I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Short description
A year after Julie James survived an attack by the hook-wielding Ben Willis, she is still troubled by memories of him. Now at college and sharing a room with her friend Karla, Julie joins Karla, Karla's boyfriend Tyrell and Will on a trip to the Bahamas after Karla wins tickets. The getaway turns into a nightmare when someone Julie believed was dead appears to be hunting her again.
Danny Cannon directed the film, which followed his 1995 feature Judge Dredd; Phoenix also arrived in 1998, and Goal! came later in his career. Trey Callaway wrote the screenplay, and the producers included Erik Feig, Neal H. Moritz and Stokely Chaffin. Jennifer Love Hewitt returns as Julie, with Freddie Prinze Jr. as Ray Bronson, Brandy Norwood as Karla Wilson, Mekhi Phifer as Tyrell, Matthew Settle as Will Benson and Muse Watson as Ben Willis. The production cost about 24 million dollars and took roughly 84 million dollars worldwide.
On IMDb the film holds a rating of 4.8 from around 88,000 votes, and on TMDB it has a rating of 5.4 from 1,795 votes. A film critics' rating of 3.5 from 61 reviews places it below both audience scores. The film runs 100 minutes and belongs to the horror, mystery and thriller genres.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film was poorly received by audiences, and Freddie Prinze Jr., who played Ray Bronson, admitted that he didn’t even watch the film – due to the negative reaction it received. He only watched the film in its entirety in 2024 for his podcast, That Was Pretty Scary..., and said that he generally liked it.
- The Colt revolver that Julie used to shoot Ben had only six bullets. Julie fired eight times, and there was one misfire, which means a total of nine shots were fired.
- Mandalay Entertainment commissioned Steven Geigan to write another version of the script (presumably set in New Orleans). However, they ultimately preferred Trey Coley's version, but Geigan's name was also listed as a screenwriter in the early trailers.
- After the end credits, the sound of flesh being ripped with a hook and Ben Willis' distorted laughter can be heard.
- According to the original script, Ben, played by Muse Watson, who is shot by Julie (played by Jennifer Love Hewitt), says, “I will always be with you, Julie,” hinting at his own return in the horror film “I Know What You Did Last Summer” (Sylvain White, 2006). This line is present in the script published as a book by Archways Paperback.
- Initially, the character of Carla Wilson was intended to be white, but Brandy Norwood came to the audition and she got the role.
- The fate of the characters of Jennifer Esposito and Brandy Norwood (Nancy and Carla, respectively), as shown in the scene where they find the first aid kit, differs from that described in earlier script drafts, where it was the other way around – Carla died and Nancy survived.
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