Urban Legends: Bloody Mary (2005) (V)

Director:

Mary Lambert

Writers (WGA):

Michael Dougherty (written by) &
Dan Harris (written by)

Release Date:

19 July 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Mary's Evil is Beyond Legend

Plot:

On a prom-night dare, a trio of high school friends chant an incantation, unleashing an evil spirit from the past with deadly consequences.

Plot Keywords:

Football Player | Jock | Slumber Party | Urban Legend | Vision

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Kate Mara	...	Samantha Owens
Robert Vito	...	David Owens
Tina Lifford	...	Grace Taylor
Ed Marinaro	...	Bill Owens
Michael Coe	...	Buck Jacoby
Lillith Fields	...	Young Mary Banner / 'Bloody Mary'
Nancy Everhard	...	Pam Owens
Audra Lea Keener	...	Heather Thompson
Don Shanks	...	Coach Jacoby
Jeff Olson	...	Sheriff McKenna
Nate Herd	...	Tom Higgins
Brandon Sacks	...	Roger Dalton
Hailey Evans	...	Martha - Samantha's Friend #1 (as Hailey Smith)
Olesya Rulin	...	Mindy - Samantha's Friend #2
Haley McCormick	...	Young Gina Lotnick

Also Known As:

Urban Legends 3: Bloody Mary (USA) (alternative title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and gore, drug use and some language.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor) | Color

Certification:

Brazil:18 | Iceland:16 | USA:R | UK:15 | Finland:K-15 | Australia:MA | Argentina:13 | Singapore:M18 | Canada:18A | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Company:

NPP Productions Inc.

Trivia:

The "porn" Buck Jacoby was watching on the motel contains a scene from a dream sequence from Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000) where Amy dreams she was having sex with Trevor.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Heather gets out of bed, she puts her slippers on and walks over to her vanity mirror. Later when the spider falls to the floor and she crushes it, she is suddenly barefoot.

Quotes:

David Owens: Just because I have a dead, Mexican hooker in my room doesn't mean I went to Mexico.

Movie Connections:

Features Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000)

Soundtrack:

Aloha Oe

Good Stuff

I didn't really know what to think of this movie before seeing it after loving the first and hating the second... but I watched it with an open mind and was pleasantly surprised.

It starts off very unsatisfying. The acting is terrible and the situations that some of the characters are put into are completely stupid and you'll find yourself screaming at the TV screen. But as the movie progresses, some of the deaths become quite interesting and one in particular makes your skin crawl. When you look back at some of the stupid situations and deaths, you actually quite enjoy laughing at them and wonder if they were put there for that purpose (but they probably weren't). The main character, Samantha, is very annoying sometimes as is her brother, but towards the end they become somewhat likable and you don't really want them to die as much as you did in the beginning.

The direction in the movie is sometimes really good but other times quite terrible. Some of the camera angles used are... interesting but also very distracting and the atmosphere in areas such as the graveyard and the school basement is all wrong. The soundtrack is too quiet and doesn't provide any scares at all so it doesn't really feel like a horror movie.

Apart from all the negatives, the movie was enjoyable and good to watch with some friends. I'm sure it will inspire other filmmakers to use the bloody Mary legend in their projects and maybe breath new life into the story. 8/10