Synopsis
After an accident on a winding road, four teens make the fatal mistake of dumping their victim's body into the sea. Exactly one year later, the deadly secret resurfaces as they're stalked by a hook-handed figure.
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Cast
- Jennifer Love HewittJulie James
- Sarah Michelle GellarHelen Shivers
- Freddie Prinze Jr.Ray Bronson
- Ryan PhillippeBarry Cox
- Bridgette Wilson-SamprasElsa Shivers
- Johnny GaleckiMax Neurick
- Muse WatsonBenjamin Willis / Fisherman
- Anne HecheMelissa Egan
- Stuart GreerDavid Caporizo
- Dan AlbrightSheriff
- 70
Washington Post
Another Kevin Williamson triumph, a smart, sharply drawn genre film with a moral center and a solid cast of young actors to hold it. - 67
Austin Chronicle
Despite an inordinately complicated third-act resolution, it's head-and-shoulders above most so-called suspense films. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
The story has more holes than the bodies do, but the shocks are efficient, and Party of Five's Jennifer Love Hewitt knows how to scream with soul. - 60
Empire
Proves that nouveau horror is alive and kicking hard. - 50
The New York Times
Though it flies in the face of credibility and becomes downright silly by its end, I Know What You Did Last Summer knows its way around the rules of the popular horror-film genre. - 50
ReelViews
It has an interesting subtext. I'm referring to the way the lives and friendships of these four individuals crumble in the wake of their accident. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
Competent but uninspired thriller. - 50
Christian Science Monitor
The screenplay by Kevin Williamson ("Scream") keeps the lighting low and the tension high, though a bit more wit would have helped.