By EWAN McDONALD
(Herald rating: * * )
At the Orson Welles Film Center of Alpine University the best film of the year wins — no, not a little golden statue — the Hitchcock Prize of $15,000 and a shot at the big time.
Amy's idea for her film is that a serial
killer commits a series of crimes based on urban legends. This is not a bad idea: such a good idea, in fact, that it was the premise of the original Urban Legend in 1998. This time around, there aren't many urban legend killings because the filmmakers are killed instead.
Yes, this is a slightly-older-than-teen horror about students making a horror movie on campus in which the filmmakers are the victims. Are the words Shriek or Scream coming to mind yet? And there are another couple of references (the killer appears in a fencing mask), which add up to: this isn't the most Scary Movie you'll see from now until Halloween.
Running time: 94 mins
Rental: Saturday
