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  Review by Ian West ★★★★ 11

  “Gothic guys on campus looking to hook up, I-M me. We're on similar dark paths." -Danielle Harris and the killer in the goths 4 goths chatroom. Urban Legend, 1998.

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  Review by single white femalien 10

  hate when my goth roommate does so much screaming sex in our enormous dorm room that i cant tell when shes being moidered

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  Review by travis k ★★½ 2

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  “I have already TRIED therapy!!”
  - the killer

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  Review by Todd Gaines ★★★½ 26

  Urban Legend is one of my favorite post-Scream Gen-X slasher movies. I like it more than I Know What You Did Last Summer. It's a fun mix of horror and humor. The cast is good looking, and the reveal of the killer isn't obvious. 

  The killer might not have a catchy nickname like Ghostface, but like Big Daddy Kane; Urban Legend gets the job done, and it works. I noticed on this rewatch the minimal gore used in the kills. Not a lot, but damn effective. Is it an ode to old school shoestring budget slashers? I'm not sure. Maybe, they wanted to use the budget for other things like cassette tapes, Pepsi and Pop Rocks? 

  The cast is hip.…

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  Review by SilentDawn ★★★★ 2

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  Gosh, the post-Scream era is so undervalued. Urban Legend is characterized with many similar elements - the attractive Dawson's Creek esque cast, the meta concept (this being murders based on 'urban legends', some of them which seem entirely fabricated, I don't know, I'm not an expert), the university setting, and the tension of young adults vs. stubborn authority - but it holds up as more than a just a cash cow. It's mostly a straight-laced whodunit slasher, with a memorable killer, entertaining characters, and a spooky setting in a prestigious east coast university. There's even a fun Halloween party sequence, which is always a plus in my book. The referential cameos from Robert Englund, Brad Dourif ("He's in the back-seat!"), and Danielle Harris (in goth mode) are cute, but what defines Urban Legend is its dedication to creating an enjoyable hack and slash.

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  Review by aliyah ★★★

  it’s so funny how some filmmakers in the late 90s really were owing their entire careers to scream

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  Review by lex 🕸️ ★★★½

  why the 2.8 average rating? do you guys hate fun?

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  Review by Tony the Terror 666 ★★★★ 8

  Now listen, I’m not saying this movie doesn’t have some problems and big ones at that. Like how the fuck does the killer pull all this shit off especially when you learn who it is. But what I am saying is that how can you not love a movie that features:

  ☑️ Alicia Witt (put her sassy ass in anything as far as I’m concerned)

  ☑️ Tara Reid as a college radio sex therapist in one of her best worst performances 

  ☑️ Rebecca Gayheart giving one of the most unintentionally hysterical performances you’ve ever seen in a horror movie. Like it’s a toss up between whether I love hers or Reid’s performance the most.

  ☑️ Danielle Harris as a chain…

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  Review by amaya ★★★★ 9

  yes i rated this higher than the shawshank redemption! shoutout to my film teacher and anyone who ever respected me

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  Review by {Todd} ★★★½ 7

  "Do you smell something?" - Natalie,

  In this film gas is being sold for $1.14 per gallon. There's no urban legend there it's just fucked up that gas is so expensive now.

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  Review by pd187 ★★★★ 12

  ;_; crying at the halloween party while zoot suit riot plays faintly in the background...

  only 2 things wrong with this:

  1. the eye on the poster kinda spoils the killer

  2. everybodys name is wrong for their characters: alicia is not a "natalie" josh jackson is not a DAMON (!) chainsmoking cybergoth danielle harris is not a "tosh guaneri" (???) anglo-russian natasha gregson wagner is not named "mancini" and speaking of mancini for some reason brad dourif's gas station creep is named "michael mcdonald" (???)

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  Review by audrey lorraine 🌑 ★★★

  this is true, it happened at my school a few years back