Urban Legend Details

This is one of the weaker examples of the late 1990s resurgence in stalk 'n' slash movies. After a particularly gruesome opening, it becomes apparent that the attractive teenagers at a remote university campus are being dispatched in the form of — you've guessed it — urban legends. The series of gimmicky murders are the film's sole stab at innovation (anyone heard of Scream?), although some of the later “legends” seem made up for the purposes of the plot. There's a pointed cameo from Robert “Freddy Krueger” Englund, but otherwise the pedestrian direction, bland cast and ludicrous final unmasking don't add up to much.

A horror movie that begins with a clever concept, though otherwise it offers the usual mix of multiple murders and shocks.