MamaGravity good back-story, and good acting

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Scotty Burke It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

lukandkilt Is it on the same level as the Scream movies? No, but it certainly belongs to the same family. An enjoyable flick with a fair share of well-executed whodunnits and scares.

Leofwine_draca Just another of the glut of teen slashers following in the wake of SCREAM, this one is much more entertaining than I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER. For a start, the acting is better, and plus there is a higher gore content. URBAN LEGEND, while obeying all of the most copied clichés in the genre (particularly the jump scene when someone is bumped into, this happens five or six times in the film), still manages to be quite entertaining, in a funny-bad way.For a start, the cast is better than usual. While the main cast members are the fresh-faced, flawless beauties that we've all come to know and hate, even they aren't too bad. Alicia Witt is boring in the title role, while Jared Leto just needs to look pretty and run around a bit. The best actor of the bunch is Joshua Jackson, who is likable as the class joker, although unfortunately he isn't in the film for very long. John Neville fills the shoes of the headmaster well enough, while Robert Englund enjoys his small role as a suspicious college lecturer. Brad Dourif also has a small, scene-stealing cameo appearance as a stuttering garage attendant.The film benefits from a clever, tricky opening murder with a twist that I didn't see coming. After this excellent scene though, it just goes downhill, as to be expected. Bland college life is punctuated by some brutal murders, most of which are mildly clever and diverting, although horrendously contrived. The blood flows quite freely in these scenes, although they aren't really all that gory, apart from an excellent moment when John Neville is run over by a car and crushed into a row of spikes. This is the best murder of them all.The identity of the murderer is kept secret right up until the end, so it's quite fun playing guess the killer. However the fact that the killer wears a giant parka and carries an axe is very clichéd and the ending of the film is just plain stupid, with the killer coming back time after time after time for one last chill. These drawn out endings are really grating after a while, and you just want the film to end, not go on longer. While URBAN LEGEND isn't brilliant by a long way, it's a lot better than I thought it would be (due to all the negative comments heard on release). If you're a slasher fan then its an above average example of the genre, if not, it's a good film to watch with friends and to play guess the killer with. I did, and I had a lot of fun.

Woodyanders A group of college students find themselves the victims of a vicious killer who an obsession with popular urban legends. It's up to the scared, yet intrepid Natalie Simon (a spunky and appealing performance by Alicia Witt) to figure out what's going on before it's too late.Director Jamie Banks keeps the engrossing story moving along at a snappy pace, builds a reasonable amount of tension, stages the murder set pieces with rip-snorting panache, and delivers a satisfying serving of gore. (However, Banks does go a tad overboard with the cheesy fake scares.) Silvio Horta's clever script not only offers a refreshing tweaking of the final girl by making Natalie someone who has a dark history and hence isn't entirely innocent, but also offers another welcome departure from the slasher norm by having the psycho turn out to be a vengeful woman with a valid beef against Natalie that elicits the viewer's sympathy. The solid acting by the capable cast keeps this picture humming: Jared Leto as eager and unscrupulous reporter Paul Gardener, Rebecca Gayheart as Natalie's perky gal pal Brenda Bates, Michael Rosenbaum as the jerky Parker Riley, Joshua Jackson as the jerky Damon Brooks, Loretta Devine as sassy security guard Reese Wilson, Tara Reid as brash disc jockey Sasha Thomas, Robert Englund as the creepy Professor William Wexler, Danielle Harris as moody Goth slut Tosh Guaneri, and Natasha Gregson Wagner as the doomed Michelle Mancini. Brad Dourif has a cool uncredited role as sinister stuttering gas station attendant Michael McDonnell. Christopher Young's spirited shivery score hits the shuddery spot. The glossy cinematography by James Chressanthis makes impressive use of the widescreen format as well as boasts all these breathtaking gliding crane shots. A fun fright flick.

gwnightscream This 1998 horror film stars Alicia Witt, Jared Leto, Rebecca Gayheart, Joshua Jackson, Michael Rosenbaum, Tara Reid, Loretta Devine, John Neville and Robert Englund. This begins with a college girl, Michelle (Natasha Gregson Wagner) being murdered by a mysterious killer in her car. Soon, we meet college student, Natalie (Witt) and her new friends, Brenda (Gayheart), Damon (Jackson), Parker (Rosenbaum) and Sasha (Reid) who learn about urban legends based on actual events while taking a history course. Soon, Michelle's killer makes the legends a reality when stalking Natalie and her friends. Leto (American Psycho) plays journalism major, Paul, Devine (Waiting to Exhale) plays security guard, Reese, Neville (The Adventures of Baron Munchausen) plays dean, Adams and Englund (A Nightmare on Elm Street) plays professor, Wexler. Danielle Harris (Halloween 4 & 5) also appears as Natalie's Gothic roommate, Tosh and Brad Dourif (Child's Play) as a gas station attendant. This isn't a bad horror/slasher flick with a decent cast I recommend for fans of the genre.