Urban Legend (1998)

Until the 1990’s, horror movies were typically the genre that people breaking into the movie business often times got their start. Every now and then an established actor would take a role in a horror movie to spice up their career or simply because they thought it would be fun. When the 1990’s came around, young actors who already had something of a reputation began starring together in ensemble pieces. Typically these were actors who currently were in different shows on the same network; the film “Urban Legends” is a great example of both of these styles of casting. It’s a fun film that tries to be like “Scream” but attempts to find its approach to being clever. As always, sequels followed but the original remains the best of the series. There are enough scares to keep the viewer interested, a decent story line, the characters and the actors are ok, and the film quality is great.

College students are being killed one by one in various ways that resemble different urban legends. Is someone trying to prove that they are more than legends? Is the Stanley Hall massacre, the college’s own urban legend, true and is the anniversary going to come in to play in the story? Who’s the real killer, who isn’t the killer?

Great tag line – It happened to someone who knows someone you know…You’re next!