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Campfire Tales is a 1997 film about urban legends. It is a collection of four stories, urban legends with a modern twist. It stars Christine Taylor, Christopher Masterson, Ron Livingston, and Jacinda Barrett.

Cast

Jay R. Ferguson
- Cliff (segment "The Campfire")
Christine Taylor
- Lauren (segment "The Campfire")
Christopher Masterson
- Eric (segment "The Campfire")
Kim Murphy - Alex (segment "The Campfire")
Ron Livingston
- Rick (segment "The Honeymoon")/RV Driver (segment "The Campfire")
Jennifer MacDonald - Valerie (segment "The Honeymoon")/RV Passenger (segment "The Campfire")
Hawthorne James - Cole (segment "The Honeymoon")
Alex McKenna - Amanda (segment "People Can Lick Too")
Devon Odessa
- Katherine (segment "People Can Lick Too")
Jonathan Fuller - 'Jessica'/Internet Man (segment "People Can Lick Too")
Glenn Quinn
- Scott Anderson (segment "The Locket")/Paramedic #1 (segment "The Campfire")
Jacinda Barrett
- Heather Wallace (segment "The Locket")
James Marsden
- Eddie (segment "The Hook")
Amy Smart
- Jenny (segment "The Hook")
Rick Lawrence - Rockin' Rob (segment "The Hook")

The Stories

The Hook

The Hook was the first story of the movie. It is the only story out of the four that doesn't really fit in with the scheme of things. It is mostly there to set the mood and to give an idea of what's to come.

It is a retelling of the classic urban legend about a young couple at a local make out spot. An announcer interrupts the music to alert listeners that a killer has escaped from a nearby asylum. Citizens are to be on the lookout for a man with a hook in place of his hand. The girl gets scared and asks to be taken home. When they get back, the goes to open the door for her, there is a bloody hook dangling from the handle.

The Campfire

The Honeymoon

This story was about two young lovers who were recently married. For their honeymoon, they rent an RV and take it on a road trip. While travel, they spend their time making love and having fun. Then one night, the RV breaks down in the woods. The husband decides to get out to walk back to a gas that they had passed before turning into the woods. He tells his wife not to get out of the RV for any reason until he gets back.

So the wife waits around in the RV as the husband starts walking. After a few hours, she begins to get nervous because her husband hasn't come back yet. After a while, she begins hearing a sound on the top of the RV. This makes her afraid but she manages to get to sleep.

In the morning, the police come and knock on the door, waking her up. The lead her away from the RV and tell her not too look back. But the temptation overcomes her and she looks back. She see her husband hanging upside down from the tree, his ring scraping the top of the RV.

People Can Lick Too

This story is about a young girl staying home with her sister. The sister goes to the mall with her friends, leaving the young girl home by herself. The girl isn't to afraid, as she has her faithful dog by her side. The girl starts talking to a friend that she met over the internet. She tells her friend about how she's staying home by herself and how she wasn't afraid.

When she goes to bed, she puts her hand under her bed and lets her dog lick it. After falling asleep, she is woken by the sound of a dripping faucet from her bathroom. She brushes it off and lets her dog lick her hand so she can fall asleep. This happens a total of three times. On the third time, she sees the headlights of her parent's car and decides to go turn of the faucet.

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