Best Urban Legend Movies & Films Subgenre
Top 37 must-see best urban legend movies from urban legend movies, including Halloween, The Host, Monstrum, Cropsey, The Blair Witch Project, The Reflecting Skin, Trick 'r Treat, Shin Gojira, Candyman, and The Ring ranked and rated by score.
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Urban Legend Movies List
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1). Halloween (1978) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Detailed Review: Halloween (1978)
Score: 9.22/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 326,282 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.7/10 | Metascore: 9.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $47,160,000
Slasher, Cult Classic, Halloween, Halloween - Slasher, Killer Kids, Maniac, Teens, Urban Legend, B-Horror
Plot / Synopsis: Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield to kill again.
Tagline: The trick was to stay alive...
Director: John Carpenter
Stars: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Kyes, P.J. Soles, Charles Cyphers
2). The Host (2006) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
In-Depth The Host Review
Score: 7.85/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 139,686 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.3/10 | Metascore: 8.5/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $2,201,923
The Host is Streaming on HBO MaxPlot / Synopsis: A monster emerges from Seoul's Han River and focuses its attention on attacking people. One victim's loving family does what it can to rescue her from its clutches.Tagline: It is Lurking Behind You...
Director: Bong Joon Ho
Stars: Kang-ho Song, Hee-Bong Byun, Hae-il Park, Bae Doona, Doona Bae
3). Monstrum (2018) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 7.75/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 2,964 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.4/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Creatures, Supernatural, Thriller, Dangerous Exploration, Folk Horror, Hunter, Mutants, Urban Legend
Plot / Synopsis: Yoon Gyeom is a loyal subject of King Jung Jong of Joseon. He struggles to fight against a monster that threatens King Jung Jong's life and a group of people trying to depose King Jung Jong...
Director: Jong-ho Huh
Stars: Myung-Min Kim, In-kwon Kim, Hyeri Lee, Woo-sik Choi, Sung-woong Park
4). Cropsey (2009) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 7.63/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 10,021 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.3/10 | Metascore: 7.3/10 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated | Gross: $52,476
Plot / Synopsis: Realizing the urban legend of their youth has actually come true; two filmmakers delve into the mystery surrounding five missing children and the real-life boogeyman linked to their disappearances.
Tagline: What if your urban legends were real?...
Directors: Barbara Brancaccio, Joshua Zeman
Stars: Joshua Zeman, Barbara Brancaccio, Bill Ellis, Dorothy D''Eletto, Geraldo Rivera
5). The Blair Witch Project (1999) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
The Blair Witch Project Horror Movie Review
Score: 7.46/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 306,911 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.6/10 | Metascore: 8.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $140,539,099
The Blair Witch Project is Streaming on HBO Max, ShudderPlot / Synopsis: Three film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind.
Tagline: In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary...A year later their footage was found.
Victory International Film Festival in association with Blood Moon...
Directors: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez
Stars: Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, Michael C. Williams, Bob Griffin, Jim King
6). The Reflecting Skin (1990) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 7.4/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 9,792 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.1/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $17,042
Plot / Synopsis: A young boy tries to cope with rural life circa 1950s and his fantasies become a way to interpret events. After his father tells him stories of vampires, he becomes convinced that the widow up the road is a vampire, and tries to find ways of discouraging his brother from seeing her. He must deal with an abusive mother,...
Director: Philip Ridley
Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Lindsay Duncan, Jeremy Cooper, Sheila Moore, Duncan Fraser
7). Trick 'r Treat (2007) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
In-Depth Trick 'r Treat Review
Score: 7.29/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 110,439 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.2/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Trick 'r Treat is Streaming on HBO MaxPlot / Synopsis: Five interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: An everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a woman who loathes the night has to contend with her holiday-obsessed husband; and a mean old man meets his...
Director: Michael Dougherty
Stars: Dylan Baker, Rochelle Aytes, Quinn Lord, Lauren Lee Smith, Moneca Delain
8). Shin Gojira (2016) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Detailed Review: Shin Gojira (2016)
Score: 7.24/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 41,632 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.6/10 | Metascore: 6.7/10 | MPAA Rating: PG-13 | Gross: $1,918,403
Plot / Synopsis: Shin Godzilla (2016) will release in limited US movie theaters starting October 11 - 18, 2016.
Press Release: LOS ANGELES, CA - September 9, 2016. The iconic science-fiction monster Godzilla makes land fall in the U.S. and Canada this October with the North American theatrical release of "SHIN GODZILLA" from Toho Company, Ltd--and you can score your tickets now! Fans...
Directors: Hideaki Anno, Shinji Higuchi
Stars: Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, Satomi Ishihara, Ren Osugi, Akira Emoto
9). Candyman (2021) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 7.17/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 80,817 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.4/10 | Metascore: 7.2/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $61,186,570
Slasher, Supernatural, Black Horror - Thriller, Cursed, Folk Horror, Supernatural Serial killer (Top Supernatural Serial Killers in Movies), Urban Legend
Candyman is Streaming on PeacockPlot / Synopsis: Candyman (2021) is now releasing on August 27, 2021, earlier than the previous October 1, 2021 release date.
A "spiritual sequel" to the 1992 horror film 'Candyman' that returns to the now-gentrified Chicago neighborhood where the legend began.
Candyman was scheduled for a September 25, 2020 release but is pushed back to an October 16, 2020 release date...
Director: Nia DaCosta
Stars: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo, Kyle Kaminsky
10). The Ring (2002) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Exploring The Ring – Full Review
Score: 7.11/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 391,502 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.1/10 | Metascore: 5.7/10 | MPAA Rating: PG-13 | Gross: $129,128,133
Featured Supernatural, Supernatural, Survival, Cursed Images, Killer Kids, Single Moms, Urban Legend
Plot / Synopsis: A journalist must investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone in a week of viewing it.
Tagline: Before you die, you see... the ring...
Director: Gore Verbinski
Stars: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, David Dorfman, Brian Cox, Jane Alexander
11). Alligator (1980) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 7/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 17,471 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.7/10 | Metascore: 6.2/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Ramon the alligator is flushed down the toilet as a baby and grows into a gargantuan monster by eating the corpses of laboratory animals who have undergone dubious hormone experiments, thus providing all the ecological and social subtext that one could possibly wish for, even if one doesn't normally go for films about giant alligators eating people left, right,...
Director: Lewis Teague
Stars: Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Michael V. Gazzo, Dean Jagger, Sydney Lassick
12). The Tag-Along (2015) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 6.85/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 2,192 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Based on true events and long-circulating urban legend in Taiwan. Wei is nowhere to be found one day before his grandma returns from her own strange missing incident. Wei's girlfriend desperately searches for his whereabouts and finds that it is the horrifying mystery of the little girl in red that has followed and haunted them all along...
Director: Wei-Hao Cheng
Stars: Wei-Ning Hsu, River Huang, Yin-Shang Liu, Po-Chou Chang, Yumi Wong
13). Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Read Our Brotherhood of the Wolf Review
Score: 6.78/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 74,746 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.3/10 | Metascore: 5.7/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $11,274,610
Plot / Synopsis: In 18th century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his native American friend Mani are sent by the King to the Gevaudan province to investigate the killings of hundreds by a mysterious beast.
Tagline: The year is 1766... The hunt for a killer has begun...
Director: Christophe Gans
Stars: Samuel Le Bihan, Mark Dacascos, Jérémie Renier, Vincent Cassel, Émilie Dequenne
14). Detention (2019) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Detention (2019) Review
Score: 6.77/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 4,150 | Metascore: 6.7/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Detention is Streaming on ShudderPlot / Synopsis: In 1962 Taiwan during the White Terror martial law period, Fang Ray Shin, a female student at the hillside Greenwood High School is attending counselling with teacher Mr. Chang, and they gradually fall in love. It was a dangerous period where sensitive books were banned and free speech were restricted, but Mr. Chang secretly organised a study group for...
Director: John Hsu
Stars: Gingle Wang, Meng-Po Fu, Jing-Hua Tseng, Cecilia Choi, Hung Chang Chu
15). Byzantium (2012) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Byzantium Horror Movie Review
Score: 6.72/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 47,237 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.6/10 | Metascore: 6.6/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $89,237
Plot / Synopsis: Byzantium has Gemma Arterton plays a vampire who turns her child played by Saoirse Ronan into a vampire as well. Neil Jordan directs this vampire movie and I am hoping this will be a great horror movie.
Starring: Saoirse Ronan , Gemma Arterton , Caleb Landry JonesDirector: Neil Jordan...
Director: Neil Jordan
Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Barry Cassin, Gemma Arterton, David Heap, Warren Brown
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