grievousangel09 Picked randomly on Netflix i found the content directly relating to each incident quit fascinating. Problem is the film comes off amateurish due to the fact that the documentarian(s) find it necessary to insert themselves with filmed commentary, including the two of them bumbling around on location attempting to identify murder sites and rather pretentiously speculating on the case circumstances and the killers motives. Most superfluous and unnecessary are the occasional, random personal reaction shots during interviews or in hotels rooms while conducting research. Wish i could give more positive feedback. The filmmaker's just seem to be stretching this a bit, most likely due limited resources on the chosen subjects.

susanmariesabo Oh wow, this "documentary" is really just a couple of hours of self-indulgence. Made by the same man who made "Cropsey" (which was ok), this film purports to reveal the origins behind 4 urban legends. The facts are sparse because it's not a real documentary. So the time is filled with visiting old locations where literally nothing else happens, telling innocent residents that their homes were formerly occupied by killers, and a plodding, uninteresting, downright irritating narration that I suppose is supposed to sound menacing but comes off as ridiculous and heavy-handed. If you're really into urban legends, your time would be way better spent at Wikipedia. This "film" is dull, uninspired, and boring.

areadingwoman Poorly marketed! Mostly because (Netflix at least) did the marketing as a horror documentary. NOT SO! In fact, The most horrific thing about this was the real life crime photos (some massively disturbing of recently raped teens complete with legs spread) that they insisted on showing regularly. Unlike the Jack the Ripper photos, these were not blurry and while they weren't blood and guts material, I could have lived the rest of my life without seeing a photo or a raped and strangled 15-year-old in the pose her attacker left her in. The movie bills itself as "getting to the bottom" of the real crimes that inspired urban legends. As a lover of urban legends, this seemed right up my alley. What it really turned out to be was about 5 minutes of facts stretched into 20 minutes segments that involve the following contrived, poorly done techniques: * knocking on doors in the neighborhoods of the crimes and telling people the true story of their street only to cause fear in 80 year old women who are retired and happened to be at home *Lots of shots of people driving around pretending they are talking about something that hasn't been scripted but clearly has been based on the 0 reaction of the other party these people clearly aren't actors but were forced to give an attempt) *Countless lines of empty dialogue that ends in exclamation points (a la Amittyville Horror - novel form) but actually says literally nothing *More shots of people walking and having contrived dialogue that adds nothing to the plot (think, "this could be the tree where she was killed" uttered in a FOREST full of trees) * A "researcher" on cast who is supposed to validate what's being said but is clearly a grad student who is being paid to waltz about in inappropriate clothing (for the task - who wears heels and/or wedges to traipse about the woods?) *Starbucks marketing to the MAX. Now, they may love Starbucks, and that's okay. I drink Starbucks myself. But I have to wonder why it's in EVERY shot while they are in the car. The saving grace is that they don't drag the logoed cups out into the woods. (The stunning part of woods walking was reserved for the heels.) *Ridiculous timing. Am I supposed to be scared because they chose to "investigate" the forest where murders happened at night? Do they think I'm really dumb enough to wonder why they didn't go in the daytime when they could see instead of going to Starbucks? Anyone mounting a genuine investigation would do so in the freaking daylight. * LOTS of conjecture. In fact, only one of the four segments shown actually had a clear cut end. Now, I know urban legends are legends for a reason. But a film that professes it will get to the bottom of the true crimes behind the legends better damn well deliver SOME facts at least. Nope. Not here. The only firm facts delivered were in those of the case where the killer was executed for his crimes. But even then it's obviously not clear since he died professing his innocence (but at least they had the forethought to pause the footage of interviews with him on shots that made him look crazy because he was mid-word or mid-smile. Who looks sane in that pose?). The best thing is actually the montage of horror movie clips that show how the urban legends developed in pop culture. Which really means that the best parts of the film are ones that the film makers didn't actually make. The only positive I can think of is that one of the four segments was on a crime (the babysitter one) that took place in Columbia Missouri - a town not far from me. So that was the only thing that kept me watching past segment 2. In fact, I had already reached for the remote to stop it when I heard the phrase "Columbia, MO" and so continued watching. At that point, though, I had already dug out the trusty laptop to mess around on. I didn't watch hardly any of segment four, but at that point I figured I was already invested and so might as well continue (and that investment might have been really to the website I had started shopping on by that point).

Ja64 Joshua Zeman's KILLER LEGENDS is a worthy follow-up to his highly-acclaimed horror doc CROPSEY. KILLER LEGENDS features chills, laughs, and 85 minutes of pure entertainment. Having been a horror fan for my entire life, I've always loved being scared by serial killers created by the craziest minds working in the horror genre. However, I never considered that many of these serial killers and insane stories were rooted in reality. Zeman and Rachel Mills clearly did an enormous amount of research to make this film simultaneously stimulating intellectually and wickedly entertaining. Each segment of KILLER LEGENDS is engaging, chilling, and more compelling than the one preceding it. My personal favorite was the "Candy Man" segment because it hits the closest to home and features the biggest twist. It's also the most disturbing. This segment is so horrifying and relatable (if that's even the right word) because most of us have been trick-or-treating and had heard about tainted candy. The fact that tainted candy killed a kid under the circumstances that it did is really horrible (you'll see what I mean).Mills and Zeman's passion for the material really shines through and makes this film a winner. They obviously love this material and Zeman seems to love the kinds of films he makes - he has now explored the true-life roots of urban legends in two documentaries. This makes watching them incredibly entertaining. We feel his passion as we watch. I would highly recommend this to fans of horror, documentaries, and, of course, CROPSEY. This is a documentary for those who don't like documentaries.