Shay

6th Apr 2004

Urban Legend (1998)

Corrected entry: Brenda weighs about 120 pounds. How is she able so often through the film to overpower men almost twice her size, hang them from trees (Damon's death) and then drag the bodies up to the top floor of an abandoned building? All without any help. Surely someone would notice a waif-like girl trying to drag a 200 pound body through the campus. When you are crazy then you suddenly have superhuman strength?

Correction: Actually, yes. People on an adrenaline high can accomplish physical tasks that would otherwise be impossible. However, there's also the fact that Brenda has spent years planning this revenge - presumably she built up her muscles over that time. Just because she's not bulging doesn't mean she isn't strong.

Shay

27th Aug 2001

Urban Legend (1998)

Corrected entry: The killer wears a hooded parka to mask his/her identity. Oddly enough, even though the movie takes place in April and it seems to be warm weather, EVERYONE in this town owns the same hooded parka! In one bizarre scene, a menacing figure in the hooded parka and high leather boots slips off the jacket, revealing herself to be a girl in a bathing suit going for a swim! Who wears a parka to go for a swim?

Correction: Several parts of this mistake are wrong. For one thing, it is not "warm weather", there are two rain storms in the few days the film covers. Secondly, the girl at the pool has a blue t-shirt on, not a bathing suit. Finally, since it was wet weather, is it all that unlikely that people are carrying warm jackets around with them (bear in mind that no one but the killer and swimming pool girl actually wear theirs)? The similarities between the coats is strange, but hardly a mistake in itself. Maybe they were on sale.

Shay

Join the mailing list

Separate from membership, this is to get updates about mistakes in recent releases. Addresses are not passed on to any third party, and are used solely for direct communication from this site. You can unsubscribe at any time.

Check out the mistake & trivia books, on Kindle and in paperback.