... In 1997 we had I Know What You Did Last Summer and then in 1998 came the only copy cat that came close to rivalling Scream - Urban Legend .
The film starts in the with a bit of spooky music and some rainy weather as a jeep drives along a road at night in the country. She stops at a pumping ... Read review
Everybody's heard of them...yet they have no traceable source. They're Urban Legends, ... more
contemporary tall-tales that emerge from the underground and take on colourful lives of their own.When a series of strange deaths occur on the campus of Pendleton Col...
When New England college student Natalie finds herself at the center of a series of ... more
sadistic murders seemingly inspired by urban legends, she resolves to find the truth about Pendleton's own legend - a 25 year old story of a student massacre at the hands of an abnormal Psych Professor. As the fraternities prepare to celebrate the macabre anniversary, Natalie discovers that she is the focus of this crazed killer's intentions in the ultimate urban legend - the story of her own horrific murder.
THA KING MOTIVATION U DON'T KNOW ME ASAP PREYING FOR HELP WHY U MAD AT ME GET LOOSE (FEAT. ... more
NELLY) WHAT THEY DO (FEAT. BG THE GREATEST (FEAT. MANNIE FRESH) GET YA SHIT TOGETHER (FEAT. LIL'KIM) FREAK THOUGH (FEAT. PHARRELL) COUNTDOWN BRING EM OUT LIMELIGHT (FEAT. P$C AND BIG KUNTRY) CHILLIN WITH MY BITCH (FEAT. JAZZE PHA) STAND UP (FEAT. TRICK DADDY LIL JON & LIL WAYNE) MY LIFE (FEAT. DAZ DILLINGER)
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Production Year: 2005 - Horror - Director: Wes Craven - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Christina Ricci, Joshua Jackson, Shannon Elizabeth, Jesse Eisenberg, Portia De Rossi, Michael Rosenbaum
Production Year: 2004 - Horror - Director: Alexander Witt - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Thomas Kretschmann, Jared Harris, Sandrine Holt, Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Oded Fehr
Advantages: Story, Funny, Disadvantages: No clue killer is
...insists that it’s only an urban legend. Natalie (Alicia Witt) and Brenda (Rebecca Gayheart) are sceptical and for fun decide to go to the big building where the massacre apparently took place and resurrect the dead by saying “Bloody Mary” 3 times only to be scared by Damon (Joshua Jackson) the joker of the group.
Anyway they all seem to attend this class which seems to be on urban legends apparently and taught by a guy who acts like ... ...being murdered himself in a urban legend kinda way. Natalie panics and runs for security but when they come back to the woods, Damon’s body is gone and due to his reputation they think he probably just pulled a prank on Natalie.
Natalie’s not so sure and she tries to convince Paul to believe her and after another mysterious and odd murder that the school try to cover up as suicide they think they’re on to something and start investigating ... more
In 1996 Wes Craven resurrected the slasher horror genre and gave it a whole new style with Scream . It was a priceless combination of horror, mystery and teen comedy that went on to not only spawn 2 (and an upcoming third) sequels but many other films in the same style feeding off its success. In 1997 we had I Know What You Did Last Summer and then in 1998 came the only copy cat that came close to rivalling Scream - Urban Legend .
The film starts in the with a bit of spooky music and some rainy weather as a jeep drives along a road at night in the country. She stops at a pumping station and a freakish man with a Bobcat Goldthwait style speech impediment comes out to fill the tank. He starts to act weird and lures her into the garage by pretending her credit card has been rejected and the company are on the phone. He locks the door when she gets in and she naturally panics but his speech impediment prevents him from calming her down (“My wife is so fat!”). She hurries into her car and speeds off just as he manages to scream after her “There’s someone in the backseat!” And so she meets her end.
Then we have this high school/ big ass swanky (full of swank) American school where this girl had attended. Everyone is amazed by the recent murder especially the morbid, cool kid Parker (Michael Rosenbaum) who is planning to throw a big party in memory of a massacre that supposedly took place at their school many years before. Apparently a teacher had went through the dorms slashing the throats of the students at night and then killed himself but the story is not verified and Paul (Jared Leto) the school journalist insists that it’s only an urban legend. Natalie (Alicia Witt) and Brenda (Rebecca Gayheart) are sceptical and for fun decide to go to the big building where the massacre apparently took place and resurrect the dead by saying “Bloody Mary” 3 times only to be scared by Damon (Joshua Jackson) the joker of the group.
Anyway they all seem to attend this class which seems to be on urban legends apparently and taught by a guy who acts like he’s teaching something really important. They ass about and Natalie seems a bit preoccupied. Damon decides to take her out to the woods in his car where they can talk only to end being murdered himself in a urban legend kinda way. Natalie panics and runs for security but when they come back to the woods, Damon’s body is gone and due to his reputation they think he probably just pulled a prank on Natalie.
Natalie’s not so sure and she tries to convince Paul to believe her and after another mysterious and odd murder that the school try to cover up as suicide they think they’re on to something and start investigating themselves. More murders ensue and Parker’s party goes on anyway. It’s revealed that some of the characters have hidden pasts and that there’s something to all this urban legend nonsense.
What I Thought
I really enjoyed this film and it’s a favourite of mine that I was - to be honest - excited about watching again as I hadnay seen it in a while.
Not a tremendously directed or acted out film you’re not going to watch this expecting cinematic art but it’s entertaining. This faceless killer, wearing this parker coat that masks their face and killing people in these ways that we’ve all heard of before in some shape or form. It’s a nice little mystery that keeps you guessing who the killer is and to be fair all you can do is guess because there’s never an real clue that indicates the true killer. But I’ve seen this film before, the mystery element is gone for me and I still enjoy it.
It’s an imaginative sort of slasher film. One that draws from folklore etc and it’s pretty brutal too. Pepsi and these fizzy sweets apparently make you insides explode, now this doesn’t actually work but the killer finds another way. Basically he runs around killing people - horror enough.
And just to cover the funny angle, not only is Joshua Jackson the class clown but they get a dog drunk in this film. Classic comedy. Not only that but the killer imaginatively kills this dog. A dog is part of his kill count. How many serial killers kill the pets as well? It is funny otherwise as well.
Acting wise, who cares. But this film does have some big names in it. Most disgustingly Tara Reid, who I cannot abide but luckily she’s sort of a bitch in it and she dies. She’s the host of a call in radio show that has some very funny calls in. Parker played by Michael Rosenbaum went on to play that bald guy in Smallville . Paul the journalist was played by Jared Leto, the guy who wore too much eyeliner in Alexander and done a quite good remix of The Cure’s The Only One on their Hypnagogic States EP and so on.
You’ve basically got your stereotypes; The cool kid whose aggressive and bullying but who everyone loves - Parker The good student who works hard and is generally quiet. So good and studious that when a murder occurs the first place she goes is the library. (If a true stereotype she’d probably be a lot uglier than Alicia Witt) - Natalie The joker, who’s always pulling pranks and who no-one takes seriously even when it’s important - Damon The sort of shy girl, who’s a reliable friend but always distracted by guys - Brenda The horny annoying girl - Tara Reid. The posh English, authoritarian headmaster The lecturer who dress like Sherlock Holmes and takes everything too seriously.
I liked the end to this film. It’s got its twist and it’s also got a restart at the end. An opening for a sequel that is quite good.
The film was directed by some dude who’s directed little else. Didn’t do anything miraculous with this film. Lightning and killing simultaneously - your standard fare.
Of Importance
This film is quite old, being made in the days of cassette tapes and pre-broadband internet.
Don’t judge a freak by his freakishness.
It’s implied in this film that the idea of someone being knocked out or drugged and then waking up with some of their organs missing is an urban legend. Well being the legalising student that I am, I happened to be reading the law on human trafficking the other day and it says somewhere in U.N. anti-trafficking treaty that kidnapping people for their organs comes under human trafficking. So it must be true unless the U.N. just legislates on the basis of rumours.
If someone prefers the term eccentric to insane they’re probably actually insane.
When mad s*** is going down in a car, why not just put on the brakes? Why drive and fight?
Who I’d Punch
Tara Reid, in the neck until she gave up doing that annoying and fake croaky voice.
Overall
Mystery, horror, comedy, drunk dogs, pretty girls and general entertainment and considering the fact I love Scream and films like this - 4 starros. Maybe a 3 as far as people not so into the genre are concerned but it’s my personal opinion. Get your own. It’s the best in the trilogy so if you liked the other two you’ll like this.
Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts6jSWYm0g0
Written by Phelim McC. Don’t steal it, it’s booby-trapped.
Advantages: urban legends, need I say more Disadvantages: no special effects as such, Alicia's woooden acting
...moralizing, or horror: It's an urban legend that if your college roommate commits suicide, you get automatic A's in your classes. I hear that there are alligators living in the New York City sewer system, or is that just an urban legend? Also called ur'ban myth'.
What’s the Film About?
The film starts with one of the biggest urban legends of all time, the illusive ‘person hiding it the back of your car wanting to kill you’. We have our little ... ...where our students are studying Urban Legends. News has travelled quickly and we have already heard about the death of Natalie’s ex school friend (Although she doesn’t admit to this till later in the film). 1 by 1 Natalie’s friends are being killed off by inventive ways which all happen to be Urban Legends. The police on campus don’t believe her, the Dene has her penned as a trouble maker and ever the college paper journalist isn’t sure whether she’s ...
Miss_BooBookitty 27.05.2003
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Advantages: Good premise, clever ending Disadvantages: Too similar to other films
...story also known as an urban legend where a psychology teacher went crazy and slaughtered all the students nearby. Just when the students think this is all a myth they start being killed off one by one in the most grotesque manners which were once thought to only be urban legends… until now.
Urban Legend is a teen slasher film that was released around the time of films like Scream and I know What You Did Last Summer, these have now become classic ... ...going to be familiar with urban legends that are hundreds of years old therefore in a way they’re alienating their core audience. Sometimes complicated films can work because the plotline is so strong and they manage to reign in a wide spectrum of viewers unfortunately Urban Legend tries to be too clever for it’s own good which is why films like Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer work, they’re simple but highly effective. The story of this ...
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Advantages: Great atmosphere and location Disadvantages: acting is just adequate
...credit card company, the first urban legend detonates. As the rest of the film unfolds the consequences of the initial events are expressed and the protagonists are potentially put in situations based upon the immense dangers of the mythical narratives known formally as Urban Legends.
Natalie!
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As the red headed bombshell with comprehensible complexes, Natalie is the conventional ... ...by the remainder of the Urban Legend cast. His facial expressions and sarcastic nature makes his characters funny as well as serious and one which will leave the audience passively confused whether to be suspicious or friendly towards him. Paul is a great character and Leto is perfectly fitted to him, which should make you feel good about the films narrative twists and turns, in addition to withholding a desire to have friends like him. Brenda ************************************************************************* ...
brodiegirl 10.06.2008
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Advantages: More fun than you can shake a stick at Disadvantages: Attractive nubile American teenagers are so not fashionable any more
...We all know about urban legends, right? You don’t? OK. An urban legend is a story that has built up over time that may or may not be based on a true event, but everybody knows somebody who knew somebody else who was involved. An example? OK. “A friend of mine went to see a troupe of male strippers and was stood at the front of the auditorium. In one section, the male strippers all had leather whips, and the friend in question was accidentally caught ... ...probably because it is and urban legends tend to have that in common. They also tend to get told around moonlit campfires late at night as a means of trying to freak everybody out. This is probably quite a good basis for a horror film, right?
The film is really quite simple. Set in an American university campus (original, eh?) there is a maniac on the loose who is picking off the students one by one. His methods of despatch all vary wildly, but ...
VenomBurger 25.11.2003
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Advantages: passed some time Disadvantages: more budget next time
...murders in the mold of urban legends, most of which will be familiar even to the younger audience this is pandering to. What little suspense there is comes from the anticipation of these scenes, since the surrounding story is almost as ridiculous as the film itself.
If the screenwriters had concentrated less on incorporating the whodunit aspect into the plot and more on the legends themselves, they might have had something here. Experienced viewers ... ...would be easily overlooked if Urban Legend was scary, but time and again, director Jamie Banks telegraphs the surprises far ahead, and doesn't know how to time the shocks. Over and over we get the sudden burst of loud music followed by a character running into another character, but it doesn't work. And that gets annoying after the third or fourth try. Occasionally Banks does get something eerie going, but the style is more suited to an action flick.
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chilledbudwei2er 06.10.2001
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Advantages: Watchable Disadvantages: Definetly doesn't keep you on the edge of your seat!
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Advantages: entertaining, suspenseful, funny Disadvantages: may not impress slasher/horror fans
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Advantages: Its quite short at 90 minutes. Disadvantages: The rest of the film.
Wilson, the security guard from the first film also returns as, wait……………, the security guard at the university. So Amy Mayfield (Jennifer Morrison) is a student here and is struggling to come up with an idea for her film, but after a chance meeting with Reese decides to make a film about a killer who kills using urbanlegends.
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Strange deaths occur on the campus of Pendleton College and three friends believe they are just coincidences but a fourth suspects a bizarre link. When she gets too close to the truth her own life becomes in danger...
Film Makers Commentary, Behind The Scenes Featurette, Star Interviews, Filmography, Theatrical Trailer, Deleted Scenes
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2.35 Wide Screen, 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1
Dubbing Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1 English German
DVD Description
Strange deaths occur on the campus of Pendleton College and three friends believe they are just coincidences but a fourth suspects a bizarre link. When she gets too close to the truth her own life becomes in danger. The fine cast includes Tara Reid, Jared Leto, Rebecca Gayheart, Joshua Jackson, and horror legend Robert Englund as the professor teaching his students about urban legends.
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