Urban Legend

50-poster
release date September 25 1998
studio Sony/Columbia Pictures
director Jamie Blanks
writer Silvio Horta
starring Alicia Witt, Jared Leto, Tara Reid
rating
PG13
tagline It Happened To Someone Who Knows Someone You Know... You're Next.
site duesterelegenden.de
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New Horror Anthology ‘Book of 1,000 Deaths’ Just About Wraps

Writer/Director Andretti Dante wrote in about his forthcoming Book Of 1,000 Deaths, which is just about wrapped. READ MORE

Full Synopsis and Details for New Line’s ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’

With only a few weeks until the nightmares begin, New Line Cinema has released a full synopsis from the production notes of their forthcoming remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street, Platinum Dunes’ latest horror endeavor. Directed by Sam Bayer, and starring Jackie Earle Haley, Kyle Gallner, Thomas Dekker, Rooney Mara, Kellan Lutz, Katie Cassidy, Clancy Brown and Connie Britton, Freddy Krueger returns to theaters on April 30th. Also check out our four part set visit now. (more…) READ MORE

Nearly 40 Hi-Res ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ Screen Grabs, FULL Synopsis!

Update: Full synopsis below! For those of you who just cannot wait for New Line Cinema to release brand new stills from their forthcoming A Nightmare on Elm Street reboot, we’ve screen grabbed nearly 40 hi-res action shots from the first trailer that debuted earlier tonight. You can dig on ‘em all below, feel free to grab ‘em and use them for your desktop image, phone backgrounds… whatever you want! Directed by Samuel Bayer, Freddy Krueger (Jackie Earle Haley) returns to theaters April 30, 2010. (more…) READ MORE

Tribeca: Your First Look at a Real-Life Urban Legend in ‘Cropsey’

If you click on over to BDTV you can get your very, very first look at Cropsey, a new doc by Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio that asks “What if your urban legend were true?” Premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival (April 22-May 3), Urban legends—we either dismiss them or accept that they have some grain of truth. Directors Zeman and Brancaccio attempt to uncover one such urban myth as they investigate five missing children and the real-life boogeyman linked to their disappearance in Staten Island during their youth. Will this terrifying journey resolve what has haunted them since childhood? (more…) READ MORE

New Images From Dimension’s ‘Storm Warning’

More goodies just came in from Genius Entertainment who provided us with three new stills from Dimension Extreme’s Storm Warning, which arrives on DVD February 5. The film, which combines elements of “Deliverance” and “Straw Dogs,” follows a husband and wife on a fishing trip gone very wrong. When they’re captured by deranged locals, the wife fights back in a gory battle that director Jamie Blanks (“Urban Legend”) delivers with vivid prosthetic and digital effects. (more…) READ MORE

B-D Review: Dimension Extreme’s ‘Storm Warning’

Today we added our official review for Dimension Extreme’s Storm Warning, which arrives on DVD February 5. “STORM WARNING might not be groundbreaking, but it’s a still a great thrill ride loaded with scares, laughs and loads of gore.” For the full review click here. The film, which combines elements of “Deliverance” and “Straw Dogs,” follows a husband and wife on a fishing trip gone very wrong. When they’re captured by deranged locals, the wife fights back in a gory battle that director Jamie Blanks (“Urban Legend”) delivers with vivid prosthetic and digital effects. (more…) READ MORE

New Poster for Dimension’s ‘Storm Warning’

Today B-D reader ‘Wolf Creek’ sent us in a new poster for Dimension Films’ Storm Warning, which was directed by Jamie Blanks (Urban Legend). The film, which combines elements of “Deliverance” and “Straw Dogs,” follows a husband and wife on a fishing trip gone very wrong. When they’re captured by deranged locals, the wife fights back in a gory battle that director Jamie Blanks delivers with vivid prosthetic and digital effects. (more…) READ MORE

Sweet Teaser One Sheet For Dimension’s ‘Storm Warning’

Today a pretty cool teaser one sheet was found for Dimension Films’ Storm Warning, which combines elements of “Deliverance” and “Straw Dogs.” Jamie Blanks’ film follows a husband and wife on a fishing trip gone very wrong. When they’re captured by deranged locals, the wife fights back in a gory battle that director Jamie Blanks (Urban Legend) delivers with vivid prosthetic and digital effects. Read on for the poster. (more…) READ MORE

First Ever Review: I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer’

Today we added the first ever review for Sony’s I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer, or as we like to call it “IAKWYDLS”. The film, which stars K.C. Clyde, Torrey DeVitto, Ben Easter, Star LaPoint, Brooke Nevin, Seth Packard, David Paetkau and Don Shanks, will go direct-to-video on October 31st, 2006. Inside you’ll find your first look at the film from director Sylvain White (not Damon Santostefano, which was previously reported)… (more…) READ MORE

Archlight/Weinstein Co. Seek Aussie Horror

Gary Hamilton’s international sales shingle Arclight has appointed Dean O’Flaherty to scout for Aussie films out of Melbourne- their first find, Storm Warning, a A$4.2 million ($3.15 million) horror pic about a couple stranded in a mangrove swamp to be directed by Jamie Blanks (Urban Legends). O’Flaherty told Daily Variety that following the company’s success with Wolf Creek, which was acquired by the Weinstein Co. and has reaped an impressive $4.2 million at the Oz B.O., Arclight and its affiliated genre shingle Darclight want to ramp up the acquisition of Aussie pics. “There’s some stunning stuff around. We’re looking at two to three films a year,” he said. (more…) READ MORE

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