Summary
A car accident, four teenage friends, a small seaside town, and a memorable killer wielding a hook.Ben Willis (aka “The Fisherman”) fromI Know What You Did Last Summermay be a cheesier slasher villain than most, but he’s part ofhorrormovie history. That’s why it’s such good news that there is an upcomingI Know What You Did Last Summerlegacy sequel.
Although fans know there will benew cast members in the upcoming sequel, everyone is curious to see final girl Julie James (Jennifer Love Hewitt) and her partner Ray Bronson (Freddie Prinze Jr.) again. But there’s just one issue: the ending of the sequel,I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, which was released in 1998.Can the new movie fix this issue and deliver a truly satisfying story?
How Can The I Know What You Did Last Summer Reboot Address The Sequel’s Ending?
In July 2024,theI Know What You Did Last Summerreboot director responded to whether the new movie will pick up where the sequel left off or start a new timeline. According toDeadline, Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, who directedDo RevengeandSomeone Great, tweeted:
“It is definitely not? ISKWYDLS is canon. hope this helps."
There’s just one problem:at the end ofI Still Know What You Did Last Summer,Ben Willis appears from under the bed and it’s suggested that he kills Julie. SinceJulie’s longtime love interest Rayis also living in the house,it seems like Ben would kill Ray, too. Fans know thatbeloved legacy cast membersRay and Julie are alive now, so what happened at the end of the 1998 sequel?
There are a few potential answers, some of them likelier than others.If Ray and Julie fought back and killed Ben, he couldn’t come back for the reboot. Perhaps he escaped. However, that poses a few problems. If Ben was injured, then he couldn’t get away. And if Ray and Julie ran away from their home, wouldn’t Ben come back to their house and kill them once and for all? In that case, the couple would have to move far away and assume new identities.
If the newI Know What You Did Last Summersequel follows the events of the second movie, then hopefully there will be a logical explanation of how Ray and Julie were able to survive. Maybe they were both seriously injured and spent time in the hospital andthe new movie could take place a few years after the sequel’s ending. This sequel suffers fromthe same problem as futureScreammovies will: how do the main characters keep beating the killer who is chasing them? At a certain point, it would seem like they would be killed or at least badly hurt. If fans learn that they had to heal and recover from the killer’s latest attack at the beginning of the sequel, that would feel realistic.
Scream 7might also have a plot hole, and the newI Know What You Did Last Summerneeds to give fans all the information they need to get lost in the new story and the scary, wild, and intense ride. Otherwise, it won’t be satisfying or fun.
How Many Movies Are In The I Know What You Did Last Summer Franchise?
After the firstI Know What You Did Last Summermovie was released in 1997,the sequel followed in 1998. Then,in 2006, the third movieI’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summerwas released. However, that movie was direct-to-video. The consensus is that horror fans should enjoy the first two for all their corny goodness and ignore the third movie.
In 2021,the Amazon Prime Video seriesI Know What You Did Last Summerpremiered.The show wasn’t popular with critics or viewersand only got one season. It told a similar story as the original movie but, instead, focused on a twin named Allison (Madison Iseman) who is dealing with a disturbing tragedy. The characters didn’t draw anyone in, and the kills and the tense moments had been seen a thousand times before. The series also seemed like it couldn’t quite find its voice. Unlike the original movie, which has a goofy and entertaining tone, the show veered between serious and campy.
Horror fans might not have to wait forever for theI Know What You Did Last Summerreboot. As Jennifer Love Hewitt toldParaderecently:
“We’re so close, that’s all I’m gonna say. I feel like the actual audience now is like, ‘What are you waiting for, huh?’
