Break Out The Pop Rocks And Soda: 'Urban Legend' Blu-Ray Coming From Scream Factory
The people demanded it, and now it's here. Urban Legend, the 1998 horror flick that rode the post-Scream wave of slasher movie revivals, is headed to Blu-ray from the good folks at Scream Factory. As an added bonus, the boutique Blu-ray label is also releasing the sequel I bet you forget even existed: Urban Legends: Final Cut. Get the full Urban Legend Blu-ray details below.
Urban Legend
After Scream blew up the box office in 1996, studios entered a mad-dash to release as many hip, self-referential slasher flicks as they possibly could. Most of these movies were bad, but a few left their mark. One was 1998's Urban Legend, a goofy but entertaining slasher-thriller in which a serial killer stalks a campus, committing murders inspired by popular urban legends. If you're a millennial, let me explain: before the internet gave birth to creepypasta, we old folks had urban legends – myths about poisoned Halloween candy, stalked babysitters, and axe-wielding psychos hiding in the back seats of cars.
Urban Legend boasted a cast featuring very young versions of Jared Leto, Alicia Witt, Rebecca Gayheart, Joshua Jackson, Michael Rosenbaum and Tara Reid. As an added bonus, two members of horror movie royalty – Robert Englund, aka Freddy from A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Brad Dourif, the voice of Chucky in Child's Play – both had extended cameos in the movie.
Believe it or not, Urban Legend has never been released on Blu-ray. Until now! Scream Factory are releasing a collector's edition 2-disc Blu-ray next month, loaded with special features. Let's take a look at them, shall we?
Urban Legends: Final Cut
But wait, there's more! In 2000, an Urban Legend sequel was released, and I bet you forgot all about it. In fact, there are actually two sequels – the third film is Urban Legends: Bloody Mary, but we can forget about that for now. This follow-up featured Jennifer Morrison, Matthew Davis, Hart Bochner, Joseph Lawrence, and Anthony Anderson, and lacked the late-90s charm of the first film. The plot involves students at a film school trying to make a horror movie, only to find out they're in a horror movie! Spooky!
Scream Factory is giving Final Cut a Blu-ray release as well, with the following features.
Urban Legend and Urban Legends: Final Cut will both be yours to own on November 20, 2018.