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Dueling Critics
starstarstar Anita Gates - NY Times
starstarstar Mick LaSalle - SF Chronicle
starstar Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
starstar Maitland McDonagh - TV Guide
starstar Joe Baltake - Sacramento Bee
starstar James Berardinelli - ReelViews
starstar Ty Burr - EW
starstar John Hartl - Seattle Times
star Susan Stark - Detroit News
star Mark Burger - Winston-Salem Journal
star Jeff Vice - Deseret News
star G. Allen Johnson - SF Examiner
star Sean Means - Film.com
star Matt Williams - Cinematter
  Jon A. Walz - Boxoffice Magazine

“Maybe there will be an oversaturation of  Scream-inspired horror films someday soon, but this one feels fresh”

- Anita Gates

“Urban Legend not only hops on the Scream genre bandwagon, but even shamelessly apes the killer’s modus operandi and motive”

- Jon A. Walz

Urban Legend
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College students become victims of the creepy stories we've all been told but don't believe. Jared Leto, Alicia Witt, Rebecca Gayheart, Natasha Wagner, Michael Rosenbaum, Loretta Devine, Joshua Jackson, Tara Reid, John Neville, Robert Englund, Julian Richings. Director: Jamie Blanks (1998, R)
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