I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025)
Directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson
When five friends inadvertently cause a deadly car accident, they cover up their involvement and make a pact to keep it a secret rather than face the consequences. A year later, their past comes back to haunt them and they're forced to confront a horrifying truth: someone knows what they did last summer…and is hell-bent on revenge.
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…verges on a meta-level more comparable to Scream, or rather, 2022’s Scream…
…this sequel owes much to Scream (2022)…
…something closer in tone to a knowing horror comedy like Scream (which was scripted by original I Know What You Did Last Summer screenwriter Kevin Williamson)…
Yet, after the critical and commercial success of 2022’s Scream, the studios seemingly went back to the drawing board, likely thinking that Kevin Williamson’s other teen slasher franchise might hit it big as well.
Fans of the recent Scream sequels will find similarities here in structure and in how Julie and Ray reprise their legacy roles; however, it never feels reductive.
Since the success of 2022's Scream, studios have leaned heavily into the legacy reboot genre…
You’d think local lore would be enough to convince kids from Southport — or Haddonfield, or Elm Street, or Derry, ME — to get the hell out of Dodge…
The Golden Age of Slashers in the late 1970s to mid-1980s saw films like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Prom Night (1980), and A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) captivate and terrify audiences in exciting, new ways.
2011’s Scream 4 is a perfect example of introducing new characters while bringing back legacy ones (and did a much better job than this film).
…the latest Halloween trilogy…
“Scream’s” Ghostface and “Halloween’s” Michael Myers both recently made bloody comebacks…
In the past five years, we’ve seen revivals of Bill & Ted, Ghostbusters, Top Gun, Halloween, Scream, and now, inevitably, I Know What You Did Last Summer returns to theaters.
Halloween, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Scream, Candyman—the legacy sequels are coming in waves…
Seven years out from David Gordon Green’s Halloween (2018) reboot, the legacy slasher sequel craze it kickstarted is still going strong.
…could be read as a parody of Jamie Lee Curtis’ press tour for 2018’s Halloween…
It harkens back to the mayor in Jaws reopening the beaches while the shark is still snacking on his voters.
Prinze adds a splash of Quint from Jaws to his role as Ray…
…whose rich dad (Billy Williams) runs the town and apparently grew up thinking the mayor in “Jaws” was the hero…
Eli Roth’s Thanksgiving and even 2025’s Heart Eyes have worked as movies spiritually guided by Wes Craven and Ghostface…
Recent slashers like “Heart Eyes” and “Thanksgiving” have had fun in the genre sandbox, leaning into their themes and carving out identities.
…creating new iconic monsters like the titular killers of M3GAN and Heart Eyes…
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…verges on a meta-level more comparable to Scream, or rather, 2022’s Scream and its sequel, Scream VI…
Which slasher reboot or legacyquel is the best?
Scream VI (2023)…
…the release of films like Thanksgiving, X, and the revival of Scream signaled a glorious return of the slashers…
Recent slashers like “Heart Eyes” and “Thanksgiving” have had fun in the genre sandbox, leaning into their themes and carving out identities.
…a sequel to I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)…
Upon rewatching it (and the sequel, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer) as an adult proved it still wasn’t my bag.
…an in joke about "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer"…
He was also in the first sequel, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer…
From the 1997 original through its sequels and the 2006 reboot, (“I Still Know What You Did Last Summer” and the reboot “I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer”), the films have consistently seemed like lesser versions of “Scream,”…
…the way elements are involved from the less beloved I Still Know What You Did Last Summer.
The Golden Age of Slashers in the late 1970s to mid-1980s saw films like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Prom Night (1980), and A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) captivate and terrify audiences in exciting, new ways.
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The Golden Age of Slashers in the late 1970s to mid-1980s saw films like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Prom Night (1980), and A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) captivate and terrify audiences in exciting, new ways.
In the past five years, we’ve seen revivals of Bill & Ted, Ghostbusters, Top Gun, Halloween, Scream, and now, inevitably, I Know What You Did Last Summer returns to theaters.