I Know What You Did Last Summer
Hey, Do You Remember...?
Christopher Schrader
4.8 • 676 Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2020
⏱️ 94 minutes
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Summary
Happy Halloween, friends! This year we're headed to the coastal town of Southport for a look back at I Know What You Did Last Summer. Loosely based on Lois Duncan's novel of the same name, it was the second smash hit for Scream creator Kevin Williamson.
The impressive box office numbers were offset by less-than-favorable reviews, especially in comparison to Williamson's more sophisticated debut. And although IKWYDLS was just the first of many teen-centric horror films that tried to capitalize on Scream's success in the late 90s, this one might have more going for it than you remember.
Topics include: Duncan's reaction to her young adult thriller being transformed into a slasher film, a young cast that was right on the cusp of super-stardom, whether or not The Fisherman is a credible slasher icon, why this has more in common with a high-concept thriller than it does a Friday the 13th movie, the lackluster sequels, the upcoming TV series, and much more!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey friends, before we get started here, I wanted to let you know that I wrote and directed a web |
| 0:06.4 | series called The Strange Case of Lucy Chandler, and the first episode is out now. It's about a private |
| 0:12.8 | eye who disappears while working a case, so his daughter picks up where he left off to see if she |
| 0:17.9 | can uncover the truth about what happened to him. It's a neo-noir murder mystery with some scarier horror elements that come into play as it goes on. |
| 0:26.4 | So if you're into stuff like Veronica Mars or Jessica Jones or even David Lynch, because it gets pretty weird, |
| 0:34.7 | especially towards the back half of the season, then you might enjoy this as well. |
| 0:39.1 | And the episodes are short. They're between 10 and 20 minutes. So if you're interested, you can head over to 27th Letter Productions.com. |
| 0:47.2 | There will also be a link in the show notes if you want to bookmark it. And if you dig that first episode and want to stay up to date on when subsequent episodes are released, |
| 0:55.6 | you can follow any of the 27th letter social media accounts. |
| 0:59.0 | Again, that's the strange case of Lucy Chandler. |
| 1:01.8 | So please give it a look if that sounds intriguing. |
| 1:04.4 | And now, on with the show. |
| 1:08.5 | Hey, do you remember I know what you did last summer? |
| 1:27.2 | Hello and welcome to Hey Do You Remember, a show where we reminisce about a movie or TV series we grew up with, then take off the rose-tinted glasses to see how it holds up. |
| 1:36.4 | I'm Chris. |
| 1:37.1 | I'm Donna. |
| 1:38.0 | And I'm Carlos. |
| 1:39.0 | And today we're revisiting. |
| 1:40.7 | I know what you did last summer. |
| 1:58.2 | Yeah. visiting. I know what you did last summer. What I personally have a problem with are the stories where violence is sensationalized and made to seem thrilling rather than terrible. |
| 2:07.3 | I was appalled when my book, I Know What You Did Last Summer, was made into a slasher film. |
| 2:12.6 | As the mother of a murdered child, I don't find violent death something to squeal and giggle about. |
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