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 | College | Roommate | Hook

Awards:

3 wins & 7 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
Dee Anne Helsel	...	Nurse (as Dee Ann Helsel)
Johnny Harrington	...	Todd
Mark Boone Junior	...	Pawn Shop Owner (as Mark Boone Jr.)
Dan Priest	...	Professor
Sylvia Short	...	Old Woman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jack Black	...	Titus Telesco (uncredited)
Lisa Hoover	...	Cocktail waitress (uncredited)
Summer Moore	...	Classmate (uncredited)

Directed by
Danny Cannon

Writing credits (WGA)
Lois Duncan		(characters)
Trey Callaway		(written by)

Produced by
William S. Beasley	....	producer
Stokely Chaffin	....	producer
Erik Feig	....	producer
Jose Ludlow	....	line producer: Mexico Unit
Neal H. Moritz	....	producer

Original Music by
John Frizzell

Cinematography by
Vernon Layton

Film Editing by
Peck Prior

Casting by
Jackie Burch

Production Design by
Doug Kraner

Art Direction by
Chas. Butcher
Scott Ritenour

Set Decoration by
Jan K. Bergstrom		(as Jan Bergstrom)

Costume Design by
Daniel J. Lester		(as Dan Lester)

Makeup Department
Tammy Ashmore	....	makeup artist
Carl Bailey	....	hair stylist: Mexico
Carmen de la Torre	....	makeup artist: Mexico (as Carmen De La Torre)
Bonita DeHaven	....	key makeup artist
Kimberly Kimble	....	hair stylist
LaLette Littlejohn	....	makeup artist
Esther Lomeli	....	hair stylist: Mexico
Matthew W. Mungle	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Lisa Marie Rosenberg	....	key hair stylist
Clinton Wayne	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Susan Zietlow-Maust	....	hair stylist
Amy Lederman	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
William S. Beasley	....	unit production manager
Ricardo Del Río	....	unit production manager: Mexico (as Ricardo Del Rio Galnares)
Nancy Jane King	....	production supervisor: Mexico (as Nancy J. King)
Sharyn Shimada-Huggins	....	production supervisor
Chantal Feghali	....	post-production supervisor (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Louis D'Esposito	....	first assistant director
Arturo Del Rio	....	second assistant director: Mexico
Shari Nicotero	....	second second assistant director
Randol Perelman-Taylor	....	second second assistant director
Michael Viglietta	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Louisa Bonnie	....	set designer
Virginia Capobianco	....	assistant property master: Mexico (as Ginnie Capobianco)
Javier Carrillo	....	construction coordinator: Mexico
Dave DeGaetano	....	construction coordinator (as David DeGaetano)
Enrique Echeverría	....	assistant art director: Mexico (as Enrique Echeverria)
Ann Harris	....	set designer
John D. Jefferies Sr.	....	set designer (as John D. Jefferies)
Teri Anne Kopp	....	assistant property master
Thomas W. Lay Jr.	....	illustrator (as Tom Lay)
Steven M. Levine	....	property master
Joseph P. Lucky	....	set designer (as Joseph Lucky)
Alberto Villaseñor	....	construction coordinator: Mexico
Adriana Aimo	....	art department coordinator (uncredited)
Renee Lee Alito	....	construction accountant (uncredited)
Rick Broderman	....	paint gang boss (uncredited)
Michael Casey	....	leadman (uncredited)
Juan Manuel de la Fuente	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Steven Hintz	....	propmaker (uncredited)
Lisa Penaranda	....	art department assistant (uncredited)
Jeff Shewbert	....	propmaker (uncredited)
Adam Short	....	assistant art director (uncredited)
Paul Stanwyck	....	head painter (uncredited)

Sound Department
John H. Arrufat	....	sound editor (as John Arrufat)
Bill W. Benton	....	sound re-recording mixer
Andrew Bock	....	assistant sound editor
Thom Brennan	....	sound editor
Richard Burton	....	sound editor
David B. Cohn	....	adr editor
Nerses Gezalyan	....	foley mixer
Thomas Giordano	....	cable operator (as Thomas S. Giordano)
Gary A. Hecker	....	foley artist (as Gary Hecker)
Drake Jenevein	....	assistant sound editor
Bernardo Jiménez	....	cable person: Mexico (as Bernardo Jimenez)
Tricia Linklater	....	first assistant sound editor
Michael Magill	....	sound editor
John Morris	....	supervising sound editor
Greg Orloff	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mark Pappas	....	foley editor
David M. Ronne	....	sound mixer (as David Ronne)
Earl Sampson	....	boom operator (as Earl F. Sampson)
Leslie Shatz	....	sound re-recording mixer
Alicia Stevenson	....	foley artist
Hanson Hsu	....	sound engineer (uncredited)
Fred Peck III	....	sound re-recordist (uncredited)
Anna D. Wilborn	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Scott Blackwell	....	special effects foreman
Laurencio Cordero	....	special effects coordinator: Mexico
John D. Milinac	....	special effects supervisor
Stan Blackwell	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Charles Darby	....	matte effects supervisor
Kim Lavery	....	visual effects
Alison Savitch	....	visual effects supervisor
Jeffrey Willerth	....	visual effects coordinator
Jamie Baxter	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Rob Blue	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Jerald Doerr	....	CGI special effects (uncredited)
Eli Jarra	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Roger Kupelian	....	matte painter/compositor (uncredited)
Malcolm A.S. Sim	....	digital artist (uncredited)

Stunts
LaFaye Baker	....	stunts (as La Faye Baker)
Jophery C. Brown	....	stunts (as Jophery Brown)
Troy Brown	....	stunts
Jennifer Caputo	....	stunts
Thomas Robinson Harper	....	stunt double (as Tom Harper)
Freddie Hice	....	stunt coordinator
Henry Kingi Jr.	....	stunts
Bob MacDougall	....	stunts (as Bob McDougall)
Erin Ricotti	....	stunts (as Erin Ricotti-Hice)
Jimmy N. Roberts	....	stunts
Troy Robinson	....	stunts
George A. Sack Jr.	....	stunts (as George Sack Jr.)
April Weeden	....	stunts
Mitchell Dean	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
James Ryan	....	utility stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Sidney Ray Baldwin	....	still photographer (as Sidney R. Baldwin)
Kenny Davis	....	dolly grip (as Kenneth Davis)
Joseph Dianda	....	key grip
James J. Gilson	....	chief lighting technician (as Jim Gilson)
Joseph Martens	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Mark Emery Moore	....	Steadicam operator (as Mark E. Moore)
Mark Emery Moore	....	camera operator: "b" camera (as Mark E. Moore)
Fernando Moreno	....	gaffer: Mexico
Scott Patten	....	best boy grip
Jeff Pelton	....	second assistant camera
George Richmond	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Jonathan 'Chunky' Richmond	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (as Jonathan Richmond)
Calmar Roberts	....	first assistant camera (as Cal Roberts)
Jesús Rodríguez Barajas	....	key grip: Mexico
Donald E. Thorin Jr.	....	Steadicam operator
Donald E. Thorin Jr.	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Bobby Brown	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera re-shoots (uncredited)
Thomas M. Dangcil	....	electrician (uncredited)
Shawn Duchscherer	....	electrician (uncredited)
Doug Ednie	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Greg Lopez	....	lamp operator (uncredited)
John Martens	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Rick Senteno	....	stage lighting (uncredited)
Robert Zuckerman	....	key art photographer (uncredited)

Casting Department
Angela Peabody	....	casting assistant
Vanessa Portillo	....	extras casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Winnie D. Brown	....	costume supervisor (as Winnie Brown-Willis)
Tom Cummins	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Rayford Berrymon	....	apprentice film editor
James Flynn	....	assistant film editor
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Sandy S. Solowitz	....	first assistant editor
Adam Bernardi	....	additional editor (uncredited)
Jim Flynn	....	assistant editor (uncredited)
Dale Jones	....	avid technician (uncredited)
Mike Mertens	....	color timer (uncredited)
Eric Rigney	....	avid technician (uncredited)

Music Department
Sharon Boyle	....	music supervisor
Geneviève Thomas Colvin	....	music coordinator
David Foster	....	song producer
John Houlihan	....	music supervisor
Lisa Jaime	....	music editor
Abby Treloggen	....	supervising music editor
Jason Alexander	....	music coordinator (uncredited)
Frank Bennett	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Brad Dechter	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Andrew Kinney	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Jennifer Nash	....	music editor (uncredited)
Don Nemitz	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Micki Stern	....	music coordinator (uncredited)
James Thatcher	....	musician: french horn (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Randy Burke	....	transportation co-captain
David Diaz	....	transportation co-captain: Mexico (as David R. Diaz)
Javier Gunther	....	transportation captain: Mexico (as Javier Gunter)
Dan Marrow	....	transportation captain
Morris Bension	....	driver (uncredited)
Karin Parish Kurz	....	transportation office coordinator (uncredited)
Carlos Ponce de León	....	transportation captain (uncredited)
Woody Schultz	....	driver: cast (uncredited)

Other crew
Pamela Alch	....	script supervisor
Jamie Lynn Arsenault	....	production coordinator (as Jamie Arsenault Green)
Ana Ballesteros	....	caterer: Mexico (as Anna Ballesteros)
Jose Manuel Ballesteros	....	craft service: Mexico
Jennifer Blum	....	production assistant
Alejandro Cairo	....	extras coordinator: Mexico
Mariano Carranco	....	production coordinator: Mexico
Kris Carrison	....	production assistant
Kenny Chisholm	....	assistant: Mr. Cannon
S. Todd Christensen	....	assistant location manager
Curtis Collins	....	location manager (as Curtis L. Collins)
Carrie Cook	....	assistant: Mr. Moritz
Jo Dixon	....	production assistant (as Jo-Anne C. Dixon)
Jim Dunlap	....	assistant accountant
Terry Dunn	....	production accountant (as Terrence E. Dunn)
Mark A. Echevarria	....	animal trainer (as Mark Echevarria)
Mike Harlow	....	assistant: Ms. Chaffin
Nancy G. James	....	craft service (as Nancy James)
Moe Jelline	....	assistant: Mr. Moritz
Alvin Mears	....	animal trainer
Lucille M. Michaels	....	set medic (as Lucille M. Michael)
Heather Plott	....	production assistant (as Heather N. Plott)
Arturo Romero	....	production accountant: Mexico
Nina Saxon	....	title designer
Paul Schreiber	....	assistant location manager
Nelson Tunon	....	assistant production coordinator: Mexico
David Waters	....	production assistant
Jeff Williams	....	production assistant
Bohnie Avanzino	....	title designer: New Wave Entertainment (uncredited)
Emmanuel Cabare	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Ryan R. Johnson	....	assistant in charge of production (uncredited)
Alejandro Levi	....	location scout (uncredited)
Michael C. Lund	....	assistant production office coordinator (uncredited)
Rob McCabe	....	photo double: Muse Watson/Fisherman (uncredited)
Rob McCabe	....	stand-in: Freddie Prinze Jr. (uncredited)
Michael Neal	....	payroll accountant (uncredited)
Claire Raskind	....	unit publicist (uncredited)
Tony Rudenko	....	computer graphic artist (uncredited)
Gabrielle Wallack	....	assistant production office coordinator (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Mandalay Entertainment
• Summer Knowledge LLC

Distributors

• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (1998) (worldwide) (all media)
• Columbia Pictures (1998) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Egmont Film Distributors (1999) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Film (1999) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films (1999) (France) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films (1999) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (1999) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films de España (1999) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Roadshow Entertainment (1998) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (1999) (Japan) (theatrical)
• AXN (2007) (Japan) (TV)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2000) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2000) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (1999) (USA) (DVD) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (1999) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Egmont Entertainment (1999) (Finland) (DVD) (VHS)
• LK-TEL (1999) (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (1999) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Nelonen (2003) (2004) (2005) (Finland) (TV)
• Roadshow Entertainment Video (1999) (Australia) (VHS)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Nordic (2006) (Finland) (DVD) (1-disc edition)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Nordic (2006) (Finland) (DVD) (3-disc I Know What You Did Last Summer the Collection)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• TV5 (2011) (Finland) (TV)

Special Effects

• Threshold Digital Research Labs

Other Companies

• Angel's Food Service  catering
• BT Industrial Supply  expendables
• Central Casting  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Cinema Research  opticals
• Nina Saxon Film Design  titles
• Reel Team, The  voice casting
• Sony Pictures Studios  sound editorial services

Also Known As:

"Last Summer 2" - Japan (English 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:

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 | Brazil:18 (DVD rating) | 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

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Mandalay Entertainment

Trivia:

Henry Thomas auditioned for the role of Will Benson.

Goofs:

Continuity: After Ray's "accident" he walks down the street with his left arm in a sling. In the next scene and from then on it's his right arm that is in a sling.

Quotes:

Nancy:This island didn't have a murder rate until you people showed up!

Movie Connections:

References A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Soundtrack:

Getting Scared

Run-Of-The-Mill Slasher Sequel, But Pretty Entertaining.

"I Still Know What You Did Last Summer" follows Julie (Jennifer Love Hewitt), who is still suffering from the memories of her friends' murders by a vengeful fisherman who she and her friends had accidentally hit with their car and disposed of his body, thinking him to be dead. Her college friend, Karla (Brandy Norwood) wins tickets to the Bahamas via a radio station contest, so she, Karla, Karla's boyfriend, Tyrell (Mekhi Phifer), and a friend Will, head off on vacation. Meanwhile, Ray (Freddie Prinze Jr.), Julie's ex-boyfriend, has an encounter with the fisherman again, and heads to the island to save Julie. But soon enough, bodies begin to pile up on the mostly-deserted island (which is currently in it's storm season) all around Julie and her friends, and it seems the fisherman has returned.

I considered the original "I Know What You Did Last Summer" to be a fairly good slasher movie that evolved during the late '90s. It had a nice revenge-laced premise about teenagers who had to pay the consequences for their mistakes at the hands of a psychotic fisherman, and it was very well done in comparison with most slasher movies of that era. This sequel popped up only a year later, and while it may be very unoriginal, it's still entertaining. In terms of story, the idea was well put together, and the tropical, stormy Bahaman island was the perfect setting for this film to take place, and a nice change from the gloomy coastal town the previous film was set in. I knew a sequel was coming, after the first film succeeded well with audiences, it was nearly inevitable. The violence factor is much more gratuitous in this sequel, it's gore galore for this movie, which wasn't surprising. It seems that way for a lot of horror movie sequels.

Also, being no surprise, this film is almost beyond cliché-ridden. Typical horror set-ups, scares, and character stupidity is present throughout the course of the movie. It's unrealistic a lot of the time, and there are plot holes everywhere, so in that sense, it's a bit of a mess. But on the other hand, despite all of the unrealistic events, I have to admit that this is an extremely entertaining movie. Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. reprise their role, and Brandy Norwood and Mekhi Phifer play her lively friends. Jennifer Esposito (whose career hadn't quite taken off yet) also plays a worker on the island who the gang teams up with when the fisherman begins to off the island's population. The acting was nothing more than average at best, but it was tolerable (nothing too bad, I have seen much worse). But besides, what can you expect from this type of flick? The film ends with one of those "gotcha!" jump scares quite similar to the ending of the original, and puts a close on this series (unless you count the 2006 direct-to-video sequel that follow this) on a rather silly but fitting note. The entire movie is a little far-fetched, but so what?

Overall, I'd advise anyone who is tired of your run-of-the-mill slasher movies to avoid "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer" like the plague, because I can guarantee that they will be sorely disappointed. But for those who enjoy some cheap horror entertainment every once and awhile, this clichéd little slasher sequel is an entertaining way to spend a couple of hours, but don't expect to take any of it seriously. 6/10.