Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "based-on-urban-legend"

51. Ghost Killers vs. Bloody Mary (2018)

108 min | Comedy, Horror

Four YouTubers with expertise in supernatural events are seeking recognition from the audience whilst solving the urban legend of the Bathroom Blonde Case: the spirit that haunts the schools' bathroom in Brazil.

Director: Fabrício Bittar | Stars: Danilo Gentili, Murilo Couto, Léo Lins, Dani Calabresa

Votes: 1,761

52. Terror in the Woods (2018 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 87 min | Drama

The story of two twelve-year-old girls who attack their friend as a sacrifice to an internet legend, the Suzerain.

Director: D.J. Viola | Stars: Michael Berthold, Lindsey Blackwell, Tracey Bonner, Kara Franklin

Votes: 343

53. Slender Man (2013)

52 min | Adventure, Comedy, Horror

The tall figure hides papers to cause terror.

Directors: Andrey Bulahov, Aisha Bulahova | Stars: Aisha Bulahova, Katya Dmitrieva, Lera Dmitrieva, Oksana Emelyanova

Votes: 59

54. The Slender Man (I) (2013)

78 min | Horror

A tall, shadowy figure with a blank face and a suit is thought to be behind recent disappearances of children.

Director: Aj Meadows | Stars: Adam Hartley, Madeleine Rouse, Eric Warrington, Bill Finkbiner

Votes: 525

55. When a Killer Calls (2006 Video)

R | 91 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A babysitter begins receiving threatening phone calls from a man who has just killed an entire family.

Director: Peter Mervis | Stars: Rebekah Kochan, Robert Buckley, Mark Irvingsen, Sarah Hall

Votes: 592

56. The Secret of Anastasia (1997 Video)

57 min | Animation, Adventure, Crime

A teenage girl living in the ruins of the Romanov's palace finds herself running from the Secret Police with her four magic instruments, who are all she has left of her family, whom she ... See full summary »

Director: Lee Lan | Stars: John Beach, Lisa DeSimone, Earl Hammond, Cynthia Harris

Votes: 244

57. Toad Road (2012)

Unrated | 76 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

A portrait of contemporary youth culture, where the lines between reality and fiction are blurred with often frightening results.

Director: Jason Banker | Stars: James Davidson, Sara Anne Jones, Whitleigh Higuera, Jamie Siebold

Votes: 1,449

58. Dead Mary (2007 Video)

Not Rated | 103 min | Horror

A group of friends enjoying a weekend in the woods play a game of "Dead Mary" and summon an evil witch who begins possessing them one by one.

Director: Robert Wilson | Stars: Dominique Swain, Marie-Josée Colburn, Steven McCarthy, Maggie Castle

Votes: 2,524

59. Mystery of Slender Man (2013)

64 min | Horror, Mystery

After their bus broke down two friends, Sergey and Oksana, go into the woods, where they plan to reside in the cabin of Sergey's friend. Suddenly a monster starts to haunt them. A monster, which goes by the name of Slender Man...

Director: Sergey A. | Stars: Sergey A., Oksana Veselukhina

Votes: 518

60. Fantasmagorias (2017–2019)

TV-14 | 3 min | Animation, Short, Horror

A series of animated short films based on Latin American urban myths and legends.

Star: Marcelo Armand

Votes: 122

61. Bloody Mary (I) (2006)

Not Rated | 93 min | Horror, Thriller

When a group of psychiatric hospital nurses invoke the spirit of Bloody Mary-a supposed urban myth-the slaughter begins. First, a young nursing assistant disappears, her body never found. ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Valentine | Stars: Kim Tyler, Matt Borlenghi, Danni Ravden, Troy Turi

Votes: 1,458

62. Moth (I) (2016)

81 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A teacher and her student travel to the European countryside to investigate 22 recent Mothman sighting reports, but what begins as an attempt to stop a catastrophe becomes a nightmarish fight for survival.

Directors: Gergö Elekes, József Gallai | Stars: Lídia Szabó, József Gallai, Bálint Egri, Kata Tábori

Votes: 916

63. Black Eyed Children: Let Me In (2015)

TV-14 | 69 min | Horror

An aspiring film-maker embarks on a journey investigating the nightmarish and haunting stories behind the Black Eyed Children phenomenon.

Director: Justin Snyder | Stars: Justin Snyder, Caroline Weinroth, Rachael Lubarsky, Candice 'CJ' Johnson

Votes: 153

64. Ashens and the Polybius Heist (2020)

TV-MA | 99 min | Comedy

A motley crew of misfits hunt down an infamous '80s arcade game that can supposedly control people's minds.

Director: Riyad Barmania | Stars: Stuart Ashen, Tom Bonington, Eli Silverman, Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong

Votes: 494

65. Maria Labo (2015)

PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Horror

A popular urban legend about a woman who cooked and ate her two children.

Director: Roi Vinzon | Stars: Kate Brios, Jestoni Alarcon, Sam Pinto, Dennis Padilla

Votes: 41

66. Sequence Break (2017)

Not Rated | 80 min | Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi

A surreal sci-fi romance wherein a beautiful young woman and strange metaphysical forces threaten the reality of a reclusive video arcade technician, resulting in bizarre biomechanical mutations and a shocking self-realization.

Director: Graham Skipper | Stars: John Dinan, Md Anan Islam, Lyle Kanouse, Fabianne Therese

Votes: 749

67. The Legend of Bloody Mary (2008)

R | 93 min | Horror, Thriller

Ryan has been plagued with nightmares since the night his sister Amy went missing 8 years earlier after playing the game "Bloody Mary." Amy had stumbled onto a website on the Internet (... See full summary »

Director: John Stecenko | Stars: Paul Preiss, Robert J. Locke Jr., Nicole Aiken, Brittany Miller

Votes: 797

68. A Piece of Cake (2019)

PG | 78 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

The legendary Elfkins (Heinzelmännchen) of Cologne were gnomes secretly helping craftsmen at night until they were ousted by a tailor's malevolent wife 200 years ago. This is the story of their return.

Director: Ute von Münchow-Pohl | Stars: Jella Haase, Louis Hofmann, Leon Seidel, Elke Heidenreich

Votes: 542

69. EMR (2004)

86 min | Thriller

Londoner Adam Jones is stuck in a dead end job; lives alone with his cat and spends his free time obsessing over the latest conspiracy theories on the Internet. Taking an experimental drug ... See full summary »

Directors: James Erskine, Danny McCullough | Stars: Anthony Azizi, Gil Bellows, Kate Buffery, George Calil

Votes: 507

70. Mystery of Slender Man 2 (2014)

64 min | Horror, Thriller

A year after the events of Mystery of Slender Man (2013) Sergey goes hiking in the Grand Canyon of Crimea with a small group. The further in the forest the group goes, the more evident it becomes that Slender Man has returned to finish the job...

Director: Sergey A. | Stars: Sergey A., Vladimir Semyonov, Dmitry Chmelyov, Vladislav Krivenchuk

Votes: 503

71. The Clown Statue (2012)

5 min | Short, Horror

When a young girl babysits for a wealthy family and in the room she see' s what she thinks is a clown. She then calls to see if she can cover the ''statue". Then finds out its not a statue

Director: Aaron Mirtes | Stars: Meghan Smith, Brad Belemjian

Votes: 21

72. Mothman (2000)

Comedy, Drama, Horror

An earlier movie about the legendary character, The Mothman. This was filmed on location at two different places that he supposedly was seen.

Director: Doug TenNapel | Stars: Edward Schofield, Doug Langdale, John Frederick Jones, Jill McLean

Votes: 55

73. Creepypasta (2018– )

Not Rated | 20 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Cory, Tommy, and Nick break into an abandoned mansion to retrieve some top secret files for an unknown client. What they find instead are SCP documents and CreepyPastas. They read the ... See full summary »

Star: Manny Velazquez

Votes: 11

74. Vitals (2019)

107 min | Thriller

A man wakes up in a motel room missing his kidney and has to escape with his wife before his captors return.

Director: Marc Morgenstern | Stars: Charlene Amoia, Bob Bekian, Dylan Hanson, Redd Horrocks

Votes: 107

75. 2AM: The Smiling Man (2013)

4 min | Short, Horror

While walking home late one night, a man notices another man walking as well. Only this man has an eerie smile. What are his intentions?

Director: Michael Evans | Stars: Sean C. Simon, Paul Foltz

Votes: 1,171

76. Amityville: Mt. Misery Rd. (2018)

75 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Charlie and Buzi are ghost enthusiasts fascinated by the legend of the scariest road in America, Mt. Misery Road. The couple continues their adventure to the woods until they realize they got into a whirlpool of paranormal activities.

Directors: Chuck Morrongiello, Karolina Morrongiello | Stars: Chuck Morrongiello, Karolina Morrongiello, Curtis Wyka, Lloyd Goldstein

Votes: 1,886

77. Koma (2004)

R | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Jealousy, desire, trust, and revenge. A complicated love triangle emerges during an investigation into the theft of a woman's kidney. At a wedding party in a fancy hotel, a guest happens on... See full summary »

Director: Chi-Leung Law | Stars: Karena Kar-Yan Lam, Angelica Lee, Andy Chi-On Hui, Raymond Ho-Yin Wong

Votes: 1,885

78. The Slender Man (III) (2013)

122 min | Horror, Thriller

While investigating an unsolved missing persons case a young film student encounters an ancient evil that lives deep in the woods of a small town named Craven.

Director: Michael Davis | Stars: Michael Pool, Michael Davis, Vicki Davis, Hannah Mattingly

Votes: 23

79. The Sitter (1977)

22 min | Short, Horror, Thriller

A babysitter is menaced by mysterious and frightening phone calls.

Director: Fred Walton | Stars: Lucia Stralser, Curt Sanders, Karen Kondazian, Bill Striglos

Votes: 271

80. Paul Is Dead (2018)

14 min | Short, Comedy

1967. Hungover and at each other's throats, John, George and Ringo must convince Billy Shears, a sheepish rural lookalike, to join their band after Paul dies during a musical retreat.

Director: George Moore | Stars: Reid Anderson, Anton Tweedale, Basil Marples, Ashley Pekri

Votes: 95

81. Obscurity (2016)

47 min | Drama, Thriller

Before the spring of 1994, Suzanne Wade lived an idyllic life with her husband Derick and daughter Rachel. Derick's sudden death brings turmoil and devastation to their lives. Suzanne isn't... See full summary »

Director: Ashton Gleckman | Stars: Gabriella Anderson, Jacob Baker, Carol Dykes Booth, Caitlin Burden

Votes: 14

82. Juju Stories (2021)

84 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A three-part anthology film exploring juju (magical) stories rooted in Nigerian folklore and urban legend, written and directed by the Nigerian new wave cinema collective known as Surreal16.

Directors: Abba Makama, C.J. 'Fiery' Obasi, Michael Omonua | Stars: Belinda Agedah Yanga, Paul Utomi, Elvis Poko, Don Ekwuazi

Votes: 176

83. It's me, Billy (2021)

42 min | Short, Horror

It's Me, Billy is a short Black Christmas fan and tribute film based on the 1974 Canadian horror classic Black Christmas. The film is an unofficial sequel set nearly 50 years after the ... See full summary »

Directors: Bruce Dale, Dave McRae | Stars: Dave McRae, Shelby Handley, Malaika Hennie-Hamadi, Caro Coltman

Votes: 223

84. Slender: The Arrival (2013 Video Game)

T | Adventure, Horror, Mystery

When her friend disappears into the woods around her home, a young woman ventures into a nightmarish realm to unravel the mystery of a malevolent creature that has targeted her.

Director: Mark J. Hadley

Votes: 492

85. Black Christmas: 2021 Remake (2021)

54 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A Mysterious Intruder Breaks into a Fraternity House and begins to stalk and murder the occupants one by one, as the victims try to figure out who is behind the killings before they all become victims to the intruder.

Director: Jackson Bigley | Stars: Alec Bigley, Jackson Bigley, Cohen Burton, Michael George

Votes: 33

86. TribeTwelve (2010–2019)

TV-MA | 770 min | Horror

After the death of his cousin, a college student uploads footage from a weekend they spent together. However, he discovers something disturbing while going through the tapes. Soon enough, he slips down the same rabbit hole his cousin did.

Stars: Adam Rosner, Rikki Dorian Audax, Kyle Malo, Josh Steelman

Votes: 223

87. O Anjo da Noite (1974)

84 min | Drama, Horror

Student girl goes to a mansion in Petrópolis, Brazil, to babysit two children, while their parents are away for the weekend, and is terrorized by anonymous phonecalls originating in the house.

Director: Walter Hugo Khouri | Stars: Selma Egrei, Eliezer Gomes, Lilian Lemmertz, Pedro Coelho

Votes: 116

88. Polybius (IV)

Not Rated | 18 min | Short, Sci-Fi | Completed

Based on the urban legend, a teenage girl tries to convince the local sheriff that a mysterious game cabinet caused her brother to commit suicide.

Director: Jimmy Kelly | Stars: Tom Atkins, Jennifer Kelly, Stephen Shore, Cheron Bey

89. Red (XII) (2020)

Short, Action, Thriller

When Daniel, an ex soldier, makes a dangerous choice to find his daughter a matching organ through unofficial channels, he awakes in a bath of ice, missing one of his own kidneys. ... See full summary »

Director: David Newton | Stars: Beau Fowler, Ian Reddington, Jennifer Lim, Andrew Leung

90. Shoky & Morthy: Last Big Thing (2021)

99 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller

Shoky and Morthy are best friends and successful YouTubers, but their fame is slowly beginning to fade. While Morthy would like to quit, Shoky comes up with ideas for making their videos ... See full summary »

Director: Andy Fehu | Stars: Stepán Kozub, Jakub Stáfek, Tomás Magnusek, Martina Babisova

Votes: 243

91. Terranigma (1995 Video Game)

E | Action, Adventure, Drama

Ark, a boy from the underworld, is drawn by two opposing forces to resurrect all of the Planet's living things, and to lead their growth into civilization.

Director: Tomoyoshi Miyazaki

Votes: 239

92. Slender: The Eight Pages (2012 Video Game)

T | Horror

A young girl must collect 8 pages scattered throughout a forest, while evading a malevolent creature who wants to kill her.

Director: Mark J. Hadley

Votes: 634

93. Slenderman: The Arrival (2015)

Horror

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Stars: Eddie Possehl, Benjamin Erickson, Joel Smith, Micah Smith

Votes: 18

94. Sleepy Hallows (2018–2019)

Thriller

Sleepy Hallows is based upon 8 Urban Legends as told by Children at a Halloween Sleepover.

Stars: Katinka McDowell, Ella Lee, Mya-Grace Helbert, Iliria Krasniqi

95. The Slender Man (2017)

45 min | Horror

A journalist investigates the strange disappearances of children and finds out just how dangerous the truth can be.

Director: Eric Tremaine | Stars: Bobby McGruther, Jeffrey J. Scott, Gerhard Patterson, Mark A. Yajcaji

Votes: 26

96. Taxi 121 (2016)

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Taxi 121 is a feature film inspired by true events, where a serial killer took lives of three Prague taxi drivers. Story is focused on one of the victims, the young driver Matej. His one ... See full summary »

Director: Daniel Pánek | Stars: Filip Tomsa, Lenka Zahradnická, Dusan Sitek, Vlastina Svátková

Votes: 52

97. Krakonosovo tajemství (2022 TV Movie)

98 min | Family, Fantasy

When Rübezahl (Krakonos in Czech) overlooks his duties to guard mountain's treasure because of his fondness for beautiful Liduska, he makes a few mistakes that bring bad things even in good... See full summary »

Director: Peter Bebjak | Stars: David Svehlík, Leona, Jan Nedbal, Ondrej Sokol

Votes: 182

98. Sunshine Girl and the Hunt for Black Eyed Kids (2012)

87 min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller

The star of the hit series, The Haunting of Sunshine Girl, Sunshine embarks on a new adventure with her best pal, Nolan and a new sidekick Andrew. They head to Portland, Oregon in search of... See full summary »

Director: Nicholas J. Hagen | Stars: Maxwell James Arnold, Aparna Brielle, Siobhan Caverly, Kevin Cooke

Votes: 67

99. Una Reina en Las Américas (1997)

Drama, Mystery

The soul of a young woman stays wandering after she dies in a traffic accident on her wedding night.

Stars: Josefina Almonte, Orlando Alonzo, Héctor Aníbal, José Roberto Díaz

100. Sickle (2015)

89 min | Horror

Twelve year old Michael Hart is convicted of the murder of a babysitter, despite his claims that a "monster did it." Upon his release, the monster returns and the bodies are piling up. Is ... See full summary »

Directors: Forris Day Jr., Geno McGahee | Stars: Steven Joseph Adams, Leeann Aubuchon, Crystal Aya, Pete Baez

Votes: 202