I Know What You Did Last Summer

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I Know What You Did Last Summer

R

1997

1h 41m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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A year after running over a fisherman and dumping his body in the water, four friends reconvene when Julie (Jennifer Love Hewitt) receives a frightening letter telling her that their crime was seen. While pursuing who he thinks is responsible for the letter, Barry (Ryan Phillippe) is run over by a man with a meat hook. The bloodletting only increases from there, as the killer with the hook continues to stalk Julie, Helen (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Ray (Freddie Prinze Jr.).

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Critics Consensus

A by-the-numbers slasher that arrived a decade too late, the mostly tedious I Know What You Did Last Summer will likely only hook diehard fans of the genre.

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Steven Rea

Philadelphia Inquirer

07/15/2025

3/4

An enjoyable formulaic fearfest.

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Joe Holleman

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

07/15/2025

This movie lacks all of the elements that made [Scream]... a fun ride -- namely humor, suspense and good acting,

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Sandra Hall

Sydney Morning Herald

07/15/2025

It's a nifty piece of writing, even if the absence of psychological underpinnings mean that it's not much more than an exercise in popular mechanics.

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Noah Berlatsky

Everything is Horrible (Substack)

Jul 23

Unusually emphatic in its giggling assault on the young and all they stand for—sex, dreams, hopes, high spirits, and, in particular, the supplanting of their elders.

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Rachel Wagner

Rachel's Reviews (YouTube)

Jul 23

they capture the sense of anxiety and fear of being chased and attacked. Effective slasher

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Stephen A. Russell

Orion's Shoulder (Substack)

07/18/2025

Not terrible. Not dull. Just ok, and infinitely inferior to Scream.

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Fantazynerd 1

@RT48179632 Jul 4

Amazing and ridiculous

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Hannah LeeAnn F

@RT05126832 May 3

SPOILER ALERT: I Know What You Did Last Summer is a movie I would recommend you see once or twice. I personally really enjoy horror, but this movie does sort of miss the mark on the plot development, the title of the movie itself gives half of it away making the movie super easy to follow and too easy to make assumptions about early in the film. I did enjoy watching the whole actions have consequence’s part play out, the teens messed up and didn’t take accountability, and it came back to bite them. Not too scary for a slasher, but a good movie overall.

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mitchell C.

@mitch89014 Apr 14

What so good about this film? High production and decent acting, that is it, plot is okay, suspense, not too much, horror and effects, not really, sex, nudity, none, memory tag lines, none, memorable villain, no, jump scares, none This is supposed to be a slasher film right? We’ll not really, disappointed for me

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Charles T.

@CharlesGaming1000 Apr 11

Very solid movie! its a dumber version of Scream but very solid! The Setting is peak too!

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Jonathan C

@CarpFishAttack Mar 24

I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) is peak ’90s slasher nostalgia - dramatic, spooky, and full of 90s vibe that makes these movies so great late at night. Sarah Michelle Gellar is a total standout almost final girl "It was an accident!" Overall, it’s a tight, fast-paced, and just plain fun horror movie. If you love ’90s thrillers, this one still hits.

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Benjamin W.

@Code70 Mar 23

A totally fine, somewhat nostalgic slasher. Kevin Williamson, whom we know from writing much of the Scream franchise and directing its latest entry, also wrote this film. And it’s fine. It’s not anywhere near as iconic or well-rounded as Scream (1996), and it’s much more straight-forward in its approach with everything. But it was enjoyable enough and somehow felt nostalgic even though I didn’t grow up in the 90s. Basically, a generic slasher elevated by the era.

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Jim Gillespie

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Jennifer Love Hewitt

Julie James

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Helen Shivers

Ryan Phillippe

Barry William Cox

Freddie Prinze Jr.

Ray Bronson

Muse Watson

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Synopsis

A year after running over a fisherman and dumping his body in the water, four friends reconvene when Julie (Jennifer Love Hewitt) receives a frightening letter telling her that their crime was seen. While pursuing who he thinks is responsible for the letter, Barry (Ryan Phillippe) is run over by a man with a meat hook. The bloodletting only increases from there, as the killer with the hook continues to stalk Julie, Helen (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Ray (Freddie Prinze Jr.).

Director: Jim Gillespie
Producer: Stokely Chaffin, Neal H. Moritz, Erik Feig
Screenwriter: Lois Duncan, Kevin Williamson
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: Columbia Pictures Corporation
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 17, 1997, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 27, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $72.2M
Runtime: 1h 41m
Sound Mix: Dolby, SDDS, Surround
Aspect Ratio: 35mm, Scope (2.35:1)