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:

When they first arrive at the resort. They say that they won the tickets by answering the question "What is the capital of Brazil?" They answered Rio. From 1763 to 1960, Rio de Janeiro was the capital of Brazil. But in 1960, the city of Brasilia was made the Capital because it was in located in the center of the nation and away from the crime ridden cities.

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 Kucch To Hai (2003)

Soundtrack:

Hey Now Now

This was an absolutely awful,terrible,stupid,idiotic film!!

I'm looking at all of the positive comments made for "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer" and I have one question: Where are your brains? This movie was absolutely horrendous, an insult to the intelligence, without any wit, logic, or reason for being.

Let's start with all the holes in the plot: How did Ben Willis know where Julie's boyfriend (Freddie Prinze Jr.) was going to be driving? Why did Ben Willis pay so much money to drag Julie and company all the way to the Bahamas only to kill everyone else there, and especially if he had access to kill Julie the whole time she was at school? Are there really exact days that resorts in the Bahamas have a hurricane season? How could the filmmakers believe that audiences are so witless as to not know that the capital of Brazil is NOT Rio de Janeiro? If Ben had access to Julie's room the WHOLE time, why didn't he just kill her? Why did that voodoo guy return to the hotel after we saw him start to escape off the island? Why didn't Julie ax Ben Willis when he was trying to break through the door? And what is with that pathetic ending?

Oh, there are so many questions I had about this movie and to no avail. After awhile, I realized that I was putting more thought to the film than the makers did! The filmmakers were so bankrupt of imagination that I guess they had to settle for just killing everyone off that wasn't essential to the story (a la Friday the 13th). This movie has no reason for being, only to pocket the money of those unfortunate enough to sit through this mess. If the movie was a bore to sit through, the ending was infuriating. It totally demonstated that the filmmakers have absolutely no regard for the audience and Jennifer Love's character all along. Nothing is worse than the old is a dream sequence or not? routine. The "surprise" in the film was only a surprise for people who lack the intelligence of putting a 10 piece jigsaw puzzle together.