I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

Regisseur:

Jim Gillespie

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Lois Duncan (novel)
Kevin Williamson (screenplay)

Premierendatum:

17. Oktober 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Werbezeile:

If you're going to bury the truth, make sure it stays buried.

Plot:

Four teens are in great danger one year after their car hits a stranger whose body they dump in the sea.

Plot Keywords:

North Carolina | Teen Movie | Chase | Blockbuster | Underage Drinking

Filmpreise:

3 wins & 7 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Mildly entertaining teen slasher

Besetzung

Jennifer Love Hewitt	...	Julie James
Sarah Michelle Gellar	...	Helen Shivers
Ryan Phillippe	...	Barry William Cox
Freddie Prinze Jr.	...	Ray Bronson
Bridgette Wilson	...	Elsa Shivers
Anne Heche	...	Melissa 'Missy' Egan
Johnny Galecki	...	Max Neurick
Muse Watson	...	Benjamin Willis
Stuart Greer	...	Officer David Caporizo
J. Don Ferguson	...	Emcee
Deborah Hobart	...	Mrs. James
Mary McMillan	...	Mrs. Cox
Rasool J'Han	...	Deb
Dan Albright	...	Sheriff
Lynda Clark	...	Pageant Official

Alternativ:

Ich weiß, was Du letzten Sommer getan hast (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong horror violence and language.

Länge:

100 Min | Germany:99 Min (cut version)

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby SR | SDDS

Altersfreigabe:

Malaysia:18SG | Canada:14A (Ontario - 2006) | Philippines:PG-13 | USA:R (certificate #35237) | Singapore:NC-16 | Iceland:16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Belgium:KNT | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Germany:16 (cut) | Germany:18 | Hong Kong:IIB | Mexico:B | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 (video rating) (1998) | UK:18 (original rating)

Drehorte:

Bodega Bay, California, USA

Firma:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Dies und das:

The film originally had a different ending, where Julie James is chatting with Ray online, she gets the pool party invitation, and then another person starts a chat with her typing in, "I still know." Then the killer jumps out on her. This ending was used as a teaser trailer for the sequel.

Pannen:

Geographische Fehler: Although the action takes place on the east coast of the USA in North Carolina, at the very beginning of the movie we see the sun setting over the ocean.

Dialogzitate:

Barry: Even if his body washes ashore in the next couple of weeks, he'll be eaten by crabs and small fish. Maybe we'll get lucky with a shark. Take him to the side.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in Swimming Pool - Der Tod feiert mit (2001)

Soundtrack:

One Hundred Days

Mildly entertaining teen slasher

I Know What You Did Last Summer was made a year after Scream, it even has the same writer. Scream, though, was much better. This movie isn't anything new or interesting, it's just like all the slasher movies that followed it, there is a group of good-looking teens that get hacked up one by one. IKWYDLS is one of the better ones though, as the acting is actually fairly good, there are one or two scenes of suspense and the killer is somewhat creepy.

Four teens hit a man. They dump his body. A year later they all start receiving threatening messages. Julie (Jennifer Love Hewitt) decides to find out who it is before the July 4th, the one year anniversary of their accident.

For a teen slasher, this is OK. But their are a few things that kind of spoil what could have been a fairly decent movie. The deaths in this aren't very gory or interesting, which is needed for a slasher. The ending is really bad and of course, led way to the sequel, I Still Know, which was one of the worst movies ever made. The actors all did great jobs, especially Sarah Michelle Gellar (who is involved in a 7 minute chase scene that is very intense).

2½/5.