The Only Recap You Need Before I Know What You Did Last Summer

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Once more, a group of teenagers will brutally attack and apparently murder an unknown person, only for that person to return as a vengeful spirit in another installment of the “I Know What You Did Last Summer” series. The upcoming horror movie features mostly new actors, but Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. reprise their roles as Julie James and Ray Bronson. It might be beneficial to refresh your memory on where these characters were last seen, so we’ve prepared a convenient recap video for you, which you can watch above to catch up on the franchise’s history up until now.

In the movie “I Know What You Did Last Summer” (released in 1997), a gang of teens unintentionally strike and hide a stranger in their car, keeping silent about it. A year later, these youngsters begin to be hunted down, one by one, by an enigmatic figure armed with a hook for a hand. The film was commercially successful, grossing over $125 million globally; however, its critical reception wasn’t favorable. Rotten Tomatoes currently gives the original production a 49% positive rating from critics and 41% approval from viewers.

In 1998, a sequel titled “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer” was released but failed at the box office. A third film, “I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer,” from 2006, introduced new characters and went directly to video distribution. More recently, Amazon Prime Video debuted a single season of the TV show “I Know What You Did Last Summer” in 2021, which was eventually canceled due to negative feedback on both reviews and ratings.

Will 2025’s I Know What You Did Last Summer drive to box office glory?

One might contend that “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” originally, is excessively praised among ’90s horror movies, given none of its sequels have garnered particularly positive critical reception. Whether or not the 2025 version will lift the curse remains uncertain; however, persistent negative reviews could be likened to a corroded hook lurking menacingly in the background of this horror series – an ominous presence it may never shake off.

In a less than inspiring turn of events, it seems this sequel is merely repeating past mistakes by offering more of the familiar narrative. The storyline introduces a fresh set of friends who unintentionally cause a fatal car accident, then endure mysterious torment a year later. Thankfully, they’re not entirely alone: as the situation echoes events from 1997, they seek out Julie and Ray – survivors from that tragic incident – to ask for their aid.

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2025-07-02 00:33