This Classic 90s Slasher Is Now Streaming on Netflix!
The horror scene post-1996 was really just every studio under the sun trying to recapture the lightning-in-a-bottle success of Scream. It wasn’t enough to be scary anymore—there needed to be an undercurrent of cleverness to ground the horror. The Faculty, Urban Legend, and franchise favorite Halloween H20 were all Scream riffs, and several of those boasted the involvement Scream scribe Kevin Williamson himself.
Of course, his most famous post-Scream writing credit was actually written long before he sold the spec script for what would become a legacy horror franchise. I’m talking about I Know What You Did Last Summer, an adaptation of Lois Duncan’s novel of the same name, though the source author famously (and reasonably) rejects the adaptation. With a new trailer for the forthcoming legacy sequel, also titled I Know What You Did Last Summer (Halloween (2018) really was influential, huh), why not revisit the original that started it all? Luckily, you can because I Know What You Did Last Summer is now streaming on Netflix!
Per Netflix: As they celebrate their high school graduation, four friends are involved in a hit-and-run accident when their car hits and apparently kills a pedestrian on an isolated roadway. They dispose of the body and vow to keep the incident a secret, a year later somebody starts sending them letters bearing the warning I Know What You Did Last Summer.
The original launched a mini-franchise of its own. Beyond the upcoming sequel, there was a sequel one year later, a nebulous third entry, and a short-lived Prime Video series. Jim Gillespie’s original is undoubtedly the best, however, and while odds are you’ve seen the film a dozen times, it’s the perfect time to introduce new audiences before the sequel bows this summer.
For as popular as the film is, it’s no doubt a generational favorite. Newer audiences are likely unfamiliar. While the sequel (requel?) is poised to renew interest, why not pre-empt the hype by bringing in friends and family early? Let them see what happened last summer, and then surprise them with the pretty fantastic sequel. Honestly, show them the supernatural third entry, too. Why not?
What do you think? Do you have any plans to check out I Know What You Did Last Summer on Netflix? If you do, check in with me via ominous letter or Twitter @Chadiscollins to relive all the slaughterific fun!
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