“I Know What You Did Last Summer” almost worked as a phantom wave for the neo-slasher genre, hitting theaters in the wake of Wes Craven’s game changer “Scream,” and sneaking in just a couple of months before “Scream 2” in October of 1997.
Spawning an inferior sequel, a third entry called “I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer” with an entirely new cast, and a recently canceled Prime Video series, the original film has stayed surprisingly relevant.
Now, a legacy sequel is on the way with Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. in talks to return.
Once again, the “Last Summer” franchise is capitalizing on the resurgent success of the “Scream” series, giving genre fans even more reason to get a little nostalgic for the late ’90s horror craze. For all the derivative tropes and fairly predictable jump scares in “I Know What You Did Last Summer,
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