I absolutely love young adult characters so much especially in a thriller/horror genre! Urban Legend is wildly satisfying to me not sure why it wasn't to others. The way the cinematography was done is astounding or maybe I praise it the movie to much! Regardless of anything should be more known.

This was ripe for a rewatch and I remembered it fondly. Not just because I was fond of the beautiful people in front of the screen, but because I liked the murder mystery horror of it all. This was not being received well at the time of its release - Scream may have had something to do with it. Which is kind of funny, because Scream was probably responsible for this being made in the first place.

But while Scream was making fun of horror movies (in a very good way mind you),this was more a straight horror movie kind of deal. That being said, it is still tongue in cheek in more than one place. Be it the beginning (which also works as a mini short movie if you want to see it that way) or the end - the very last one of them ... although the second one can be almost seen as fun stab (smash?) at horror conventions too.

So while the movie is being honest and "real", it does not mean it does not have its moments of fun. Well fun might not be the right word for some, but I believe most understand what I'm saying here.

Add to that a fantastic cast (Jared Leto? Woah - had totally forgotten about him being in it) and you have a clear winner - at least in my book. The deaths are not as bloody as I remembered and there are deleted scenes in the trailer that are being talked about in the audio commetary - curious to see what else was cut from the movie.

One thing that you have to do for sure: suspend your disbelief. I don't think one can guess from the start where this is heading, but it is the journey nonetheless that is important. A journey made up of many things convenient and actually not really something anyone could plan happening ... but again, do not think too much about it, just go with the flow ... and what a flow it is!

Just another of the glut of teen slashers following in the wake of SCREAM, this one is much more entertaining than I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER. For a start, the acting is better, and plus there is a higher gore content. URBAN LEGEND, while obeying all of the most copied clichés in the genre (particularly the jump scene when someone is bumped into, this happens five or six times in the film),still manages to be quite entertaining, in a funny-bad way.

For a start, the cast is better than usual. While the main cast members are the fresh-faced, flawless beauties that we've all come to know and hate, even they aren't too bad. Alicia Witt is boring in the title role, while Jared Leto just needs to look pretty and run around a bit. The best actor of the bunch is Joshua Jackson, who is likable as the class joker, although unfortunately he isn't in the film for very long. John Neville fills the shoes of the headmaster well enough, while Robert Englund enjoys his small role as a suspicious college lecturer. Brad Dourif also has a small, scene-stealing cameo appearance as a stuttering garage attendant.

The film benefits from a clever, tricky opening murder with a twist that I didn't see coming. After this excellent scene though, it just goes downhill, as to be expected. Bland college life is punctuated by some brutal murders, most of which are mildly clever and diverting, although horrendously contrived. The blood flows quite freely in these scenes, although they aren't really all that gory, apart from an excellent moment when John Neville is run over by a car and crushed into a row of spikes. This is the best murder of them all.

The identity of the murderer is kept secret right up until the end, so it's quite fun playing guess the killer. However the fact that the killer wears a giant parka and carries an axe is very clichéd and the ending of the film is just plain stupid, with the killer coming back time after time after time for one last chill. These drawn out endings are really grating after a while, and you just want the film to end, not go on longer. While URBAN LEGEND isn't brilliant by a long way, it's a lot better than I thought it would be (due to all the negative comments heard on release). If you're a slasher fan then its an above average example of the genre, if not, it's a good film to watch with friends and to play guess the killer with. I did, and I had a lot of fun.