Urban Legend

A college campus is plagued by a vicious serial killer murdering students in ways that correspond to various urban legends.

Cast

Alicia Witt

as Natalie Simon

Jared Leto

as Paul Gardener

Rebecca Gayheart

as Brenda Bates

Tara Reid

as Sasha Thomas

Loretta Devine

as Reese Wilson

Michael Rosenbaum

as Parker Riley

Joshua Jackson

as Damon Brooks

John Neville

as Dean Adams

Robert Englund

as Professor William Wexler

Natasha Gregson Wagner

as Michelle Mancini

Reviews

slayrrr666

Following a series of strange murders, a group of students at a college campus set out to investigate the crimes and their seeming connection to the killer when they find out the killer is basing their crimes on urban legends and set out to stop the rampage. This is far better than its reputation...

jon99

Urban Legend is a movie I watched during a long weekend marathon of older slasher movies that seem to have been forgotten, or at least aren't as heralded as the more well-known movies of the genre (Halloween, Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, etc.). Among these lesser known movies,...

JPV852

One of many lame slashers that sprouted in the late 90s thanks to the mega success of 'Scream'. Good cast utterly wasted with stilted dialogue and a nonsensical story, a half-assed motive and tame kills that weren't all that memorable....

T_Snow

**Urban Legend (1998) – Pure Slasher Fun** I revisited *Urban Legend* on a whim during a lazy weekend horror binge, expecting something disposable and forgettable. What I got instead was a sharp-looking, fast-moving slasher with a cool premise, a ridiculously attractive cast, and just the right m...

StephenBlue

I have such a soft spot for ***Urban Legend***. It's one of those late '90s slashers that gets better every time I revisit it, partly because it's so much fun and partly because the nostalgia is almost overwhelming. The college setting, the clothes, the music, the gorgeous young cast, the complete a...

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