Urban Legends: Bloody Mary

 

 

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Urban Legends: Bloody Mary had potential... But it was bogged down with too much confusion...

* Why was Mary killing people using Urban Legends? What inspired her? Because she is one?
* Why did she kill some people in person but not others?

This movie had some stuff going for it as far as plot went.. The acting was OK for straight-to-DVD for the most part, save for a few lines near the end (i.e. the anger management issues comment).

I wasn't expecting much, I had just hoped it would make sense! It's really too bad this one just didn't add up! If you wanna buy it I recommend renting it first!

i have to say right off the bat,i did not like this movie.i found it boring and i just didn't see the point.i did not find the character of "Bloody Mary" scary,or even mildly menacing.i found the movie predictable from the get go,although there is one "twist" of sorts,if you can call it that.i just thought the twist was a bit preposterous,but that's just me. true i didn't see it coming,and i probably should have.either way,it just didn't ring true for me.i really enjoyed the first two movies in the series.i guess i thought there was a bit more substance to them.(i know,substance in a horror movie-what am i talking about?)this movie seems more like a teen slasher flick than the other 2.i say that because the deaths are more bloody and graphic.at least i thought so,anyway.the point is,didn't like this movie.i give "Urban Legends:Bloody Mary" 1/5

I was pretty psyched when I saw there was a third addition to the Urban Legends series - the first film was fantastic, and the second one was also pretty good. Then I saw that Urban Legends - Bloody Mary was a direct-to-video release that seemingly had nothing to do with the first two films. At that point, I just hoped this third film wouldn't be too awful. While the film falls far short of its predecessors, Urban Legends - Bloody Mary isn't all that bad. It has some definite weaknesses, but it also has a nice sampling of blood and gore.

There are many variations on the old Bloody Mary story, but it makes for classic urban legend fare. Look in the mirror, say Bloody Mary's name three times, and she appears - and then the fun begins. Apparently, a mirror isn't actually required after all, as young Samantha Owens (Kate Mara) apparently conjures the restless spirit without one after hearing the story of a local girl supposedly killed back in 1969. The next morning, she and her slumber party friends turn up missing. This is a real weak point in the story, as the whole missing episode is not handled well at all. Anyway, a connection seems to be established between Samantha and Mary Banner, the girl who was killed all those years ago. The only difference between the two girls is the fact that Samantha lived to tell about her disappearance (although, for unexplainable reasons, neither sets of girls ever told authorities who was responsible).

Those responsible for Samantha's disappearance start dying, in rather gruesome ways, which makes Sam and her brother David (whom some blame for the murders) exceedingly unpopular at school. By about the second murder, the whole urban legend m.o. is applied rather loosely, and the whole thing becomes basically a slasher film. Still, there's still the Bloody Mary connection, and Samantha comes to believe that the killer is the ghost of Mary and that she is killing the children of those responsible for her death.

There's no denying that Urban Legends - Bloody Mary is an exceedingly predictable little film. Mary's killer might as well have walked around with the words "I did it" on his forehead. There are some decent-sized holes in the plot, as well. As I mentioned, the disappearance of Samantha and her friends doesn't add up, and that gets the film off to a shaky start. Then there's the obvious question: why did neither of the sets of girls tell authorities who were responsible for their disappearances? That makes no sense at all. As for the climactic scene, the filmmakers decide to go crazy with visual effects for some reason, and that is another negative.

Still, I enjoyed this movie. The special effects for Bloody Mary herself are pretty good, and the deaths are reasonably gory (although we sometimes only see the aftermath of them) - if you hate spiders, I'm warning you right now that you do not want to watch this movie. You really have to judge this film on its own merits, as it really has next to nothing to do with the first two Urban Legends movies. Since the filmmakers sort of just ignore the whole urban legend m.o. for some of the later murders, it really doesn't belong in the series at all.

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