Rotten
Like Frankenstein's monster before the lightning strikes, it's all recycled cold flesh and bolts, without a twitch of originality.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Urban Legend
What you don't believe can kill you.
1998 · 1h 40m · R
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Jamie Blanks
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Urban Legend
Overview
A college campus is plagued by a vicious serial killer murdering students in ways that correspond to various urban legends.
Director and cast
- Jamie Blanks Director
- Alicia Witt as Natalie Simon
- Jared Leto as Paul Gardener
- Rebecca Gayheart as Brenda Bates
- Tara Reid as Sasha Thomas
- Loretta Devine as Reese Wilson
- Michael Rosenbaum as Parker Riley
- Joshua Jackson as Damon Brooks
- John Neville as Dean Adams
- Robert Englund as Professor William Wexler
- Natasha Gregson Wagner as Michelle Mancini
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
23%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A low-voltage drive-in movie, made strictly by the book.
Bob Heisler, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
It's just a weary sigh over how Scream's juicy archness has already turned into boilerplate.
Ty Burr, Entertainment Weekly
Rotten
Competently made!
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
Those of us with brain cells, however, will spit out this Scream retread like it was spider-egg-laced bubble gum.
Sean Means, Film.com
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