Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Urban Legends on the 13th: 325 Sycamore Lane

325 Sycamore Lane (2017)
Starring: Jeff DuJardin, Emmy Newman, and Juliette James
Director: Ren-Horng Wang
Rating: Nine of Ten Stars

Barry (DuJardin) encounters a pretty young woman (Newman) walking down a desolate stretch of highway in the dead of night.

Jeff DuJardin and Emily Newman in "325 Sycamore Lane"

"325 Sycamore Lane" seems like a straight-forward adaptation of the well-known, well-worn urban legend about a hitchhiking ghost for most of its run-time. It's an excellent adaptation of that legend, even to the point where a character voices what most viewers are thinking at a particular point in the film... but where it ultimately ends up makes an excellent horror film in every way.

Check it out below. The four minutes the film runs is going to be time well spent with this film's talented cast and well-paced story that's a fresh spin on oft-told tales.