Urban Legends: Final Cut is a misunderstood masterpiece

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7 ай бұрын

In the year 2000, shortly before I was born, a sequel to the 1998 slasher film Urban Legend was released to little fanfare. The resulting film, Urban Legends: Final Cut, was dismissed by most critics and audiences as a lackluster rehash of the first film. But I know different. I know better. This is the satirical film school-set non-slasher film you never knew you needed, with a surprisingly star-studded cast. That last part should really come as no surprise; after all, film is a collaborative medium.
There aren't really chapters for this video, it's more of a stream-of-consciousness meltdown.
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@rtaylor2682 7 ай бұрын

“Ill burn any bridge idc”🔥🔥🔥

@jane-mulcahy 7 ай бұрын

😭 I graduated, I'm not about that life anymore!!

@walnutsrcool 7 ай бұрын

Okay but the original has uncanny valley QUEEN Alicia Whitt and I’m gonna need you to go down a deep dive on her. Watch her music videos, watch her childhood prodigy interviews, especially watch the terrifying hallmark movie with her in it called Christmas list

@jane-mulcahy 7 ай бұрын

haha honestly I hadn't really seen her in anything before UL! I will definitely have to check out Christmas List at the very least

@DeadpoolNegative 7 ай бұрын

Twin Peaks!!!!!

@redearth6267 7 ай бұрын

Fun is a good movie she did playing a teen girl on a murder spree

@kimberlyc1406 6 ай бұрын

omg @walnutsrcool I agree! Playing Mona Lisa is a cute rom-com with a whole lovely cast plus the amazing Harvey Fierstein@@jane-mulcahy

@MyssBlewm 7 ай бұрын

Let's say the Oscar the editor received was a long delayed Oscar for Urband Legends: Final Cut and not for the film he actually won it for 😅

@wtfaiwpodcast 7 ай бұрын

Urban Legends 3: Bloody Mary is also underrated, not because the movie is any good, but just because the spider scene is a little masterpiece on its own.

@jane-mulcahy 7 ай бұрын

honestly after watching the first two I watched maybe the first third of Bloody Mary and found it very boring 😭 but the spider scene was indeed the best part I saw

@bunniey3290 7 ай бұрын

see this is the movie i was thinking of when i started this video, i just had a vague inkling about that scene i didnt even remember it was a series

@ofthe_valley 7 ай бұрын

as someone who is also a film graduate who ALSO did their final thesis on slasher films AND loves slashers that everyone else thinks are bad, this video was Made For Me LMAO. crowdfunding to create a time machine and retroactively make this script gayer

@jane-mulcahy 7 ай бұрын

omg I focused on classic era slashers directed by women, what was your paper about??

@ofthe_valley 7 ай бұрын

@@jane-mulcahy the final girl and queer identity in north american cinema!!

@jane-mulcahy 7 ай бұрын

@@ofthe_valley love it!!

@taythethey 7 ай бұрын

Continuing the streak of only banger videos I fear

@DeadpoolNegative 7 ай бұрын

I saw Urban Legend. In the theater. (I am very old) I wonder if Danielle Harris still gets people asking if she's into Lithium.

@ness3614 7 ай бұрын

congrats on graduating! i feel so seen by you saying urban legends just should’ve been a love story. in my mental list of slasher movies where i think it would’ve been more interesting if a different person had been the final girl, eva mendes’ character has always been up there for me.

@Lucy-yd6uj 7 ай бұрын

I love the first one but the sequel is such a hidden gem

@Sacos 7 ай бұрын

Very fun video but just wanted to point out that you missed Anson Mount (Toby) who is the incredibly handsome Captain Pike on Star Trek.

@caminandoyflotando 7 ай бұрын

The killers mask may have been an homage to a little obscure first wave 80s slasher movie called Graduation Day where the fencing mask made a little more sense since the targets were all student athletes

@sarapineda9996 7 ай бұрын

This video made me realize how similar Eva Mendez and Gina Gershon look

@jane-mulcahy 7 ай бұрын

you READ MY MIND that's all I was thinking while editing

@sarapineda9996 7 ай бұрын

@@jane-mulcahy I kept thinking “wow that Gina Gershon sure knows how to play a lesbian” even though you kept saying it was Eva Mendez 😭

@finnac89 7 ай бұрын

You're so right, this would have worked much better as a lesbian love story; Also, I'm probably not the first person to inquire about this, but have you considered starting a patreon? I know I'd sign up right away.

@jane-mulcahy 7 ай бұрын

I really appreciate your interest, because I am thinking of starting a patreon! honestly I've kind of just been waiting for my current sponsor contract to end, so I might do it at the beginning of next year.

@amelooloo 7 ай бұрын

film is a collaborative medium 😡🔫

@melanie3867 7 ай бұрын

i follow you on letterboxd and was excited to see you log this movie! unpopular opinion (?) but i honestly think this movie is way better than the first urban legend (probably because it doesn’t have jared leto lol)

@abbeyj 7 ай бұрын

totally forgot this film existed. love your channel jane, you're killing it. congrats on graduating 👏

@the-birbo 7 ай бұрын

Wait, the Degrassi lady is literally a film scholar? I love that

@bookshelfhoney 5 ай бұрын

A film scholar and a Degrassi scholar

@livstylerewind 7 ай бұрын

So here for this one!!🙌🤩

@erykahs9604 7 ай бұрын

Love your hair. Glad your posting, thank you!

@skinkscat 7 ай бұрын

i watched this movie a few months ago and the main things i said in the group chat after were 1. a waste of Ava Mendes as a lesbian and i pointed out the same scene where her relationship is used as a fantasy for a straight guy, 2. that the mis-en-scene line was so funny and out of place LOL, and 3. i also laughed so hard/really felt the "film is a collaborative medium" scene, gotta send that as a reaction to something relevant in the gc. Exciting to hear u mention these moments !!! I also brought up the two crew guys talking abt George Lucas when my friend was visiting my campus lol I watched this and your video on "War" back to back so it was funny to have a plot twist of both secret twins and a guy that secretly replaced/looks like another guy right next to each other. I am maybe noticing something u might appreciate in certain movies haha I can't say I really enjoyed the Urban Legend(s) movies because I got kinda bored, but focusing in on specific elements does reveal that there are some hidden gems. I do love the Pam Grier obsession. The fencing mask reminded me of the slasher movie "Graduation Day". At the end of the movie i went omg and snapped a pic of the killer from the last movie and then i realized "this is only something i will care about, this means nothing" lmao

@MrBooone 5 ай бұрын

As a film studies and communications grad, theory teachers were often pretty lame. So that's incredibly relateable, not everyone wants to become a grad student who writes essays on film lmao

@blue-xt3wi 7 ай бұрын

nah you sorta ate with that julien bit like bash him!!!

@jane-mulcahy 7 ай бұрын

let's just say the man caused me a LOT of burnout!

@jahbvbypost 3 күн бұрын

Sandra’s death scene always made me feel uneasy

@elizabethseeley4539 4 ай бұрын

Jane, we want to see your thesis film!!! The viewers need it!

@robbiegeegee 7 ай бұрын

I thankful for this video this Thanksgiving 😊

@kaiwancallender2761 7 ай бұрын

We’re gonna drop

@BradsPitts. 7 ай бұрын

Part of our grade was based on helping each other with each other’s films so at least I can rest easy knowing I’m not going out that way 🤣

@LittleRedTeaCake 7 ай бұрын

Honestly, both Urban Legend films are amazing to me. So much of both of them live rent free in my brain because they're awesome. I don't care what anyone says, they rock.

@queencockroach 7 ай бұрын

YES FINALLY I love this movie. You should check out the Aughtsterion podcast episode about it.

@Ellieescent 7 ай бұрын

I will never not see Scott Derrickson superimposed over women in film talking about Foxy Brown now 💀

@necromancer1983x 3 ай бұрын

Been a long time since I've seen this movie, didn't remember such a stacked cast... wait a sec, was that Anson Mount? and Supergirl's Hart Bochner?

@Nicolesid1 7 ай бұрын

A sequel horror that is actually really good is Grave Encounters 2. The first one was ok, but the second one shouldn't be that good.

@jane-mulcahy 7 ай бұрын

I've never seen either Grave Encounters! but I love when a sequel is lowkey better than the original

@taythethey 7 ай бұрын

Also girlie when can I read your thesis?

@jane-mulcahy 7 ай бұрын

okay your comment drove me to finally post it 😂 www.janemulcahy.com/blog/fine-heres-my-entire-thesis-paper

@paper_maiden 7 ай бұрын

@@jane-mulcahyThank youuuu! I will subject myself to academic writing again because if it's yours, it's certainly good 🫰

@hurgenflerg2133 7 ай бұрын

@@jane-mulcahy While you're at it, can we get the short film script that you mention near the start of the thesis?

@jane-mulcahy 7 ай бұрын

@@hurgenflerg2133 that's a little more complicated since the film hasn't gone to festivals yet and I'm actually still actively submitting the script to competitions. so maybe someday but probably not quite yet!

@taythethey 7 ай бұрын

Oh so I’m eating good tonight I see

@BradsPitts. 7 ай бұрын

It’s so funny cause there are a bunch of film professors who are better known than many filmmakers

@jaymereynolds9172 7 ай бұрын

I like the lighting and set pieces, and the wardrobe is very condensed 2000. I also think the fencer mask was picked as a slasher homage like Michael Myers or more likely Jason Vorhees (which his to my knowledge isnt explained, why'd it be at a summer camp?). Thanks for the video:) and now I'm to read your thesis

@jane-mulcahy 7 ай бұрын

see but Micheal Myers wearing a mask makes sense because the movie takes place on Halloween, and in Friday the 13th it actually is explained why Jason has the hockey mask- in the 3rd film (he doesn't wear a mask in the first, isn't even the killer, then in the 2nd he wears a burlap sack as a mask) one of the kids at the camp has the hockey mask and Jason takes it from him when he kills him. not great explanations but they are technically there, so I stand by the fencing mask not making any sense! thank you for watching and being interested in the thesis lolol

@isabelsoares4942 3 ай бұрын

"Trigger warning: it has Jared Letto in it" killed me

@horusb975 4 ай бұрын

Just started watching this and one thing that stood out to me immediately was that a TV series based on horror audio drama Archive 81 was in the background of Scott Derrickson’s filmography? When and why did they make a TV series out of Archive 81? Is it good? I’ve fallen out of most podcast fandom, but I haven’t heard about a TV adaptation for one since the announcements of adaptations for The Bright Sessions and WTNV in 2017, neither of which have seen the light of day to my knowledge. The fact that an Archive 81 show actually exists in a tangible watchable format has flabbergasted me. I’m going to get back to watching the video now but Jesus Christ

@sacharyy 7 ай бұрын

we might have the same little skeleton… i have two of them

@jane-mulcahy 7 ай бұрын

long lost triplets???

@the-birbo 7 ай бұрын

I saw Urban Legends Final Cut when I was a little kid and I've thought about it occasionally as an adult, but I've always kind of thought it was like a nightmare I had lmao

@bookshelfhoney 7 ай бұрын

Brb going to watch urban legend

@bookshelfhoney 5 ай бұрын

I watched Urban legend and urban legends final cut as a little double feature, good stuff. Didn't watch the third one...yet

@p.diddykong5047 7 ай бұрын

Wow, I remember watching this movie when it came out! I'm old, now. Lol

@blurgus 7 ай бұрын

idk if anyone mentioned this, but how would the professor explain that the cast and crew of his movie are all dead?

@BradsPitts. 7 ай бұрын

My name is Julian and I graduated last year as a theory person, so we’re not all bad 🙈

@jane-mulcahy 7 ай бұрын

thank you for subverting harmful stereotypes about Film Julians

@hhhdnnej3 7 ай бұрын

PLEASE tell me you'll be watching Laughing All the Way (starring jake freaking epstein) this holiday season!!! i know it literally came out like 2 days ago and i just discovered its existence today but if anyone should talk about it, its you (:

@jane-mulcahy 7 ай бұрын

oh I might have to look into that...