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Urban Legend (1998)

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Average Rating: 4.3/10
Reviews Counted: 48
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 38

Elements of Scream reappear in a vastly inferior vehicle.

Average Rating: 4.1/10
Critic Reviews: 12
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 10

Elements of Scream reappear in a vastly inferior vehicle.

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Movie Info

Australian director Jamie Blanks helmed this teen horror film set at Pendleton University. Campus legend has it that 25 years earlier Pendleton was the site of a mass murder by a demented abnormal psych instructor who killed six students and then himself. However, no proof of the prof's deed remains. Urban legends are the subject of a course in American folklore taught by Professor Wexler (Robert Englund). When a series of bizarre deaths occur on the campus, assertive student Natalie thinks they

R, 1 hr. 40 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Horror

Directed By: Jamie Blanks

Written By: Silvio Horta

In Theaters: Sep 25, 1998 Wide

On DVD: May 22, 2001

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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Cast

Jared Leto
Paul
Alicia Witt
Natalie
Rebecca Gayheart
Brenda
Michael Rosenbaum
Parker
Loretta Devine
Reese
Joshua Jackson
Damon
Tara Reid
Sasha
John Neville
Dean Adams
Robert Englund
Professor Wexler
Natasha Gregson Wagner
Michelle Mancini
Danielle Harris
Tosh
Brad Dourif

Critic Reviews for Urban Legend

All Critics (57) | Top Critics (15) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (38) | DVD (11)

Like Frankenstein's monster before the lightning strikes, it's all recycled cold flesh and bolts, without a twitch of originality.

April 25, 2003 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail

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Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

Top Critic

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

February 14, 2001 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times

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Bob Heisler

Los Angeles Times

Top Critic

A proud product of the Scream cookie-cutter!

January 1, 2000 Comment

Betsy Sherman

Boston Globe

Top Critic

It's just a weary sigh over how Scream's juicy archness has already turned into boilerplate.

January 1, 2000 Comment

Ty Burr

Entertainment Weekly

Top Critic

Those of us with brain cells, however, will spit out this Scream retread like it was spider-egg-laced bubble gum.

January 1, 2000 Comment

Sean Means

Film.com

Top Critic

Competently made!

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

This is just another post-SCREAM fest desperately in need of a gimmick to distinguish [itself].

July 22, 2008 Full Review Source: ESplatter

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Steve Biodrowski

ESplatter

Watchable...[but] a time-waster, with an insulting ending that unfortunately takes it down a few pegs. [Blu-Ray]

July 21, 2008 Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews

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Peter Canavese

Groucho Reviews Source: Groucho Reviews

Plot sense is not the top priority when selling a horror movie to 14-year-olds, so it will do well.

February 8, 2003 Full Review Source: Film Quips Online

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John R. McEwen

Film Quips Online

Reprehensible and laughable.

June 5, 2002 Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine

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Jon Alon Walz

Boxoffice Magazine

Obviamente, 'l�gica' � uma palavra que o roteirista Silvio Horta dispensou neste trabalho.

May 31, 2002 Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena

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Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

Manages somehow to be rather endearing.

March 3, 2002 Full Review Source: Sight and Sound

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Kim Newman

Sight and Sound

A deeply stupid film.

April 2, 2001 Full Review Source: Film Written Magazine

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Andrew Howe

Film Written Magazine

One of the very best of the recent slasher offerings because it mixes its laughs and chills with more smoothness and grace than usual.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com

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Dustin Putman

DustinPutman.com

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Another Scream rip-off, Urban Legends tends to navigate the same uninspired waters as many of the "teen" horror films of the late 1990's. Thankfully it's a forgettable film that doesn't do anything to raise the stakes in the Horror genre. This is a poorly made film with awful acting, a terrible plot, directing and

August 20, 2011

Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

Super Reviewer

Scary at times but a little boring.

June 23, 2011

Bethany Murphy

Super Reviewer

Urban Legend Quotes

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1. Brenda: (at the very end of the movie; in a student circle conversation) Okay listen up guys, 'cause this is how the story really goes!
– Submitted by Creep F (12 months ago)
1. Damon: I'll see you two in class tomorrow.
2. Brenda: Unfortunately.
– Submitted by Creep F (12 months ago)
1. Brenda: Sh*t! Bullet through the head. Not exactly an urban legend, but in the essence of time.
– Submitted by Creep F (12 months ago)
1. Brenda: Oh, great. Rent-A-Cop to the rescue.
– Submitted by Creep F (12 months ago)
1. Brenda: (to Natalie) I'm really going to enjoy watching you bleed to death. (Puts the scalpel up to Natalie) Now, is this your kidney? Or is that the liver? I was always such a dope in anatomy. Well, who cares, right? First organ I see, I'm just gonna grab it.
– Submitted by Creep F (12 months ago)