'I Know What You Did Last Summer' Review: Reeling in the '90s

I Know What You Did Last Summer: What Are We Really Rebooting, Anyway?

What are we really rebooting, anyway? Is it I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) or is it Scream (2022)? It’s both, of course, but the end product is a hollowed out version of either option, because those are different things. The original Scream (1996), after all, was written by Kevin Williamson, who also wrote the original I Know What You Did Last Summer, and so, the franchises are intrinsically intertwined, and that the new entry here refle…

'I Know What You Did Last Summer' Review: Reeling in the '90s

Jim Gillespie’s I Know What You Did Last Summer can be considered the bastard heir apparent to Scream, and not simply because Kevin Williamson wrote them both. After a solid decade of Freddy and Jason’s rote adventures in the well-trod supernatural side of things, genre-savvy audiences wanted to be surprised. Scream acknowledged the form and had fun with its conventions, while Summer was Williamson’s attempt to play it straight, drawing inspirat…

I Know What You Did Last Summer Review: Gruesome Kills Keep the Franchise Alive

I Know What You Did Last Summer introduces the iconic horror franchise to a new generation while paying tribute to what came before. The post I Know What You Did Last Summer Review: Gruesome Kills Keep the Franchise Alive appeared first on That Shelf.