Talking Pictures #17: Jamie Blanks, Director of URBAN LEGEND

Today’s guest is Australian horror movie director and genre aficionado Jamie Blanks. Jamie made a name for himself with his 1998 feature film debut URBAN LEGEND, a neo-slasher movie that came out in the wake of Wes Craven’s SCREAM movies and which told the story of a madman whose killings are based on popular urban legends. With a great cast of people like Alicia Witt, Jared Leto, Joshua Jackson, Robert Englund and Brad Dourif and a keen sense of style, the film became a hit which spawned two sequels. Jamie then made another stylish slasher movie, VALENTINE, which took its The post Talking Pictures #17: Jamie Blanks, Director of URBAN LEGEND appeared first on Talking Pictures.