I Know What You Did Last Summer
I Know What You Did Last Summer is a 1997 American slasher film directed by Jim Gillespie, written by Kevin Williamson, and starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Freddie Prinze Jr. It is loosely based on the 1973 novel of the same name by Lois Duncan and is the first installment in the I Know What You Did Last Summer franchise. The film centers on four young friends who are stalked by a hook-wielding killer one year after covering up a car accident in which they supposedly killed a man. The film also draws inspiration from the urban legend known as "The Hook" and the 1980s slasher films Prom Night (1980) and The House on Sorority Row (1982).
Plot
On July 4, 1996, in Southport, North Carolina, Julie James and her friends Ray Bronson, Helen Shivers, and Barry Cox drive to the beach. While driving along a coastal byway, they accidentally hit a pedestrian. Julie's friend Max Neurick passes by them on the road. Julie reassures Max of their well-being, and he leaves. Barry, as well as Helen, pressures the group to dump the body in the water, but the pedestrian wakes up and grabs at Helen. She struggles and Barry pushes him into the water. The group flees the docks and swears to never discuss what happened.
More details
author | Kevin Williamson |
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contentLocation | North Carolina |
director | Jim Gillespie |
editor | Steve Mirkovich |
events | guilt murder responsibility revenge secrecy |
genre | horror thriller |
keywords | 4th of july parade ambush beauty pageant boston car accident crab death threat drive fall helen shivers independence day july 4 kill morning newspaper article on the road police officer rain slicker raincoat recent events rig steal struggle suicide note write |
musicBy | John Debney |
producer | Erik Feig Neal H. Moritz Stokely Chaffin |
productionCompany | American Film Institute Mandalay Entertainment |
publisher | Columbia Pictures |
recordedAt | North Carolina |
theme | serial killer slasher teen horror urban vigilante |