Search Results for "urban myth"

A young mother discovers a homeless woman is nesting in her house.

Deals with the vivid everyday life horrors that can be easily encountered in familiar places around subjects like noise between floors, secondhand furniture, mannequins, and social media.

A group of high school seniors embark on a spring break camping trip to investigate the myths they had been researching and learning from their History teacher. During their trip, they stumble on an old haunted Indian Burial ground and get more than they bargained for when some of the group start to vanish. This film showcases some of the best that Northern Michigan has to offer, along with an all-star cast.

A cornucopia of unusual characters are sprinkled throughout this Middle-American community in which the characters are constantly encountering the stuff of urban legends and myths. This dark comedy examines the stereotypes in society through misconceptions and misunderstandings as the stories begin to ravel into each other, eventually explaining each other.

A folklorist researching an 'urban legend' becomes caught up in his task. The film tells its fictional story in documentary style, featuring interviews with real folklore scholars.

An up and coming film company comes up with a clever idea for a television series, in which the objective is for the film team to set out and disprove common urban legends. Although, past seasons of the show have seen good exposure, their success has been limited. The season kicks off with the story of Bloody Mary. with the research and equipment in hand the crew moves forward with the first episode of the season. As the recording proceeds, nothing could prepare them for the chain of events that takes place, as they will quickly find out, this myth is unlike any other myth they have attempted to tackle in the past.

In the back of a underground Jazz club in New York’s Greenwich village, a group of friends would meet every month and tell stories for an intimate audience. These weren’t just any friends, they were New York’s best stand up comedians, and these weren’t just any stories, they were true, slice-of-life accounts from the people who make people laugh for a living. For anyone who has ever wondered: “Where does the comedy come from?”, here is your answer. Behind the scenes. Below the radar. Raising the bar. Urban Myth. Real stories. Real comics. Real funny.

A burglar breaks into the apartment of Grace Jones and artist Jean-Paul Goude. He is interrupted by Debbie Harry and Andy Warhol.

Why are there so many ghosts on the island of Jamaica? Why is the island so notoriously haunted by tales of voodoo and dark mystical lore? "Haunted Jamaica" seeks to answer these questions ...

An unseen narrator reunites with his old friend Joey Bernstein in the dingy back room of a comic and games store located in a dead mall. Bernstein asks if the narrator remembers their favorite childhood computer game, Punctured Sky, and informs him that all trace of the game has vanished from history. The narrator then embarks on a quest to uncover the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of Punctured Sky. Along the way, he must contend with a series of strange encounters on and offline and confront the precariousness of memory in the digital age.

Something stalks the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. A demon said to inhabit the dark forests of these lands has stalked and terrified the locals for centuries, but what is the story behind its dark origin?

In the vast wilderness of Mount Hood, four brothers are hunted by unearthly creatures.

One night in 1966, Matari was taken away by his neighbors by force. He never came back, leaving Mastika to live an endless nightmare.

At the beaches of Aracaju(Brazil), popsicle sellers believe in the myth of a girl dressed in white called Eva Maria.