Authentic Recordings! Cursed Urban Legends: A Collection of Urban Legends from the Showa Era(2007)

The Ring(en)

Rachel Keller is a journalist investigating a videotape that may have killed four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring so she can save herself and her son.

Toilet Hanako-san: Secret of the Disappearing Girl(ja)

Its their first year at Honcho Junior High and things get off to a very shaky start when students left and right begin having strange experiences. While Miyuki visits her teacher Saeki to attend to a finger cut, she has visions of a somber-faced girl in an outdated school uniform. At that very moment, panicked students run into the office announcing that another student, Mizudani Sachie, has fainted while in the "Hanako stall" of the girl's bathroom, the rumored location of the haunting spirit of a young girl. When Sachie fails to regain consciousness, she is taken to the hospital, where she later awakens with no memory of the incident. Upon her return to school, however, Sachie now seems to have full insight into other things such as the manner of death or serious injury each student will face.

The Hills Run Red(en)

A group of young horror fans go searching for a film that mysteriously vanished years ago but instead find that the demented killer from the movie is real, and he's thrilled to meet fans who will die gruesomely for his art.

Urban Spirit Legend: Psychic Factory(ja)

A paranormal college club investigates some reported activity at an abandoned warehouse.

Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh(en)

Annie, a young schoolteacher struggling to solve the brutal murder of her father, unwittingly summons the "Candyman" to New Orleans, where she learns the secret of his power, and discovers the link that connects them.

Urban Legend(en)

A college campus is plagued by a vicious serial killer murdering students in ways that correspond to various urban legends.

Alter Ego(ja)

Three aspiring young Japanese models are on their very first fashion shoot at an abandoned school one hot summer day. Without warning, strange events begin occurring around the set that causes the models and photo crew to question their sanity, as one by one they begin to die agonizing and painful deaths that are seemingly caused by none other than themselves.

Candyman(en)

The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.

The Raking(en)

THE RAKING tells the story of a group of college students who set out to debunk an urban legend in Joshua Tree, California for their anthropology thesis, only to find that they become part of the legend themselves.

The Shortcut(en)

When Derek moves to a new town and discovers a shortcut through the woods to his high school, he learns about a crazy old man who lives near its path: Legend has it that he abducted a group of teenagers years ago. Ignoring the warning, Derek and his friends set out to uncover the dark secret that's buried deep in the woods. But will they survive to tell it?

The Greenman(en)

Seven friends at a birthday party discover a story about an urban legend. They decide to go searching for the Greenman. After the party is over, and the fun stops, they soon realize there is more to the legend than people actually know,

Swamp Freak(en)

Six college students go into the wetlands to find their missing professor after he takes off in search of the mythical and deadly monster known as the 'Swamp Freak.'

Scream Girls 2(ja)

Siam Square(th)

A group of high school students try to capture evidence of an urban legend on film but soon realize that they're the ones being watched.

Sam's Lake(en)

Inspired by a murder-mystery-turned-legend surrounding a massacre near "Sam's Lake," the film follows Sam, a young woman who, every summer, returns home to the secluded lakeside cottage she grew up in, to reconnect with her traditions and memories of the past deep within an isolated forest.

Ghost Tower: A Complete Urban Legend from Hell(en)

A mockumentary horror depicting the tragedy of director Kiyotaka Taguchi and Miki Hatano approaching the ruined tower, which is said to be the birthplace of many urban legends such as Yamanishi, Kotoribako, and Kokke-san flying on the Internet.

Slender Man(en)

In a small town in Massachusetts, four high school girls perform a ritual in an attempt to debunk the lore of Slender Man. When one of the girls goes mysteriously missing, they begin to suspect that she is, in fact, his latest victim.

Midnight Movie(en)

At a seedy theater in a sleepy suburban town, a group of friends get together for a midnight screening of an early 1970s horror film, unaware that the director has something more in store for them.

The Concubine(id)

A former soldier gets a job to rob a house, but it turns out that the house is the house of Nyai, a concubine a.k.a Gundik.

Campfire Tales(en)

Anthology of famous, scary urban legends done with a modern twist.