I Know What You Did Last Summer

Spooptober 2022 | Movie :pound_symbol:1 Cheesy and engaging, IKWYDLS is a fun 90s slasher with all the tropes and cliches of it’s decade. Never too serious, an intriguing “who-done-it” plot and PG-13 kills keep things rolling through the delightfully brief runtime. Fun way to kick off the spooky season.

"Scream" ushered in a new era of teen slashers in 1996. "I Know What You Did Last Summer" was one of the first imitators a year later, and probably the most well-known. As with "Scream," Kevin Williamson penned the screenplay. However, not much of the humor from the "Scream" movies can be found in this film, which takes itself quite seriously overall. The biggest draw of "I Know What You Did Last Summer" is certainly the cast. Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Freddie Prinze Jr.—that was certainly a strong combo, especially in the 90s. But they don't really deliver good performances here. And the film doesn't have much else to offer either. The characters all behave stupidly, the premise is far-fetched, and the script is thin. The tension builds nicely at times, but the film frequently becomes tedious. And the kills are all very tame. "I Know What You Did Last Summer" is a thoroughly mediocre slasher, nothing more.