Urban Legend(Movie, 1998)

Name: Urban Legend
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Released: 1998
Duration: T01:40:00
Rating: 2.8

| 1h 40min | Genres: Horror, Thriller

Rating: 2.8/5 (with 551 votes)

Urban Legend is a 1998 slasher film directed by Jamie Blanks, written by Silvio Horta, and starring Jared Leto, Alicia Witt, Rebecca Gayheart, Tara Reid, and Michael Rosenbaum, and is the first installment in the Urban Legend film series. Its plot focuses on a series of murders on the campus of a private New England university, all of which appear to be modeled after popular urban legends. In addition to its younger cast, the film features supporting performances from Robert Englund, Loretta Devine, John Neville, and ()

Part of the Urban Legends Collection

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Available languages: English
Available subtitles: English
Duration: 1h 39min

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Amazon Instant Video

Available languages: English
Available subtitles: English
Duration: 1h 39min

Apple / iTunes Store

Duration: 1h 40min

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Also available at Amazon.com on: Blu-ray

About Urban Legend

A college campus is plagued by a vicious serial killer murdering students in ways that correspond to various urban legends.

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Trailer for Urban Legend + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Urban Legend (1998) - Official Trailer(Trailer, 2:36)

Urban Legend (1998) - Official Trailer (Trailer) | Trailer1 (Trailer) | Düstere Legenden (Urban Legend) (1998) - Trailer (Trailer, DE)

Additional Information

Production countries: Canada, France, United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Toronto

Plays in: New Hampshire

Made by: Original Film, TriStar Pictures, Phoenix Pictures, Canal+ Droits Audiovisuels

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 22 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 09/25/1998

Cast: Jared Leto, Alicia Witt, Rebecca Gayheart, Michael Rosenbaum, Tara Reid, Loretta Devine, Joshua Jackson, John Neville, Robert Englund, Danielle Harris, Julian Richings, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Stephanie Mills, Vince Corazza, Brad Dourif

Director: Jamie Blanks

Producer: Neal H. Moritz

Screenwriter: Silvio Horta

Film Editor: Jay Cassidy

Composer: Christopher Young

Costume designer: Mary Claire Hannan

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Légende Urbaine"

"Urban legend - Kauhutarinoita"

"To xypnima ton thrylon"

"Stravične legende"

"Agada Eronit"

"Leggende metropolitane"

"Urbane legende"

"Mördande legender"

"Leyenda Urbana"

Keywords: killer, urban legend, death, slasher, college, murder

Budget: 14,000,000 USD

Revenue: 72,527,595 USD (= 518%)

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Urban Legend(Movie, 1998)

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Trailer for Urban Legend + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Urban Legend (1998) - Official Trailer(Trailer, 2:36)

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