EJ Moreno ranks the five best slasher film franchises post-Scream… Slashers were all the rage for a while, but it would quickly fizzle out like most trends. In the 1980s, the horror subgenre was at its peak with series like Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Child’s Play, and Friday The 13th. Then Wes Craven […]
Urban Legend: The Last Slasher of Its Kind
22 years on from its release on this day in 1998, EJ Moreno revisits Urban Legend… I remember being a teenager and hearing the phrase “they don’t make them like that anymore.” It was usually in regards to some form of entertainment, like a music genre or certain movies. My youth left me ignorant to […]
Casting begins on Urban Legend reboot
Collider is reporting that Sydney Chandler (SKAM Austin), Katherine McNamara (Arrow) and Keith Powers (Straight Outta Compton) are in talks to star in a reboot of the 1998 slasher Urban Legend for Sony’s Screen Gems. According to the site, the new movie will bring the franchise into the digital age and focus on “a diverse […]
