I Know What You Did Last Summer

On a coastal road after a night of partying, four teenagers hit a man with their car. Fearing what the police and their families would make of the accident, they dispose of the body in the water and agree to keep quiet about what happened. The following summer, when they are home from college and have drifted apart, one of them, Julie James, receives an anonymous message from someone who claims to know what they did last summer. What begins as a threat turns into a campaign of pursuit against all four, carried out by a figure in a sailor's coat with a hook in place of a hand.

Jim Gillespie directed the film, his first feature, from a screenplay by Kevin Williamson. Jennifer Love Hewitt plays Julie, with Freddie Prinze Jr. as Ray Bronson, Sarah Michelle Gellar as Helen Shivers and Ryan Phillippe as Barry Cox. Bridgette Wilson-Sampras and Johnny Galecki appear in supporting roles.

Made for about 17 million dollars, the film took roughly 126 million worldwide, a return that reflects its commercial success rather than its standing with reviewers. The critics' rating of 5.2 out of 10 from 116 reviews sits below the audience scores: on IMDb it holds 5.9 from around 180,000 votes and on TMDB 6 out of 10 from about 3,380 votes. Gillespie went on to direct D-Tox, Venom and Take Down.