I Know What You Did Last Summer (review)

Published by Mason Oldridge, 4 August 2025

CONTAINS SPOILERS!

There’s a new fisherman killer in town as this legacy sequel to the 1997 classic slasher movie introduces next-gen characters alongside returning Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr.

28 years after the Southport murders, a new group of friends accidentally cause the death of a driver and, one year later, start receiving threatening messages and being targeted by a hook-wielding murderer.

The film borrows heavily from the plot of the original, presenting the view that the massacre is being repeated almost three decades later and feeling like a remake as well as a sequel. It was a good idea to bring back the two survivors of the previous attacks to tie in with the first film, with the characters offering both advice and warnings.

Unfortunately, the reveal of Stevie as the fisherman is so predictable. After all, she was never shown getting chased and was revealed to no longer be friends with the others from the start. Ray as her accomplice was less obvious, though this was only because he is a victim from the first instalment, otherwise this could have been foreseen too.

Overall, the film is a decent slasher movie, albeit basic.

7/10