Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Anne Heche, Ryan Phillippe, Freddie Prinze Jr. ...( see more  see more... ) , Bridgette Wilson

As they celebrate their high school graduation, four friends are involved in a hit-and-run accident when their car hits--and apparently kills--a pedestrian on an isolated roadway. They dispose of the ...( read more  read more... )body and vow to keep the incident a secret, but a year later somebody starts sending them letters bearing the warning "I Know What You Did Last Summer." At that point the panicked foursome becomes the target of an elusive serial killer whose disguise consists of a fisherman's slicker and a lethal ice hook. Part mystery and part slasher flick, this thriller was heavily hyped as a follow-up to Scream by screenwriter Kevin Williamson (who later created the TV series Dawson's Creek), and like Scream it's a showcase for a teenage cast including Jennifer Love Hewitt and Sarah Michelle Gellar. And while this shocker isn't as inspired as Scream, it's guaranteed to give its target audience a few good thrills as it dives toward a routine climax of mayhem and murder. Based (rather loosely) on the popular novel by Lois Duncan. --Jeff Shannon

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R, 1 hr. 41 min.

Directed by: Jim Gillespie

Release Date: October 17, 1997

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DVD Release Date: August 7, 2001

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  • October 9, 2006
    Where would the modern teen horror genre be without this movie? Suspenseful & absolutely edge-of-your-seat scary.
  • September 24, 2009
    After about 5 minutes, I couldn?t have given a toss what these idiots had done the previous summer.
  • September 8, 2009
    Four teenagers celebrate their last days in a small fishing town and end up on a beach, drinking heavily. When driving back into town they hit a man crossing the road and decide to dump the body in the sea rather than risking their futures on a manslaughter charge. However when d...( read more)umping the body the man turns out to be still alive. They drown him and vow never to speak of it again. However one year on someone is stalking the four and begins to take revenge for the previous summer's actions.

    This was made once Scream made teen slasher movies cool again. However here there is none of the ironic humour or self-referencing that made Scream good. Rather this is a straight up horror thriller that lacks anything to make it special or standout from the rest. The plot revolves around a murdered fisherman, with several red-herrings thrown into the mix. The red-herrings don't really work and to be honest you pretty much don't care about the ins and outs of who's doing the killing. Really however the plot is a bit of a disappointment and it doesn't really involve you.

    The biggest failing of the film is the performances. The murderer is not as effective as ones like Ghostface or Freddy - partly because he lacks screen presence but also because we all feel sorry for him - after all he's not crazy, he's only taking revenge. The teens in question make it worse - with the exception of Love Hewitt and maybe Prinze they are pretty unpleasant people - spoilt brats mainly. From the start onwards you want them to be killed - it makes it even harder to care about what's going on when you don't care if the characters live or die.

    Overall this is a rather tame horror movie - low on bodycount and gore, only some action scenes are tense and exciting but most things you can see coming a mile away. The red-herrings are left unexplained at the end (why is Ray the only one not targeted?) and the end is both lazy and insulting - and of course leaves it open for a sequel. Great.
  • August 10, 2009
    The characters aren't interesting enough for us to be scared for them.
  • February 20, 2009
    I remember watching this at the time of it's release in the cinema, where like most films in theis genre the cinema made it a lot more jumpy than watching it on dvd.



    It was still a good watch, but where was the gore?
  • February 7, 2010
    soooo cheesy but sooo good , and rememberable for its time, i think anyone of my generation can remember this movie but watching it again older its soooo bad lol
  • February 3, 2010
    I love this movie, personally.
  • January 31, 2010
    The first rip off of Scream
  • January 29, 2010
    Not too horrible and thrilling to the end......cool show, but once is enough
  • January 28, 2010
    A lot of mystery to solve to find the killer. This was a bit freaky at some point. But wasn't that good.

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  • ruthsmall1
    March 20, 2008
    hi liked this movie so fun to watch
  • marcolio95
    April 11, 2007
    A great movie!
  • bluetiger916
    December 11, 2006
    i love this movie! It was SO fun to watch!!!!!!!!!
  • Imahotty
    December 2, 2006
    nice Movie people should whatch it man!!
  • bratk1
    October 2, 2006
    its a madd movie
  • winddancing
    August 22, 2006
    a very boring movie...with bad acting and a dull story
  • rgqf
    August 16, 2006
    Great Scary movie! I had to sleep with a lamp light on for a wek after watching it.
  • BlaahBlaah
    August 2, 2006
    i like this film its pretty good
  • kittycat124
    July 10, 2006
    they make it look not very scarry.
    it is a good movie and a sad 1.

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I Know What You Did Last Summer Trivia


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