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\"\"<\/a>Urban Legend<\/em><\/strong> is one of many slasher movies to come out of the late 1990s\/early 2000s thanks to the massive success of Scream<\/em>. I never was a big fan of the movie mainly because I never found it all that scary.<\/p>\n

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Urban Legend
\n<\/span>\u2014 Collector’s Edition \u2014<\/span>
\n(1998)<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Horror\/Slasher
\nShout Factory | R \u2013 99 min. \u2013 $34.95 | November 20, 2018<\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 11\/17\/2018 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Jamie Blanks
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Silvio Horta (written by)
\nCast: <\/strong>Jared Leto, Alicia Witt, Rebecca Gayheart, Joshua Jackson, Loretta Devine, Tara Reid, Michael Rosenbaum, Robert Englund, Brad Dourif<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Audio Commentaries, Featurettes, Deleted Scene, Gag Reel, TV Spots
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1), English (DTS-HD MA 2.0)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.40
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>27.3 GB
\nCodecs: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Shout Factory provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.
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THE MOVIE \u2014 2.25\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Plot Synopsis: <\/strong>A university is beset by a rash of gruesome murders that resemble old urban legends. When her friend Michelle (NATASHA GREGSON WAGNER) is killed by someone hiding in her car, Natalie (ALICIA WITT) begins to notice the pattern. Her suspicions grow stronger when her own roommate is strangled to death.\u00a0Soon the quiet college campus is transformed into hunting grounds for a maniac, and Natalie struggles to find the killer and stop the bloodshed before she becomes the next victim.<\/p>\n

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Quick Hit Review: <\/strong>Following the massive success of Scream<\/em>, a film that grossed $103 million ($206 million adjusted) several films sprouted out including I Know What You Did Last Summer<\/em> in 1997 and Urban Legend<\/em><\/strong> in \u201998, neither film were particularly good but both boasted young and hip actors. I never was the biggest fan of Urban Legend<\/em><\/strong> mainly because there\u2019s nothing all that memorable with the kills and worse, rarely was anything scary especially when you have to resort to the age-old jump scare (with a music zinger for extra measure).<\/p>\n

On the plus side, I did really like the cast and god-bless them, they had to utter some really inane dialogue and keep a straight face, no more so than star Alicia Witt who performed adequately as the heroine of the story while a young and on-the-rise, Jared Leto has some okay moments albeit doesn\u2019t get a whole lot to do. Then you have the likes of Tara Reid (American Pie<\/em>), Michael Rosenbaum (Smallville<\/em>) and Joshua Jackson (Dawson\u2019s Creek<\/em>) as the supporting cast who were a lot of fun to watch while Rebecca Gayheart (Scream 2<\/em>) seemed to have a blast. Also appearing there\u2019s an uncredited role for Brad Dourif in the opening and Robert Englund as a creepy college professor, so at least we got to see two horror icons even if they never shared a scene together.<\/p>\n

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The film was scripted by a then young Silvio Horta (who would go on to create the comedy-drama series Ugly Betty<\/em>) and helmed by Jamie Blanks, director of another slasher, Valentine<\/em> which, as I recall, wasn\u2019t very good either. Although I was not a fan of Urban Legend<\/em><\/strong> as it doesn\u2019t really distinguish itself from the other slasher copycats, plus a parka-wearing killer is hardly frightening, of that era, it\u2019s hard not to respect the cast and crew in a production that wasn\u2019t hindered by the studio. Oh, and it was rated R versus the watered down PG-13 horror that have come up in recent years.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 5.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This \u201cCollector\u2019s Edition\u201d release comes with a matted slip cover<\/strong> and a reversible interior cover revealing the film\u2019s original poster artwork. The back cover states this includes a \u201cfeature length\u201d documentary, entitled \u201cUrban Legacy\u201d, but apparently somewhere in the process they instead split them up into individual featurettes. Totaling it out, it clocks in at 2:27:28.<\/p>\n

DISC ONE:
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