Horror fanatic Sean selects his VHS copy of 1997's I Know What You Did Last Summer, the Kevin Williamson slasher adaptation of Lois Duncan's bloodless 1973 suspense novel, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, and Freddie Prinze Jr.
Talking points: Kevin Williamson. Scream. The soundtrack. Kula Shaker. Rental copy. Lois Duncan. Modernized text. Book vs. movie. Tame slasher. A cast of pretty people. Freddie Prinze Jr. is terrible. Low bodycount. Sweater sets. The 90's cast photo. The not-so-violent kills. The unmasking of the killer. Trying to explain the plot of this movie. Supernatural slasher, revenge tale, or something in the middle? The vapid survivors. Jump scare finale. Creepy backwoods Anne Heche. Lapses in logic and horror movie tropes. The filmmakers hate Lois Duncan too. The inevitable remake. Buy it/rent it/tape over it. If you were to remake this movie, who would you cast? Next time, our first guest episode.
