Watching horror films around Halloween is like peanut butter and jelly — they go together perfectly.
In 2023, the Caller-Times shared tales about cryptids that haunt Texas . The year prior, we put an article together about urban legends found in the Lone Star State .
An urban legend is a story typically about an unusual or funny event that some people believe to be true, but they are always folklore. While entertaining, the legends are often mysterious or have troubling issues focused on disappearances, strange objects or terrifying entities.
Grab your blanket, microwave some popcorn and turn off the lights as you watch these 10 horror films based on urban legends.
‘Alligator’ (1980)
A zoophobic father flushes his daughter’s pet baby alligator down the toilet and it ends up in the city’s sewers. For the past 12 years, the reptile has fed off carcasses of test subjects from a growth hormone experiment. Now with an insatiable appetite, the alligator goes on a rampage, devouring anything in its way.