Review of Urban Legend (1998) by Meathookcinema . — 22 Oct 2018
A group of teens find themselves the victims of urban legends that come true. These legends range from 'The Stranger in the Backseat' to 'Eating Pop Rocks and Drinking Soda' (never heard of this but I'm keen to try it).
In the late 90's there were a slew of teen horror movies made in the wake of one of the most irritating and terrible films ever made, Scream. They involved a group of pretty young actors in movies completely devoid of likeable characters, tension or any kind of intelligence.
Urban Legend is an example of this wave. Stars from recent TV shows were cast to draw in the young audience members who wouldn't know good from bad in terms of filmmaking. Even Robert Englund can't save this turkey.
Aside from being a time capsule from the late 90's this really doesn't serve any purpose. When I went to see the vile Scream in the 90's I saw David Cronenberg's Crash straight after it. So my advice to you is to watch this auto-erotic car fetishist's wet-dream instead. Crash proved that some great horror movies were being made in that time period.
This review of Urban Legend (1998) was written by Meathookcinema . on 22 Oct 2018.
Urban Legend has generally received mixed reviews.
Was this review helpful?
