Saw (2004)
After film school, Australians James Wan and Leigh Whannell wanted to make their own movie. Inspired by The Blair Witch Project and Pi, they wanted to make a low budget movie that took place with two characters in a room, unsure of how they got there, with a dead body between them that turns out to be […]
Hitchhiking to the Edge of Sanity (2016)
Two Kansas college kids — photographer Steve Ewert and writer Dick Russell — had traveled across Europe looking for a place to belong and having adventures. They went to de Charles De Gaulle’s funeral at Notre Dame, met famous artists, almost got arrested in Amsterdam and had two cars stolen. But their real adventure wouldn’t begin until they hitchhiked […]
Urban Legends: Bloody Mary (2005)
Mary Lambert has had an interesting directing career. She started in music videos, including “Like A Virgin,” “Borderline,” “Like A Prayer,” “Material Girl” and “La Isla Bonita” for Madonna, “Nasty” and “Control” for Janet Jackson and “The Glamorous Life” for Sheila E. before directing Siesta, two Pet Sematary movies, Mega Python vs. Gatoroid, the video game Double Switch and […]
Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000)
John Ottman is a man of many skills, including editing (The Usual Suspects, Bryan Singer’s X-Men movies) and composing (Bohemian Rhapsody, Halloween H2O). This is the only film that he directed. That’s a shame because while most critics hated this movie, I really enjoyed it. Then again, any movie that has shout outs to Peeping Tom, Black Christmas […]
Urban Legend (1998)
Of all the 90’s and 00’s sequels we’ve covered this week, I’d say the first two Urban Legend films were the best. Admittedly, that’s a low bar to trip over. But at their heart, they have more in common with the giallo than making fun of the formula of slashers. I have a fondness for urban […]
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