Video Review

Urban Legend (1999)

Reviewed by Bilge Ebiri | Feb 19, 1999
EW's GRADE
C+

Details Release Date: Feb 23, 1999; Movie Rated: R; Genres: Horror, Mystery and Thriller; With: Rebecca Gayheart, Jared Leto and Alicia Witt; Distributor: Columbia Tri-Star

A campus peopled by 90210 characters is plagued by killings that copy urban legends, like the one about the ax murderer hiding in the girl's backseat. Yes, Urban Legend makes Scream look like Key Largo, though director Jamie Blanks' deft staging of some genuinely suspenseful action sequences is entertaining enough. C+

Originally posted Feb 19, 1999 Published in issue #472-473 Feb 19, 1999 Order article reprints
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