. Overall nothing too exciting but nothing too offensive either.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/07/24

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Jelisije J

A nice little average slasher thriller that doesnt do anything offensive to the genre, but nothing great to it either.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

06/15/24

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Audience Member

Great movie and love concept

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/06/24

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Emilliano Jr S

Not that bad and not as good as well. Like a typical 90's slasher thriller.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

05/03/24

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Jules N

Urban Legend n'apporte peut être rien de spécial dans le genre horrifique et réutilise ce qui a déjà été fait mais au moins il a le mérite d'être un bon slasher. Dommage aussi que Brenda soit plus drôle que effrayante dans son rôle d'antagoniste.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/09/24

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Dan R

The late 1990s saw a spate of slasher films. One of the better ones was 1998's 'Urban Legend'. SYNOPSIS: 'A college student suspects a series of bizarre deaths are connected to certain urban legends.' In many ways this is 'Scream-lite' and steals a lot of tropes from that film. However, this campy slasher does pull off the plot point of all of murders being based on American urban legends. It's a solid film with a great cast, many of which went on to bigger and better things. There's a future Joker and Lex Luther here, never mind the Oscar win. These films are never meant to be masterpieces and this film would've probably been more successful if it had the same promotional push as, for example, 'I Know What You Did Last Summer'. It would go onto spawn two sequels though. A decent mix of laughs and chills. 6/10

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/21/24

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Jamie Blanks

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Jared Leto

Paul Gardener

Alicia Witt

Natalie Simon

Rebecca Gayheart

Brenda Bates

Michael Rosenbaum

Parker Riley

Loretta Devine

Reese Wilson

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Urban Legend: Official Clip - Killer Car Chase

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Urban Legend: Official Clip - Chased by the Killer Tara Reid Scene

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Urban Legend: Official Clip - Bloody Parking Garage Kill

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Urban Legend: Official Clip - Killer in the Car

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Urban Legend: Official Clip - Tortured by the Killer

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Urban Legend: Official Clip - Pop Rocks Poisoning

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Urban Legend: Official Clip - Attacked in the Car

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Urban Legend: Official Clip - Brutal Hanging

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Urban Legend: Official Clip - Bloody Corpse in the Killer's Car

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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: TriStar Pictures, Columbia Tristar
Production Co: Phoenix Pictures, Original Film
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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