Urban Legends
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1. Phantom Ship (1935)
Approved | 62 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
During a horrific storm at sea, the crew realizes that there is a murderer among them who is killing them off one by one.
Director: Denison Clift | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Shirley Grey, Arthur Margetson, Edmund Willard
Votes: 1,053
2. Bigfoot (1970)
GP | 84 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Bigfoot kidnaps some women and some bikers decide to go on a rescue mission to save them.
Director: Robert F. Slatzer | Stars: John Carradine, Joi Lansing, Judith Jordan, John Mitchum
Votes: 987
3. Alligator (1980)
R | 91 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A pet baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives in the city sewers. Twelve years later, it grows to an enormous size thanks to a diet of discarded laboratory dogs injected with growth hormones. Now, humans have entered the menu.
Director: Lewis Teague | Stars: Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Michael V. Gazzo, Dean Jagger
Votes: 15,877
4. The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)
PG | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A United States Navy destroyer escort participates in a Navy "invisibility" experiment that inadvertently sends two sailors forty years into the future.
Director: Stewart Raffill | Stars: Michael Paré, Nancy Allen, Eric Christmas, Bobby Di Cicco
Votes: 16,757 | Gross: $8.10M
5. The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
PG-13 | 119 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A reporter is drawn to a small West Virginia town to investigate a series of strange events, including psychic visions and the appearance of bizarre entities.
Director: Mark Pellington | Stars: Richard Gere, Laura Linney, David Eigenberg, Bob Tracey
Votes: 84,808 | Gross: $35.75M
6. 13th Child (2002)
R | 99 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
People are being killed by someone or something using superhuman strength. A clever DA Assistant is sent to investigate. Is this just a way to commit the perfect murder or will the legend of the Jersey Devil prove to be true?
Directors: Thomas Ashley, Steven Stockage | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Lesley-Anne Down, Christopher Atkins, Gano Grills
Votes: 892
7. Chupacabra Terror (2005 Video)
R | 89 min | Horror
When cryptozoologist Dr. Peña traps the legendary Chupacabra on a remote Caribbean island, he smuggles it aboard a cruise ship with disastrous results.
Director: John Shepphird | Stars: John Rhys-Davies, Dylan Neal, Chelan Simmons, Giancarlo Esposito
Votes: 1,541
8. Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep (2006 TV Movie)
R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Thirty years ago, Ray Reiter witnessed the brutal death of his parents at sea by a strange, octopus-like creature. Now determined to exact revenge, he joins archaeologist Nicole on a ... See full summary »
Directors: Tibor Takács, John Blush | Stars: Charlie O'Connell, Victoria Pratt, Kristi Angus, Cory Monteith
Votes: 1,297
9. Lost Colony: The Legend of Roanoke (2007 TV Movie)
R | 95 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
In the 1580's English colonists arrive in what was to become North Carolina and find supernatural terror.
Director: Matt Codd | Stars: Adrian Paul, Frida Farrell, Rhett Giles, Michael Teh
Votes: 1,513
10. Roanoke: The Lost Colony (2007)
86 min | Drama, History
A fictional tale based on the true events of the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island in 1587.
Director: Bertie Stephens | Stars: James Alexander, Michael Armstrong, Michael Chalkley, Andy Courtney
Votes: 124
11. Mothman (2010 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 91 min | Horror
A group of friends band together to hide the truth about a mutual friend's tragic death. They soon discover that an evil entity is in pursuit of them.
Director: Sheldon Wilson | Stars: Jewel Staite, Connor Fox, Susie Abromeit, Michael Aills
Votes: 1,331
12. Bigfoot (2012 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Two former musicians face off in the hunt for the legendary mountain creature.
Director: Bruce Davison | Stars: Danny Bonaduce, Barry Williams, Bruce Davison, Sherilyn Fenn
Votes: 1,894
13. The Barrens (2012)
R | 94 min | Horror
A man takes his family on a camping trip and becomes convinced they are being stalked by the legendary monster of the New Jersey Pine Barrens: the Jersey Devil.
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman | Stars: Stephen Moyer, Mia Kirshner, Allie MacDonald, Peter DaCunha
Votes: 4,733
14. The Philadelphia Experiment (2012 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
In 1943 a secret government cloaking project goes awry vanishing a navy destroyer. In 2012, the destroyer reappears, setting off a series of events threatening to destroy the world.
Director: Paul Ziller | Stars: Nicholas Lea, Michael Paré, Ryan Robbins, Emilie Ullerup
Votes: 3,264
15. The Mothman Curse (2014)
Not Rated | 80 min | Horror
An Ancient Evil Unleashed. A supernatural thriller based on the terrifying legend of The Mothman. Rachel and Katy work together in a large, empty museum.
Director: Richard Mansfield | Stars: Rachel Dale, Stephen Glover, Daniel Mansfield, Darren Munn
Votes: 112
16. Bunnyman (2011)
R | 90 min | Horror
A couple of dimwitted teens get chased by a killer dressed in a bunny suit.
Director: Carl Lindbergh | Stars: Cheryl Texiera, Matthew Albrecht, Alaina Gianci, Veronica Wylie
Votes: 1,428
17. The Bunnyman Massacre (2014)
Not Rated | 90 min | Horror
Bodies pile up as Bunnyman indiscriminately slaughters anything that crosses his path in a mutually beneficial relationship that gives Joe plenty of beef jerky to sell in his local store.
Director: Carl Lindbergh | Stars: David Scott, Joshua Lang, Julianne Dowler, Jennifer June Ross
Votes: 960
18. Dogman (2012)
TV-14 | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Hanklin and Dorothy Purvis enjoy outdoor life on their midwestern farm, that is until odd, violent incidents begin to occur towards the end of summer. What nobody realizes is that the attacker is not human, and seethes with a dark purpose.
Director: Richard Brauer | Stars: Larry Joe Campbell, Mariann Mayberry, Kimberly Guerrero, Stacie Mitchell
Votes: 443
19. Spring Heeled Jack (2008)
88 min | Horror
'Spring Heeled Jack' is set in 2004, when the titular character resurfaces after a 100-year absence to continue his killing spree. His main focus seems to be teenager Sam Walker, who with ... See full summary »
Director: William Honeyball | Stars: Matthew Butler-Hart, Kayleigh Costin, Alice Bird, Philip North
Votes: 29
20. Dead Man on Campus (1998)
R | 96 min | Comedy
Two college roommates go out and party, resulting in bad grades. They learn of the clause that says, "If your roommate dies, you get an A," and decide to find someone who is on the verge, so to speak, to move in with them.
Director: Alan Cohn | Stars: Tom Everett Scott, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Poppy Montgomery, Lochlyn Munro
Votes: 16,356 | Gross: $15.06M
21. Dead Man's Curve (1998)
R | 91 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Two college students kill their roommate and make it look like a suicide.
Director: Dan Rosen | Stars: Matthew Lillard, Michael Vartan, Randall Batinkoff, Keri Russell
Votes: 6,394
22. Teketeke (2009)
70 min | Horror
A young girl learns of the urban legend of Teke Teke after her friend is killed in a gruesome way. The legend tells of a female ghost that has no legs. When she visits the spot where her friend died she comes into contact with it .
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Yûko Ôshima, Mami Yamasaki, Mai Nishida, Yamamoto Kazuyoshi
Votes: 658
23. Shadow People (II) (2013)
PG-13 | 89 min | Horror, Thriller
A radio talk show host unravels a conspiracy about encounters with mysterious beings known as The Shadow People and their role in the unexplained deaths of several hundred victims in the 1980s.
Director: Matthew Arnold | Stars: Dallas Roberts, Alison Eastwood, Mattie Liptak, Anne Dudek
Votes: 3,301
24. So Long at the Fair (1950)
Approved | 86 min | Drama, Mystery
Vicky Barton visits Paris with her brother Johnny, only to discover the following morning he has gone missing and the hotel staff have no recollection of his presence.
Directors: Antony Darnborough, Terence Fisher | Stars: Jean Simmons, Dirk Bogarde, David Tomlinson, Honor Blackman
Votes: 2,336
25. 2012 (I) (2009)
PG-13 | 158 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A frustrated writer struggles to keep his family alive when a series of global catastrophes threatens to annihilate mankind.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: John Cusack, Thandiwe Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet
Votes: 397,951 | Gross: $166.11M
26. Abominable (2006)
R | 94 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A man, crippled in a climbing accident, returns to his cabin in the woods as part of his rehabilitation, but he wasn't prepared for the imminent onslaught.
Director: Ryan Schifrin | Stars: Matt McCoy, Haley Joel, Christien Tinsley, Karin Anna Cheung
Votes: 4,951
27. Alligator II: The Mutation (1991)
PG-13 | 94 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A giant alligator makes a city lake his new feeding ground and must be stopped before he breaks out into the surroundings.
Director: Jon Hess | Stars: Joseph Bologna, Dee Wallace, Richard Lynch, Woody Brown
Votes: 3,173
28. Babysitter Massacre (2013)
78 min | Horror, Thriller
Young women start a babysitting business until one of their friends dies. Years later, they go their separate ways, but someone starts killing them one at a time on Halloween.
Director: Henrique Couto | Stars: Erin R. Ryan, Marylee Osborne, Joni Durian, Tara Clark
Votes: 452
29. Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet (2009)
R | 83 min | Horror
A group of teenagers celebrating the anniversary of the death of a local axe murderer suddenly find themselves face to face with the realities of this haunting urban legend.
Director: Frank Sabatella | Stars: Bill Moseley, Danielle Harris, Nate Dushku, Samantha Siong
Votes: 2,457
30. Bloody Mary (I) (2006)
Not Rated | 93 min | Horror, Thriller
When a group of psychiatric hospital nurses invoke the spirit of Bloody Mary-a supposed urban myth-the slaughter begins. First, a young nursing assistant disappears, her body never found. ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Valentine | Stars: Kim Tyler, Matt Borlenghi, Danni Ravden, Troy Turi
Votes: 1,458
31. Boogeyman (2005)
PG-13 | 89 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young man tries to deal with the childhood terror that has never stopped haunting him.
Director: Stephen Kay | Stars: Barry Watson, Emily Deschanel, Lucy Lawless, Skye McCole Bartusiak
Votes: 32,599 | Gross: $46.75M
32. Boogeyman 2 (2007)
Unrated | 93 min | Horror, Thriller
A young woman attempts to cure her phobia of the boogeyman by checking herself into a mental health facility, only to realize too little too late that she is now helplessly trapped with her own greatest fear.
Director: Jeff Betancourt | Stars: Danielle Savre, Matt Cohen, Chrissy Calhoun, Michael Graziadei
Votes: 9,031
33. Boogeyman 3 (2008)
Unrated | 94 min | Horror, Thriller
When a college student witnesses the alleged suicide of her roommate, it sets into motion a series of horrific events that cause her to fear the supernatural entity. As she tries to ... See full summary »
Director: Gary Jones | Stars: Erin Cahill, Charles Hittinger, Mimi Michaels, Matt Rippy
Votes: 5,321
34. The Burning (1981)
R | 91 min | Horror
A former summer camp caretaker, horribly burned from a prank gone wrong, lurks around an upstate New York summer camp bent on killing the teenagers responsible for his disfigurement.
Director: Tony Maylam | Stars: Brian Matthews, Leah Ayres, Brian Backer, Larry Joshua
Votes: 22,289
35. Campfire Tales (1991)
88 min | Horror
A grizzled derelict tells a quartet of horror tales to a trio of young campers.
Directors: William Cooke, Paul Talbot | Stars: Gunnar Hansen, Robin Roberts, Tres Holton, Courtney Ballard
Votes: 384
36. Campfire Tales (1997)
R | 88 min | Horror, Mystery
Teens entertain one another by telling an anthology of famous urban legends with a modern twist; including makeout-point, monsters, psychopaths, and ghosts.
Directors: Matt Cooper, Martin Kunert, David Semel | Stars: James Marsden, Amy Smart, Frederick Lawrence, Christopher Masterson
Votes: 4,480
37. Candyman (1992)
R | 99 min | Horror, Thriller
The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
Director: Bernard Rose | Stars: Virginia Madsen, Xander Berkeley, Tony Todd, Kasi Lemmons
Votes: 100,177 | Gross: $25.79M
38. Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995)
R | 95 min | Horror, Thriller
The Candyman arrives in New Orleans and sets his sights on a young woman whose family was ruined by the immortal killer years before.
Director: Bill Condon | Stars: Tony Todd, Kelly Rowan, Caroline Barclay, Michael Bergeron
Votes: 14,346 | Gross: $13.94M
39. Candyman: Day of the Dead (1999 Video)
R | 93 min | Horror, Thriller
The Candyman is back, trying to convince his descendent, an artist, to join him.
Director: Turi Meyer | Stars: Donna D'Errico, Tony Todd, Alexia Robinson, Leonardo Guerra
Votes: 7,628
40. The Car (1977)
PG | 96 min | Action, Horror, Mystery
A small desert town is terrorized by a powerful, seemingly possessed car, and the local sheriff may be the only one who can stop it.
Director: Elliot Silverstein | Stars: James Brolin, Kathleen Lloyd, John Marley, R.G. Armstrong
Votes: 11,671
41. Kuchisake-onna (2007)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A suburban town in Japan is the victim of what is supposedly just an urban legend, a woman's spirit with a horribly disfigured face who is intent on kidnapping children for unknown reasons.
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Eriko Satô, Haruhiko Katô, Chiharu Kawai, Rie Kuwana
Votes: 3,049
42. The Scissors Massacre (2008)
98 min | Drama, Horror
Three sisters grow up on a chicken farm in a small town of Gifu. The oldest sister, Sachiko Sawada, is engaged to be married, the middle sister, Yukie works at a beauty salon and the ... See full summary »
Director: Kôtarô Terauchi | Stars: Rin Asuka, Yukie Kawamura, Akihiro Mayama, Yôsuke Saitô
Votes: 451
43. Christine (1983)
R | 110 min | Horror, Thriller
A nerdish boy buys a strange car with an evil mind of its own and his nature starts to change to reflect it.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, Robert Prosky
Votes: 92,475 | Gross: $21.20M
44. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
PG | 138 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Roy Neary, an Indiana electric lineman, finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon
Votes: 216,953 | Gross: $132.09M
45. Covered Tracks (1938)
81 min | Drama
Séraphine and her mother arrive in Paris for the 1867 World Exhibition. As their reservation was lost they must be accommodated in separate hotels. The next day the mother has disappeared and everybody denies having ever met her.
Director: Veit Harlan | Stars: Kristina Söderbaum, Philip Dorn, Charlotte Schultz, Friedrich Kayßler
Votes: 114
46. Myortvye docheri (2007)
123 min | Drama, Horror
In present-day Moscow ghosts of three little girls killed by their insane mother randomly pick a person to watch over for a three days. If during this "probation period" person's moral ... See full summary »
Director: Pavel Ruminov | Stars: Ekaterina Shcheglova, Mikhail Dementev, Nikita Emshanov, Darya Charusha
Votes: 817
47. Dead of Night (1974)
PG | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A young soldier killed in the Vietnam War inexplicably shows up at his family home on the night of his death.
Director: Bob Clark | Stars: John Marley, Lynn Carlin, Richard Backus, Henderson Forsythe
Votes: 6,002 | Gross: $0.03M
48. Fingerprints (2006)
R | 95 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Fresh out of rehab, a young woman moves back in with her parents and sister, and soon becomes involved in a mystery that has left people in her town paralyzed.
Director: Harry Basil | Stars: Leah Pipes, Kristin Cavallari, Josh Henderson, Andrew Lawrence
Votes: 2,745
49. Hell's Highway (2002 Video)
R | 70 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A sexy homicidal hitchhicker, calling herself Lucinda, commits acts of gory mayhem against unsuspecting people who pick her up off the road to help her out.
Director: Jeff Leroy | Stars: Phoebe Dollar, Kiren David, Hank Horner, Beverly Lynne
Votes: 786
50. Hit and Run (2009 Video)
R | 84 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A young woman tries to cover up a deadly hit and run accident, only to have the supposedly dead victim come back to terrorize her.
Director: Enda McCallion | Stars: Laura Breckenridge, Kevin Corrigan, Christopher Shand, Megan Anderson
Votes: 4,440
51. Hold Your Breath (2012)
R | 87 min | Horror, Thriller
A group of friends on a weekend camping trip find themselves being picked off one by one when one member of the group refuses to abide by the urban myth that you can breathe in evil spirits when passing cemeteries.
Director: Jared Cohn | Stars: Katrina Bowden, Randy Wayne, Erin Marie Hogan, Steve Hanks
Votes: 2,124
52. House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
R | 89 min | Horror
Two young couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of murder end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.
Director: Rob Zombie | Stars: Sid Haig, Karen Black, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon Zombie
Votes: 93,427 | Gross: $12.63M
53. I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
R | 101 min | Horror, Mystery
Four young friends bound by a tragic accident are reunited when they find themselves being stalked by a hook-wielding maniac in their small seaside town.
Director: Jim Gillespie | Stars: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Anne Heche, Ryan Phillippe
Votes: 158,144 | Gross: $72.59M
54. I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
R | 100 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The murderous fisherman with a hook is back to once again stalk the two surviving teens, Julie and Ray, who had left him for dead, as well as cause even more murder and mayhem, this time at a posh island resort.
Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr., Brandy Norwood, Mekhi Phifer
Votes: 78,676 | Gross: $40.00M
55. I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006 Video)
R | 92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A group of teenagers in Colorado find themselves being stalked and killed one by one by a mysterious figure with a hook, exactly one year after they covered up a friend's accidental death.
Director: Sylvain White | Stars: Brooke Nevin, David Paetkau, Torrey DeVitto, Ben Easter
Votes: 13,404
56. The Last Broadcast (1998)
86 min | Horror, Mystery
A film crew ventures into the forest in search of the mythical 'Jersey Devil'.
Directors: Stefan Avalos, Lance Weiler | Stars: David Beard, Lance Weiler, Stefan Avalos, Jim Seward
Votes: 6,233
57. The Legend of Gator Face (1996)
PG | 99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A group of boys concoct a yarn about having been threatened by a legendary swamp beast and then meet the real thing, learning it is a gentle, compassionate creature. The locals believe their original story and try hunting down the monster.
Director: Vic Sarin | Stars: John White, Dan Warry-Smith, Charlotte Sullivan, Gordon Michael Woolvett
Votes: 305
58. The Legend of Lucy Keyes (2006)
R | 93 min | Drama, Thriller
An urban family leaves city life behind for the confines of rural New England. Little do they know that their new home once belonged to the Keyes family, a clan who experienced the tragic loss of their daughter some 250 years ago.
Director: John Stimpson | Stars: Julie Delpy, Justin Theroux, Brooke Adams, Mark Boone Junior
Votes: 1,621
59. Nightmares (1983)
R | 99 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Anthology of four horror tales with a supernatural twist based on urban legends.
Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Cristina Raines, Joe Lambie, Anthony James, Clare Torao
Votes: 3,697 | Gross: $6.67M
60. Pom Poko (1994)
PG | 119 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A community of magical shape-shifting raccoon dogs struggle to prevent their forest home from being destroyed by urban development.
Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Shinchô Kokontei, Makoto Nonomura, Yuriko Ishida, Norihei Miki
Votes: 34,607
61. Popcorn (1991)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Horror
A master of disguise deranged killer begins killing off the college students who are organizing a horror-movie marathon in an abandoned theater.
Directors: Mark Herrier, Alan Ormsby | Stars: Jill Schoelen, Tom Villard, Dee Wallace, Derek Rydall
Votes: 6,322 | Gross: $4.21M
62. Shriek of the Mutilated (1974)
R | 87 min | Horror
A group of college students are led by their professor into the mountains in search of the Yeti. The students start to be killed off one by one.
Director: Michael Findlay | Stars: Alan Brock, Jennifer Stock, Tawm Ellis, Michael Harris
Votes: 1,164
63. Shutter (II) (2004)
Not Rated | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young photographer and his girlfriend discover mysterious shadows in their photographs after a tragic accident. They soon learn that you can not escape your past.
Directors: Banjong Pisanthanakun, Parkpoom Wongpoom | Stars: Ananda Everingham, Natthaweeranuch Thongmee, Achita Sikamana, Unnop Chanpaibool
Votes: 49,190
64. Snowbeast (1977 TV Movie)
Unrated | 86 min | Horror
A Colorado ski resort is besieged by a sub-human beast that commits brutal murders on the slopes.
Director: Herb Wallerstein | Stars: Bo Svenson, Yvette Mimieux, Robert Logan, Clint Walker
Votes: 2,274
65. Tales from the Golden Age (2009)
Not Rated | 155 min | Comedy, History
Several urban legends of Communist Romania are dramatized.
Directors: Hanno Höfer, Razvan Marculescu, Cristian Mungiu, Constantin Popescu, Ioana Uricaru | Stars: Diana Cavallioti, Radu Iacoban, Vlad Ivanov, Tania Popa
Votes: 6,075
66. Teeth (I) (2007)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Still a stranger to her own body, a high school student discovers she has a physical advantage when she becomes the object of male violence.
Director: Mitchell Lichtenstein | Stars: Jess Weixler, John Hensley, Josh Pais, Hale Appleman
Votes: 46,469 | Gross: $0.35M
67. Toad Road (2012)
Unrated | 76 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A portrait of contemporary youth culture, where the lines between reality and fiction are blurred with often frightening results.
Director: Jason Banker | Stars: James Davidson, Sara Anne Jones, Whitleigh Higuera, Jamie Siebold
Votes: 1,442
68. Trucks (1997 TV Movie)
R | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Aliens arrive, parking in a geostationary orbit over Nevada. Using powers unknown to us, they declare war, and use unmanned trucks as weapons.
Director: Chris Thomson | Stars: Timothy Busfield, Brenda Bakke, Aidan Devine, Roman Podhora
Votes: 3,701
69. Urban Legend (1998)
R | 99 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A college student suspects a series of bizarre deaths are connected to certain urban legends.
Director: Jamie Blanks | Stars: Jared Leto, Alicia Witt, Rebecca Gayheart, Michael Rosenbaum
Votes: 71,503 | Gross: $38.07M
70. Urban Legends: Bloody Mary (2005 Video)
R | 93 min | Horror, Thriller
On a prom-night dare, a trio of high school friends chant an incantation, unleashing an evil spirit from the past with deadly consequences.
Director: Mary Lambert | Stars: Kate Mara, Robert Vito, Tina Lifford, Ed Marinaro
Votes: 9,551
71. Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000)
R | 97 min | Horror, Mystery
A film school is the center of a fresh spate of killings based on urban legends.
Director: John Ottman | Stars: Jennifer Morrison, Matthew Davis, Hart Bochner, Loretta Devine
Votes: 18,964 | Gross: $21.47M
72. Urbania (2000)
R | 103 min | Drama
A series of urban legends take place around the life of a troubled man who is searching New York City for a mysterious stranger.
Director: Jon Shear | Stars: Dan Futterman, Scott Denny, Paige Turco, Sam Ball
Votes: 3,162 | Gross: $1.03M
73. When a Killer Calls (2006 Video)
R | 91 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A babysitter begins receiving threatening phone calls from a man who has just killed an entire family.
Director: Peter Mervis | Stars: Rebekah Kochan, Robert Buckley, Mark Irvingsen, Sarah Hall
Votes: 591
74. When a Stranger Calls (2006)
PG-13 | 87 min | Horror, Thriller
During a babysitting gig, a high-school student is harassed by an increasingly threatening prank caller.
Director: Simon West | Stars: Camilla Belle, Tommy Flanagan, Katie Cassidy, Tessa Thompson
Votes: 48,664 | Gross: $47.86M
75. When a Stranger Calls (1979)
R | 97 min | Mystery, Thriller
A psychopathic killer terrorizes a babysitter, then returns seven years later to menace her again.
Director: Fred Walton | Stars: Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Rutanya Alda, Carmen Argenziano
Votes: 14,336 | Gross: $21.41M
76. When a Stranger Calls Back (1993 TV Movie)
R | 94 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young babysitter, all alone in the house with two children asleep above, is bothered by a stranger. Unfortunately, the phone's dead...
Director: Fred Walton | Stars: Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Jill Schoelen, Gene Lythgow
Votes: 4,131
77. The Wraith (1986)
PG-13 | 93 min | Action, Horror, Romance
In a small town in Arizona, a mysterious man/spirit descends from the sky and manifests in a sports car and targets a local violent road-racing gang of motor heads, headed by a ruthless bully who'll do anything to get what he wants.
Director: Mike Marvin | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Nick Cassavetes, Sherilyn Fenn, Randy Quaid
Votes: 19,254 | Gross: $3.50M
78. The Possession (I) (2012)
PG-13 | 92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young girl buys an antique box at a yard sale, unaware that inside the collectible lives a malicious ancient spirit. The girl's father teams with his ex-wife to find a way to end the curse upon their child.
Director: Ole Bornedal | Stars: Natasha Calis, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kyra Sedgwick, Madison Davenport
Votes: 63,230 | Gross: $49.13M
79. Mr. Jones (2013)
PG-13 | 84 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A young couple moves to the woods and soon finds their nightmares and reality colliding.
Director: Karl Mueller | Stars: Jon Foster, Sarah Jones, Mark Steger, Faran Tahir
Votes: 4,403
80. The Mine (2012)
PG-13 | 95 min | Adventure, Horror, Mystery
Five school friends seek adventure on Halloween night in an abandoned, haunted mine, only to find to their horror that the ghostly rumors may be true as they fight for survival.
Director: Jeff Chamberlain | Stars: Reiley McClendon, Adam Hendershott, Valerie C. Walker, Jordan Chamberlain
Votes: 1,346
81. Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
R | 90 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
A group of tourists arrives in Burkittsville, Maryland after seeing The Blair Witch Project (1999) to explore the mythology and phenomenon, only to come face to face with their own neuroses and possibly the witch herself.
Director: Joe Berlinger | Stars: Jeffrey Donovan, Stephen Barker Turner, Erica Leerhsen, Kurt Loder
Votes: 40,016 | Gross: $26.44M
82. Dorchester's Revenge: The Return of Crinoline Head (2014)
Not Rated | 94 min | Horror
A group of college students researching Dorchester Stewart, better known as the infamous killer Crinoline Head, return to the scene of the horrific murders that happened in 1996.
Director: Tommy Faircloth | Stars: Debbie Rochon, Christian James, Jason Vail, Patrick G. Keenan
Votes: 418
83. Lemon Tree Passage (2014)
84 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Three US backpackers are told the local urban legend of Lemon Tree Passage. Seeking out the ghost they uncover a force that threatens to wreak havoc. Isolated and 10,000 miles from home, they find themselves caught in the clutches of evil.
Director: David Campbell | Stars: Jessica Tovey, Nicholas Gunn, Pippa Black, Tim Phillipps
Votes: 2,991
84. The Redwood Massacre (2014)
82 min | Horror
What begins as a exciting camping trip to the legendary Redwood murder site, takes a terrifying turn when the innocent campers discover the legend is about to become a nasty and bloody reality.
Director: David Ryan Keith | Stars: Mark Wood, Lisa Cameron, Lisa Livingstone, Rebecca Wilkie
Votes: 2,376
85. Dark Ride (2006)
R | 94 min | Horror, Thriller
A group of six friends on a road trip stop off at an amusement park attraction named 'Dark Ride', unaware that a psychopath who brutally murdered two girls, has just escaped a mental institution and is seeking refuge there.
Director: Craig Singer | Stars: Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Patrick Renna, David Clayton Rogers, Alex Solowitz
Votes: 6,708
86. Dying Breed (2008)
R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
Dying Breed interweaves the two most fascinating icons of Tasmanian history: the extinct Tasmanian tiger and "The Pieman" (aka Alexander Pearce) who was hanged for cannibalism in 1824. ... See full summary »
Director: Jody Dwyer | Stars: Nathan Phillips, Leigh Whannell, Bille Brown, Mirrah Foulkes
Votes: 6,303
87. The Wicked (2013 Video)
Not Rated | 105 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Following the abduction of a young local girl, a group of teenagers test the legend of an immortal witch and get more than they bargained for.
Director: Peter Winther | Stars: Devon Werkheiser, Justin Deeley, Jess Adams, Jamie Kaler
Votes: 7,680
88. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
R | 81 min | Horror, Mystery
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.
Directors: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez | Stars: Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, Joshua Leonard, Bob Griffin
Votes: 285,682 | Gross: $140.54M
89. Spook (1988)
86 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Something is out there - in the bush - near the dilapidated old cabin, which a family from Sydney has rented for their vacation.
Director: David A. Hall | Stars: Tim Elston, Joanne Samuel, Daniel Hill, Amanda Hill
Votes: 56
90. Willow Creek (2013)
Not Rated | 80 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A man and his girlfriend camp in the woods to capture firsthand evidence of Bigfoot.
Director: Bobcat Goldthwait | Stars: Alexie Gilmore, Bryce Johnson, Laura Montagna, Bucky Sinister
Votes: 12,851
91. Quarantine (2008)
R | 89 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A television reporter and her cameraman are trapped inside a building quarantined by the CDC, after the outbreak of a mysterious virus which turns humans into bloodthirsty killers.
Director: John Erick Dowdle | Stars: Jennifer Carpenter, Steve Harris, Columbus Short, Jay Hernandez
Votes: 77,391 | Gross: $31.69M
92.
Fear Itself (2008–2009)
Episode:
Skin and Bones
(2008)
TV-14 | 42 min | Horror
When Rancher Grady Edlund returns home to his family after being lost in the forest for a number of days, his family realize he's not quite himself.
Director: Larry Fessenden | Stars: Molly Hagan, Doug Jones, John Pyper-Ferguson, Gordon Tootoosis
Votes: 899
93. Blair Witch (2016)
R | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After discovering a video showing what he believes to be his vanished sister Heather, James and a group of friends head to the forest believed to be inhabited by the Blair Witch.
Director: Adam Wingard | Stars: James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Corbin Reid, Brandon Scott
Votes: 49,614 | Gross: $20.78M
94. Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
The next great killer and psychopath has given a documentary film crew exclusive access to his life as he plans his reign of terror over the quiet town of Glen Echo.
Director: Scott Glosserman | Stars: Nathan Baesel, Angela Goethals, Zelda Rubinstein, Robert Englund
Votes: 25,449 | Gross: $0.07M
95. The Fanglys (2004 Video)
R | 90 min | Horror
In the woods outside a small Texas town, a group of friends searching for some Halloween fun discover that a local legend is not only real, but deadly.
Director: Christopher Abram | Stars: Robert Harvey, Laurie Reaves, Christopher Abram, Tim Boswell
Votes: 220
96. The Greenskeeper (2002)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Assistant greenskeeper invites friends for a country club birthday party. A killer dressed as a greenskeeper crashes the party and kills people with golf tools.
Directors: Kevin Greene, Adam Johnson, Tripp Norton | Stars: Allelon Ruggiero, Bruce Taylor, Ron Lester, Steve Rickman
Votes: 1,201
97. Starve (2014)
98 min | Horror, Thriller
While researching an urban legend on feral children, three friends find themselves trapped in an abandoned high school, where they are confronted with an evil more sinister than the legend itself.
Director: Griff Furst | Stars: Bobby Campo, Mariah Bonner, Bobby C. King, Cooper Huckabee
Votes: 1,368
98. Rose Red (2002)
PG-13 | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A college professor and a team of psychics investigate mysterious deaths and disappearances at an old abandoned mansion.
Stars: Nancy Travis, Matt Keeslar, Kimberly J. Brown, David Dukes
Votes: 27,031
99. Hatchet III (2013)
R | 81 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A search and recovery team heads into the haunted swamp to pick up the pieces, and Marybeth learns the secret to ending the voodoo curse that has left Victor Crowley haunting and terrorizing Honey Island Swamp for decades.
Director: BJ McDonnell | Stars: Danielle Harris, Kane Hodder, Zach Galligan, Caroline Williams
Votes: 10,549
100. Smiley (2012)
R | 95 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After discovering an urban legend of a demented serial killer, who has nothing but a carved "smiley" on his face, a mentally fragile teenager must figure out if she is going insane - or if she could be the next victim.
Director: Michael J. Gallagher | Stars: Caitlin Gerard, Melanie Papalia, Shane Dawson, Andrew James Allen
Votes: 9,772
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