Urban Legends: Bloody Mary

"Turn off the light and see what happens."

2005 1h 33m EN

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

“Turn off the light and see what happens.”

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Cast

Kate Mara
Samantha Owens
Robert Vito
David Owens
Tina Lifford
Grace Taylor
Ed Marinaro
Bill Owens
Michael Coe
Buck Jacoby
Lillith Fields
Mary Banner / 'Bloody Mary'
Nancy Everhard
Pam Owens
Audra Lea Keener
Heather Thompson

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Mary Lambert
Writers: Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $3.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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Released 21 years ago.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Urban Legend Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Mary Lambert, shot by Ian Fox. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Scooter Pietsch. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Michelle Harrison shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Kate Mara and Robert Vito and Tina Lifford carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Turn off the light and see what happens.".

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The take

Mary Lambert directs. Ian Fox behind the camera. Scooter Pietsch scores. Michelle Harrison cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Shot for just $3.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Released 21 years ago.
3Part of the "Urban Legend Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Mary Lambert, shot by Ian Fox. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Scooter Pietsch. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Michelle Harrison shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Kate Mara and Robert Vito and Tina Lifford carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Turn off the light and see what happens.".
9IMDB entry: tt0451957 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 11 themes, including "high school", "spider", "sequel", "bong".

The technical file

Cinematography: Ian Fox
Original score: Scooter Pietsch
Editing: Michelle Harrison
Production design: Christopher R. DeMuri
Costume design: Amy Jean Roberts
Makeup / hair: RaMona Fleetwood
VFX supervisor: Sam Nicholson
Stunt coordinator: Don Shanks
Runtime: 93 min · 1h 33m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $3,500,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Urban Legends: Bloody Mary (2005)

Part of

Urban Legend Collection

These films revolve around urban legends, featuring sinister murders, deadly spirits, and ominous conjurations, typically set in educational institutions like college campuses and high schools. The stories involve protagonists struggling against evil forces to avert deadly phenomena. Antagonists, often students familiar with the legends, use them as templates for murder or to evade detection. The films appeal to thriller and horror fans, with suspenseful and frightening elements. Common tropes include the "final girl" protagonist, the revelation of urban legend truths, and ominous atmospheric cues. These films, though entertaining, may be intense for sensitive viewers. Overall, the collection offers a darkly thrilling exploration of urban legends and their deadly consequences, blending horror and suspense to captivate audiences.

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slayrrr6662017-03-18
★ 7/10
Reappearing at school after a prank, a teen begins to suspect that the exceptionally strange kills and incidents surrounding her classmates are tied into a local legend similar to her encounter and finds the ghost of the woman is responsible forcing her to stop it. This here wasn’t all that bad of a sequel. One thing it has going for it is that this one really has a lot of fun playing with its supernatural overtones which allows for some great scenes in here. A lot of this is due to the supernatural haunting-based attacks that occur in here which are quite chilling when based on the method of kills utilized to get the point across. The main scene involved with this is the attack in the bedroom, where the pajama-clad victim pops a zit, giving birth to a multitude of supernatural spiders from the wound and crawling over the bloodied body in a disturbing visual as she cuts away at herself in a particularly brutal fashion scores wonderfully, the motel assault is really chilling realizing that someone’s in there and. Likewise, the few small indicators of the ghosts’ background are quite fun with the flashes of her buried in the school as well as her dream of it being locked in the chest and crawling out for it being just as creepy and chilling as the other main attacks. This is mainly due to the ghost itself which is quite chilling, appearing with some nice facial distortions, creepy eyes and the wounds across the face making it pretty imposing while the flash lighting and quick moments leave it with a fine overall villain. As well, the curse that comes into play is quite nice with the ongoing mystery about her rampage and forcing the fun of the cemetery finale all makes for some good times to help hold off the few flaws with it. The most obvious one is that the really big, brutal deaths aren’t based on urban legends and seem just thrown in for no real reason. The film’s gimmick is that the kills are based around urban legends, yet neither being repeatedly stabbed in the chest with a broken beer bottle or urinating on an electrified fence and being shocked are real urban legends which doesn’t have anything to do with anything making the whole purpose of the exercise quite fruitless. Another big flaw is that the film has a really convoluted opening. There's no reason for there to be as many different angles and ideas thrown in, making it overwritten and convoluted. There's way too much going on to really get a handle of it all, and it makes the beginning really hard to get into. The last really big flaw is the jerk-cutting done in the attack scenes. This happens quite often, where it flashes in a series of scenes so fast that it's impossible to tell what's going on for the intention of getting some creepy images in, but they just ruin it by going too fast. This happens during most of the scenes, and becomes distracting. A minor flaw is the thoroughly underwhelming hot-tub scene, but it isn't as bad as the other flaws. Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Brief Nudity and drug use.

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