Review of Killer Legends (2014) by Bethany C — 13 Apr 2015

This was an insanely watchable documentary on the true crime origins of urban legends. While I did know a lot of the origins of these urban legends already, just from my insatiable perusal of "creepy" things on the internet, some of them were unknown and quite interesting. It is true that the filmmakers (to my view) only weakly attempted to uncover the truth about the unsolved cases, I don't feel that was the point of the film. I think for what the film attempts, which is to seek the roots of popular urban legends, it is quite successful.

That being said, I think some things were pretty weak. I think they could have explored different urban legends, where maybe the roots weren't as well-known (as they were the scary clown stories). I also think the "creepy" narration talking about how human nature and the truth is scarier than the legends felt forced. The filmmakers could have let the true crime stories speak for themselves to make the film creepy, they didn't need the obnoxious narration to force it to be.