Urban Legend (1998)

Note des utilisateurs:

5.1/10   

Réalisateur:

Jamie Blanks

Scénariste (WGA):

Silvio Horta (written by)

Release Date:

25 septembre 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller | Mystery

Accroche:

It Happened To Someone Who Knows Someone You Know... You're Next.

Plot:

A college coed suspects that murders around her campus are connected to Urban Legends.

Plot Keywords:

Urban Legend | Campus | Axe | College | Gas Station

Awards:

1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

Not Bad, but too predictable...

Ensemble

Jared Leto	...	Paul Gardener
Alicia Witt	...	Natalie Simon
Rebecca Gayheart	...	Brenda Bates
Michael Rosenbaum	...	Parker Riley
Loretta Devine	...	Reese Wilson
Joshua Jackson	...	Damon Brooks
Tara Reid	...	Sasha Thomas
John Neville	...	Dean Adams
Julian Richings	...	Weird Janitor
Robert Englund	...	Professor William Wexler
Danielle Harris	...	Tosh Guaneri
Natasha Gregson Wagner	...	Michelle Mancini
Gord Martineau	...	David McAree
Kay Hawtrey	...	Library Attendant
Angela Vint	...	Bitchy Girl

Autre(s) titre(s):

Mixed Culture
Urban Legend (France)
Urban Legends (USA) (working title)
Légende urbaine (Canada: French title) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated R for horror violence/gore, language and sexual content.

Durée:

99 min

Pays:

USA | France

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Classification:

Singapore:M18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | Iceland:16 | South Korea:18 | Philippines:R-18 | New Zealand:R16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Belgium:KNT | Brazil:14 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:R

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Etobicoke Olympium, Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Canal+ Droits Audiovisuels

Anecdotes:

The news reporter announcing the beheading of Michele Mancini on TV is named David McAree. David McAree is the first assistant director of the movie.

Goofs:

Continuity: After one character has been hit with an axe, it swings into view without a drop of blood on it.

Guillemet:

Natalie: Someone's taking all of these urban legends, and making them reality.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Other Final (2003)

Soundtrack:

Total Eclipse of the Heart

Not Bad, but too predictable...

Unfortunately, Urban Legend suffers from a rather disjointed plot, and the fact that as a pseudo-mystery, they've eliminated most of the suspects by the end of the movie, so you pretty much know who is responsible. The murderer displays all the qualities of a more supernatural killer like Jason or Michael Myers, such as superhuman strength and the ability to be everywhere the plot requires him to be (like being across campus within minutes of each murder). Signposting some of the urban legends would have been helpful (there's a urban legend about a DJ being killed on the air and people thinking it was a hoax???). The cast is likable enough, but only Loretta Devine really stands out. The movie could as easily have been called "Horror Movie Cliche" as "Urban Legend" (or was that subtitle spoken for by Scream?). There are a few cute in-jokes (yes, one of the actresses was in a Noxema commercial). It's generally an entertaining way to waste a couple of hours if you're a horror-slasher fan.