I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Jim Gillespie

Writers (WGA):

Lois Duncan (novel)
Kevin Williamson (screenplay)

Release Date:

17 October 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

He's got a hook on them...

Plot:

Four teens are in great danger one year after their car hits a stranger whose body they dump in the sea.

Plot Keywords:

Friend | Letter | College | Revenge | High School

Awards:

3 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Jennifer Love Hewitt	...	Julie James
Sarah Michelle Gellar	...	Helen Shivers
Ryan Phillippe	...	Barry William Cox
Freddie Prinze Jr.	...	Ray Bronson
Bridgette Wilson	...	Elsa Shivers
Anne Heche	...	Melissa 'Missy' Egan
Johnny Galecki	...	Max Neurick
Muse Watson	...	Benjamin Willis
Stuart Greer	...	Officer David Caporizo
J. Don Ferguson	...	Emcee
Deborah Hobart	...	Mrs. James
Mary McMillan	...	Mrs. Cox
Rasool J'Han	...	Deb
Dan Albright	...	Sheriff
Lynda Clark	...	Pageant Official

MPAA:

Rated R for strong horror violence and language.

Runtime:

100 min | Germany:99 min (cut version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR | SDDS

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | Malaysia:18SG | Iceland:16 | Canada:14A (Ontario - 2006) | USA:R (certificate #35237) | Philippines:PG-13 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Belgium:KNT | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Germany:16 (cut) | Germany:18 | Hong Kong:IIB | Mexico:B | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 (video rating) (1998) | UK:18 (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Bodega Bay, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

After the first Croaker County Beauty Pageant, the band playing at the beach party is the alternative/surf rock band 'Southern Culture On The Skids'.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Barry punches different people more than once with his right arm, though it is supposed to be hurt and in a cast, and doesn't express any pain.

Quotes:

Helen: Come sit in the back. I'll let you do things to me.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in I Know What You Did Last Night (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

Hey Bulldog

Entertaining

I Know What You Did Last Summer is an obvious attempt to cash in on the big success of the Scream movies. Compared to them and many of the other horror classics (Halloween most notably), this movie just does not measure up, but it is still entertaining. There is a sense of mystery here that really hasn't existed in slasher movies since the first Nightmare on Elm Street. You don't know who the killer is and he's always hiding in the shadows until... you know. This movie is far from perfect but entertaining.