it may not have have the big budget and celebrity or endorsement of scream and urban legend or i know what you do last summer and but campfire tale have one thing these three movie lack represent true horror . this film tackle the subject of urban legend a year before the aptly title and less than enthral urban legend do . it be intrigue and masterfully script and logical in a way i know what you do last summer could only dream of . finally and it hold it focus and finish with a flurry while scream fizzle and die . what most excite about the film be the variety of horror that the writer and director achieve . the overarch story of teenager around a campfire be classic dread at the unknown ( but certainly expect ) doom that await them in the forest and but the tale themselves be where the movie really shin . the opening sequence be pure and fast paced urban myth . it base on a popular legend and and the director play on this with the style and pace of the action and make it more enthralling because we know what go to happen . the first campfire tale be a straight forward thriller . base on another popular myth and we do not actually realize this until the end and both because it blend so well into the story and because the action keep our attention . be the thriller of the trilogy and this one play off our fear of the unknown and include several well do jump sequence that do not feel nearly a cheap or contrite a those in movie like scream or urban legend . the second tale be more suspense . this time and though the character still do not know what go on and we do and and this provide the horror . no need for cheap thrill here . the final tale contain element of the supernatural and use a creepy or trippy atmosphere to scare the viewer . because we can relate so easily to the character and their situation and our fear come from their intensity and what they can not explain . this be the true ghost story of the trio . i do not expect to enjoy campfire tale when i rent it . i figure that if i do not like it more acclaimed and big budget counterpart and how could i like it . the truth be and though and this film succeed where the others fell far short of the mark .