Urban Legend (1998) - Anybody else think this was vastly underrated?
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I think it's a shame that the reviews for this weren't better. But, all slasher movies released around that time were bound to be unkindly compared to Scream.
Personally, I prefer Urban Legend. I think it's creepier, and I much preferred the killer reveal. There are a lot of crappy slashers, but Urban Legend isn't one imo.
Personally, I prefer Urban Legend. I think it's creepier, and I much preferred the killer reveal. There are a lot of crappy slashers, but Urban Legend isn't one imo.
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Alicia Witt was quite good but the rest of the cast was woeful, it says something when the best actor is a bit part player.
I've seen a load worse so not bad at all.:-D
It's not quite as ridiculous or entertaining as 'The Faculty', but I'd still give it a shot if you like that film.
I do think 'Urban Legend' is underrated to an extent, as I think it's one of the better post-'Scream' slashers of the late 90s/early 00s - I much prefer it to the likes of 'I Know What You Did Last Summer'. That said, it still doesn't hold a candle to 'Scream' or any of the best slashers of the 80s back when the style was at its peak.
When people first saw it they must have expected the petrol station guy to be a killer simply because he was played by Brad Dourif, star of the Childs Play films
Yes they do, but that is the whole point. It's irony. Sidney makes a comment about "the girl running up the stairs when she should be running out the door" literally a few minutes before she does exactly the same thing. The students *think* they're clever but, ultimately, it doesn't save them.
Urban Legend was one of the better slashers of the time. I bough it on blu-ray recently and watched it again and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The sequel was pretty terrible, though.
Yes. Agree completely. I'd actually like more
It's a good movie. The sequel sucked though
Nah I thought it was him cos he was creepy had no idea who he was as I'd never even heard of Childs Play. I liked this film but have not seen it in years mostly I remember it as the film my video player kept eating I could watch other films and they were fine but put that video in and I would have to dismantle the damn thing. I don't think it liked it.
Strangely (or shamefully) I have only just got the joke within the lyrics of that song. "turn around...." if she did turn around she'd have seen the killer lurking on the back seat!