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Urban Legend

Cast

Paul Jared Leto
Natalie Alicia Witt
Brenda Rebecca Gayheart

Stats

Director

Jamie Blanks

Rated R
Release Sept. 25, 1998
Runtime 100 min.

Score

Plot

A serial killer is knocking off kids at a college campus, but the ways that the killer kills them are all influenced by urban legends.

Review

Just the name of the movie is cool, throw in a very good story and you might actually have a really great movie on your hands.  But for some reason the makers seemed to hold out on us.  Everything seemed to be kind of half assed.  It started out great and after about twenty minutes, I found myself not really caring about what was going on in the movie.  The characters weren't all that greatly developed, and the dialogue seemed kind of corny to me.

It could have been a classic horror movie.  If they weren't holding out on us, it seems like they were afraid to go all of the way with this one, and for what reason? I can't figure it out.  There is minimal gore, and some of the death scenes are rather sloppy.  Throw in a crummy supporting cast and a crappy soundtrack and all we get is an average at best horror movie.

I really wanted to like this one too, but I just couldn't seem to get into it.  But that is just my opinion.  Give it a chance I guess, but if you don't like it, don't say I didn't warn you.

Gore

Hardly anything, everything is pretty much suggested, and not shown.  All We get is some bloody ankles, a bloody axe, and a bloody microwave, hardly enough to satisfy my inner gorehound! BAH!

The Goodies

So what have we learned today?

Body Count:

8

  • Draino and pop rocks do not mix.

Nudity

NONE!!!

Arsenal

Mace

Car

Axe

Robe

Knife

Road Spikes

So, do you  disagree with my thoughts on this movie? Do you feel that justice must be served? Well then,  Write Your Own Damn Review!!

7/26/04

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