A Major Disappointment

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

A trio of high school students summon up the vengeful spirit of Mary (Lilith Fields in icky make-up), who was murdered on prom night in 1969. Mary embarks on a lethal spree in which she bumps off the children of the folks who are responsible for her death. While director Mary Lambert keeps the familiar and predictable story moving along at a snappy enough pace, she crucially fails to generate any essential tension or creepy atmosphere. The trite and derivative script by Dan Harris and Michael Dougherty not only fumbles working the urban legends premise into the plot in a logical manner (there's no reason whatsoever for Mary to use urban legends as a means for exacting revenge), but also brings nothing fresh or inspired to the table. Worse yet, the murder set pieces are both laughable and ridiculously contrived: One guy winds up burned to a crisp on a tanning bed, there's a lame attack by unconvincing CGI spiders, another dude gets fatally fried while urinating on an electric fence, and so on. Kate Mara makes for a pretty and personable heroine, "Hill Street Blues" regular Ed Marinaro gets saddled with a thankless role as affable mayoral candidate Bill, and Tina Lafford easily cops the top acting honors with her winningly sassy turn as paranoid hippie pothead Grace Taylor. A real blah and forgettable wash-out.

The second sequel to urban legend, which was an attempt to cash in on Scream, was uninteresting in my book. I found the characters to superficial. In what I'm guessing was an early role for Kate Mora, her acting skills are pretty crappy. The film starts great with a scene of a group of girls at a slumber party, but as the story progress with the kids trying to figure out who or what is picking them off one by one, just got less and less interesting as I kept watching it. The movie was cleaver, but it had a hard time trying to figure out what type of horror movie it was. Was it going to be a movie that pays homage and is satire to the Slasher flick, or is it just a Slasher flick. The film never decides and it not brilliant enough not to need to

I didn't know it at the time but it's apparently the third movie in the Urban Legends series. It has no links to the others. This felt like a lower-budget Final Destination with attempts at original-looking kills. The "originality" comes from the deaths looking like they're urban legends actually happening. I will admit that the scene involving the mirror and spiders was very creepy and effective, even gruesome. The other urban legends weren't so memorable, and a few were actually amusing (not necessarily a bad thing). Bloody Mary herself was not really scary to me, even sometimes looking ludicrous. If the rest of the horror had been to the level of the mirror scene, it would have been a much stronger movie. I was surprised at how good the lead actors playing brother and sister were. They looked their age and were believable. Not so much for everyone especially the big blonde jock with the kid haircut. I saw the "surprise" coming a while away and the whole last act was kind of boring and felt too long.Rating: 4.5 out of 10 (Average)

FANTASTIC MOVIE! Lillith fields rules! if any one know how to find her write me ian163@yandex.ru. I'm going to be crazy(( i want to speak with her/ help me.Send me photos,info,email(if you have)and all the movies she played. I'm searching for her for a months! Can you believe, I'm from Russia! i shouldn't watched this movie. but its to late, i saw it. And i failed in love with this actress, and now i don't no what to do. Ohhh if i knew her email or home number! it should be fantastic, but i believe in it.the one who searches will aways fond what he WATS. What can i say about the movie. It;s excellent, The 1 and the 2 part were not so good. The 3 is leading! So, thanks for your attention, i hope someone will help me. i will be query pleased. P.s. sorry for my pure grammar. I'm studying English for the 1st year, so you can see the result.By