I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)

Director:

Danny Cannon

Writers (WGA):

Lois Duncan (characters)
Trey Callaway (written by)

Release Date:

13 November 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Some secrets will haunt you forever.

Plot:

The murderous fisherman with a hook is back to once again stalk the two surviving teens, Julie and Ray, who left him for dead, as well as cause even more murder and mayhem, this time at a posh island resort.

Plot Keywords:

Island | Bahamas | Roommate | Hook | College

Awards:

3 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Jennifer Love Hewitt	...	Julie James
Freddie Prinze Jr.	...	Ray Bronson
Brandy Norwood	...	Karla Wilson (as Brandy)
Mekhi Phifer	...	Tyrell
Muse Watson	...	Ben Willis
Bill Cobbs	...	Estes
Matthew Settle	...	Will Benson
Jeffrey Combs	...	Mr. Brooks
Jennifer Esposito	...	Nancy
John Hawkes	...	Dave
Ellerine Harding	...	Olga (as Ellerine!)
Benjamin Brown	...	Darick The Dockhand
Red West	...	Paulsen
Michael P. Byrne	...	Thurston
Michael Bryan French	...	Doctor

Also Known As:

I Know What You Did Last Summer 2 (USA) (working title)
I Know What You Did Last Summer... The Story Continues (USA) (working title)
I Know What You Did Last Summer: The Sequel (USA) (working title)
I Know What You Did Two Summers Ago (USA) (working title)
I Still Know (USA) (working title)
The Man with a Hook (USA) (fake working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for intense terror violence and gore, strong language and some drug use.

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR | SDDS

Certification:

Singapore:M18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta) | Canada:18A (British Columbia) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia) | Malaysia:18SG | Iceland:16 | USA:R (certificate #36157) | Philippines:R-18 | New Zealand:R16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Japan:PG-12 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Poland:15 | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:R | Brazil:18 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Alumni Park - 3551 Trousdale Parkway, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Mandalay Entertainment

Trivia:

Early promotional material, including the theatrical trailer, credit Stephen Gaghan as co-writer of the screenplay. In the final credits, only Trey Callaway is credited.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: After Julia explains about what happened two summers ago and that she didn't want to drag anybody else into it. Karla mouths, "It's too late for that now," but all we actually hear is, "It's too late for that..."

Quotes:

Julie James: [holding a large kitchen knife] What the hell are you doing in my closet?
Karla Wilson: Dude, I thought you were outta town. Look, I just wanted to borrow your black skirt, but I'm not ready to die for it.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Bad Girls from Valley High (2005)

Soundtrack:

(Do You) Wanna Ride

Pretty much a run of the mill slasher stalks teen flick.

The first "I Know What You Did..." film had a plot to go with the stalking and the suspense. The follow-up film has no story, just your standard slasher stalks and kills teens....as well as anybody else in the film.

However, that said, it still was fun to watch, although maybe a little too graphic for my taste in a couple of spots. Unlike many of the other posted comments, I found Brandy's performance to be very natural and entertaining and of course Love Hewitt is nice too look at too.

The Mekhi Phifer character was too much of a boor and I kept hoping he would get the "hook" sooner than later. The surprise twist at the end did catch me off guard although others have commented that they figured it out in advance.

The movie supposedly takes place on a Bahamian island. Having visited the Bahamas many, many times, the first view of the so-called Bahamas in the movie was a little bit of a shock since these previously perfectly flat islands had now grown mountains and hills along with rock formations jutting out of the ocean. And then when I saw the "Bahamian" resort I was further shocked to see that Mexican architecture had been exported to the Bahamas.

It seems the film makers should either have gone to the Bahamas or made the location in the film be Mexico, where it was actually filmed. Of course Mexico has no remote, lightly populated islands like the Bahamas does so I guess that wouldn't have suited the story. And the Bahamian government probably wouldn't let them film there due to the potential bad impact on tourism.

Despite these quibbles, the movie held my interest and had enough eye candy to keep me watching the screen. I would rate this movie about a 7.5 on a scale of 10.