I know what you did last summer 1997

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It’s hard to believe ‘I know what you did last summer’ was made over two decades ago. This classic teenage slasher is still one of the most memorable movies in the genre.

Although a slasher, the film has substance. The very idea of what these teenagers are going through, makes one wonder: what would I have done if I were in that situation? The event leading to the revenge killings can so easily happen to anyone of us. Its believable and quite honestly a daunting thought. What would you have done?

What happens after the accident, off course is pure slasher material, but it still has substance. ‘I know what you did last summer’ is a creepy film with well crafted suspense. Naturally, there are a number of false scares and some credibility issues and coincidences, but in general this was thoroughly enjoyable. The performances were very good and the film itself has style and from the opening moments just felt memorable. The title alone is enough to make you want to watch it out of curiosity.

When the era of teen slashers started to arise from the incredible success of Scream, it seemed a lot of them were just so not up to par as Scream was, and still are not to this day. Scream was a fast paced, amazingly well crafted classic with excellent characters and acting, and a wonderful plot. However, there are quite a few slashers in that time that have cult followings from horror lovers for they are very enjoyable slashers, that tried their best to conquer Scream implacably. I Know What You Did Last Summer falls under that category for me. True, this movie did also help in the creation of the disastrous string of teen horrors we have nowadays, with cliché plot twists and face- palming character actions at every turn, but it is arguably the most successful and recognized Scream cash-in, and there is a reason for that.

I especially love the cast. Though Jennifer Love Hewitt is no Neve Campbell, she and the rest of her co-stars, Prince Jr., Phillipe and the ever so wonderful and amazingly talented Sarah Michelle Gellar all try their best to make the film work for what it is and accomplish that perfectly. Sarah Michelle Gellar’s character Helen actually has a very wide fan base, and I am a considered fan as well. Her character was superb; too bad she was overshadowed by the film’s genre by a lot of critics and was ridiculously killed off quite aggrivatingly. Anyway, stopping the drooling and praising over Ms. Gellar, the plot is fun and probably my favorite «we make a pact» plot that I have seen. It has some nice kills, and though Ben Willis is no Ghostface, I make these Scream references for the screenplay was by Kevin Williamson and we all know that is what this film tried to be, he is not a bad killer, just not a memorable one. He is not as memorable as the film itself, for me at least.

Anyway, the movie is just pure fun with characters that you actually care for and hope to live; surprisingly deep characters in fact for such a short running time and the «genre-based» film that it is. It was a box office success and I can see why; definitely one of my all time favorite slashers, even if it’s not one of the best, and does not receive the appreciation it deserves at a lot of times. I assume it is mostly criticized because of the genre it is in, like I mentioned, and not many critics and general audiences are open to teen slashers, I can see why with the ones we have nowadays, but this was the 90s; an excellent decade for films of any genre, and many people should acknowledge that. A classic, very underrated slasher that I loved and enjoyed greatly.

I haven’t seen a whole lot of teen slasher movies. In fact this may be the only one I have seen, and it is a fitting tribute of the genre for our birthday girl, Sarah Michelle Geller.

Writer Kevin Williamson follows up Scream with a serious example of just how effective these movies can be if they’re well-written, directed and acted.

Sarah Michelle Geller (Buffy, TMNT) and Jenniver Love Hewitt (Ghost Whisperer) fit perfectly together and are supported by Ryan Phillippe (Crash, Breach, Flags of Our Fathers) and Freddie Prinze Jr. Why does that sentence sound naughty? If I had to watch one film of this type, I’m glad this was it.

During the 4th of July holidays, four teens Julie James (Jennifer Love Hewitt), Helen Shivers (Sarah Michelle Gellar), Barry William Cox (Ryan Phillippe) and Ray Bronson (Freddie Prinze Jr.) are driving after drinking on the beach. Barry distracts Ray as he runs over a guy on a desolate road in the middle of the night. They argue convincing Ray to dump the body. Max (Johnny Galecki) drives by but Julie lies to him. The body has a hook for a hand but he’s not actually dead as he makes a final grab at Helen. The friends agree to keep it a secret after dumping him in the harbor. Then one year later, Julia comes back to town from college and she gets a note with «I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER!» Helen is working for her sister Elsa and broken up with the jerk Barry. Barry suspects Max as the one who wrote the note. Ray is now a fisherman following his father’s footsteps.

The movie has some of the best young actors of Hollywood at the time. Kevin Williamson works over the script. It’s a pretty simple teen slasher movie. It has some psychological aspects and mystery of the note. In the end, it’s slash and splat. It works well and gets a couple of passable scares. It never really gets truly gritty or realistic. It’s just an old fashion slasher flick. It’s all about the old fashion 80s kills.

Four teenagers celebrate their last days in a small fishing town and end up on a beach, drinking heavily. When driving back into town they hit a man crossing the road and decide to dump the body in the sea rather than risking their futures on a manslaughter charge. However when dumping the body the man turns out to be still alive. They drown him and vow never to speak of it again. However one year on someone is stalking the four and begins to take revenge for the previous summer’s actions.

This was made once Scream made teen slasher movies cool again. However here there is none of the ironic humour or self-referencing that made Scream good. Rather this is a straight up horror thriller that lacks anything to make it special or standout from the rest. The plot revolves around a murdered fisherman, with several red-herrings thrown into the mix. The red-herrings don’t really work and to be honest you pretty much don’t care about the ins and outs of who’s doing the killing. Really however the plot is a bit of a disappointment and it doesn’t really involve you.

In the late 90’s, there had seemed to be a trend of the Dawson’s Creek meets Halloween slasher flicks, some had big hits like Scream, and some kinda missed like Urban Legend, then right in between came I Know What You Did Last Summer based off the book of the same name and I do mean just based on the book because the book and the movie are two entirely different tales. The book was more of a moral story while this was just a plain slasher teen flick, but over all I would say that I Know What You Did Last Summer was a decent horror flick. It starred the biggest stars of it’s time: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Ryan Phillipe, and surprisingly they clicked pretty well, but I think that’s because they just all have to play pretty white kids with problems, lol. But it’s all good, this was a fun little horror flick.

Four high school friends have graduated and are celebrating the fourth of July. They all have big plans: Julie is planning to go to Harvard, Helen is going to New York to become an actress, Ray is staying in town to help with the business of fishing, and Barry has a wrestling scholarship. They all are just having a big party and while driving home they accidentally hit a man, killing him. Freaked out and scarred for what might happen since alcohol is involved, they dump the body in the river hoping that it’ll go away. But a year later when the friends re-unite, they are receiving letters claiming that someone knows what they did. Barry is then hit by a car, Helen’s hair is chopped off, and Julie gets bodies put into her car trunk; they all must face the fisherman who is after them with a big hook and it seems like he does not want these kids to live.

I Know What You Did Last Summer has typical Dawson’s Creek drama, but it’s all good, I mean it was written by Kevin Williamson who wrote the series. But the cast did click very well and as cliché’d as the movie was, it’s still good for a scare. Sarah does have one of the best damsel in distress chase scenes ever, that was pretty intense I have to admit. I Know What You Did Last Summer is a fun flick I would recommend to watch at midnight in the dark, you’re gonna get jumpy a few times.

«I Know What You Did Last Summer» joins «The Spy Who Shagged Me» and «The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover» as being yet another film that doesn’t even come close to living up to its inspired title. All are bad enough to make me angry at the thought of a good title being squandered.

Four students out for a summer party accidentally run down an old fisherman, in the panic they decide to dump the body in the sea rather than report the accident. After swearing never to mention that night again, but one year later someone else is not letting them forget about it.

It’s a fairly typical teen slasher flick, beautiful girls, shallow plot, cheesy dialogue; you know the usual stuff. It’s formulaic and clichéd, but who cares it’s great fun, it has plenty of action and thrills; and the cast are pretty good.

Not as good as some films in the genre, but it certainly entertains.

I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Freddie Prinze, Jr. play a group of friends who are drinking and having a good time but on the way home they accidentally run over a man and kill him. They decide it’s best not to go to the police fearing murder charges so they dump his body but a year later they begin getting harassed.

Thanks to the success of Wes Craven’s SCREAM the horror genre got a boost and soon after one slasher after another was being released. Out of all of them this one here is the best in my opinion because Kevin Williamson’s screenplay goes away from all the self-mocking and instead delivers a very good story that works perfect as a drama but it also features the horror elements that slasher fans would come to expect. Throw in a very good cast and some likable characters and we’re left with one of the better horror films to come out of this period. If SCREAM was a classic like HALLOWEEN then this here is more like a good stepchild in the same vein as a Friday THE 13TH.

The thing I enjoyed most about this was the actual personal story of these four people who find their lives changed over a bad decision. The set up itself is pretty simple but it works extremely well because we’ve all been young and made foolish decisions and one of the best moments in the film comes when the four teens must decide whether or not to go to the cops. Their reasoning behind it is interesting and their thought process is something you don’t typically see in a slasher. The damage that their decision has on their lives is something else brought up in the screenplay that works extremely well. All of this happens before we even get to the horror elements. The mystery surrounding the killer keeps you guessing for certain.

The horror elements are all extremely good. I know some make fun of the «Captain Gordon» outfit but I thought it was rather effective and brought back memories from the giallo days of the 70s when killers wore nothing but black. Another thing that works are the actual chase scenes, which director Jim Gillespie manages to build up some nice tension. It also doesn’t hurt that you actually like the characters, can connect with them and you don’t want to see them killed. Hewitt, Gellar and Phillippe are all extremely good and believable in their roles as is Anne Heche in her supporting bit. Prinze Jr. is probably better here than anytime in his career, although that’s not too much support I’m giving him.

I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER certainly has a few flaws including the movie getting dragged out in the third party but overall it’s a highlight of what the genre had to offer after the success of SCREAM.

I know what you did last summer is a 90s slasher about a murderer with a hook and a raincoat.

It has a pretty good cast, like Freddie Prince known from amazing movies like scooby doo.

Sarah Michelle gellar is in it which also was in the great movie scooby doo is in it too. The characters are pretty boring, ecpecially the two main characters. I think the movie whould probably have been better with another final girl.

The kills aren’t great, but they’re mostly good.

Overall i love this movie, and i have a lot of nostalgia for it, because it was one of the first horror movies i ever watched.

I really recommend it and hope you like it.🌝

In the wake of the incredible success of «Scream», writer Kevin Williamson decided to craft another teen slasher film, this one called «I Know What You Did Last Summer». The film revolves around four teen best friends Julie, Ray, Barry, and Helen (Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr., Ryan Phillippe, and Sarah Michelle Gellar) who are involved in a hit-and-run on the 4th of July. When they run over the pedestrian on the road, they ditch the body to protect their futures. A year later, when they reunite over the summer, they all must face the secret they hid last year. Because someone knows what they did and is out for revenge.

When thinking about it, it is surprising that the writer of this film was the same one who wrote the wildly creative and suspenseful «Scream». In all fairness, «I Know..» is more of an adaption than an original screenplay. It is actually based off the book of the same name. I’ve read that book, and it was an awkward translation into a horror film, considering the book is actually quite different and more of a morality tale. In the book, the characters are stalked by the mystery man, but none of them are ever killed or even threatened with death. Honestly, this book was not supposed to be made into a horror film. Kevin Williamson is very talented, but I think he cares more about the «Scream» series (especially since «Scream 2» was released the same year as this film) and got lazy.

Another reason why «IKWYDLS» didn’t work was the lead actors, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. To be fair, Hewitt isn’t the worst actress ever. She’s had a few good roles, but is more eye candy than leading heroine. It seems like she’s more suited to comedy, because she stumbles at times in this film and doesn’t make enough of a emotional connection with the role to make us root for her. While she isn’t winning any Oscars soon, she’s better at acting than Prinze Jr., who is most of the time very stiff and forced (which ultimately effects he and Hewitt’s on-screen chemistry). Every time he came on screen was cringe-worthy, and while he’s very good looking, he was unfit to be the lead male.

Ryan Phillippe and Sarah Michelle Gellar, however, do a very good job with their supporting roles. As an on-screen couple, they have good chemistry and rapport (which they proved 2 years later in the edgy film «Cruel Intentions»). Also, they stand well on their own. Ray is somewhat of an arrogant asshole, and Phillippe plays him very well. Gellar manages to make her role as beauty queen with the shattered dream Helen also believable, and her chase scene with the killer is arguably the best part of the film. One has to wonder if the film would have been different and more enjoyable if Phillippe and Gellar were cast as the leads, and Hewitt and Prinze were given less screen time.

All in all, it’s not the worst horror film I’ve ever seen(that title belongs to 1999’s «The Haunting»). You might even managed to be entertained if you can turn off your brain for awhile, ignore some of the glaring plot holes, and sit through Jennifer and Freddie’s awkward acting. However, in terms of horror films, there are plenty of better ones out there.

Very good horror flick. Sometimes a little obvious, but yet still fun to watch. The gore comes in quick bursts. The suspense keeps you on the edge of your seat and then hooked. Four friends are stalked by an unknown killer after accidentally hitting a man with a car and dumping his body.

The foursome is made up of Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr. and Ryan Phillippe. As far as acting ability goes Hewitt and Prinze showed their potential for bigger things. Anne Heche plays one of her most strangest roles and does so with conviction. Muse Watson plays the fisherman swinging a mean hook. This scary enough to keep you happy, slasher fiends.

I Know What You Did Last Summer

1997, Horror, 1h 41m

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A by-the-numbers slasher that arrived a decade too late, the mostly tedious I Know What You Did Last Summer will likely only hook diehard fans of the genre. Read critic reviews

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Я знаю, что вы сделали прошлым летом (1997)
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I Know What You Did Last Summer

I Know What You Did Last Summer
Directed by	Jim Gillespie
Produced by	William S. Beasley Neal H. Mortiz Stokely Chaffin
Written by	Kevin Williamson
Starring	Jennifer Love Hewitt Sarah Michelle Gellar Ryan Phillippe Freddie Prinze, Jr. Johnny Galecki Bridgette Wilson Anne Heche Muse Watson
Music by	John Debney
Cinematography	Columbia Pictures Mandalay Pictures
Release date(s)	United States October 17, 1997 Australia November 27, 1997 United Kingdom December 12, 1997 New Zealand February 12, 1998
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$17,000,000
Gross revenue	$125,500,000
Followed by	I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
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I Know What You Did Last Summer is a 1997 slasher film starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Freddie Prinze Jr.. The screenplay was written by

, writer of Scream, and very loosely based on a popular novel of the same title by Lois Duncan. The film was followed by two sequels, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer and the straight-to-DVD release I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer. The third one sucked.

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Barry Cox’s drunken car embrace at Miller’s point before the collision with Ben Willis

The night of the fourth of July, Julie James (Jennifer Love Hewitt), Helen Shivers (Sarah Michelle Gellar), Barry Cox (Ryan Philippe) and Ray Bronson (Freddie Prinze Jr) go out of town to celebrate. Returning in Barry’s new car, they hit and apparently kill a man. While thinking what to do Julie’s friend Max Neurick (Johnny Galecki) arrives. Julie tells him everything is fine so he leaves. They dump the corpse in the ocean and agree to never discuss again what had happened.

Julie, Barry and Helen overlook the unconsious crumpled body of Ben Willis

One year later Julie is returning home from college. She has not spoken with Helen, Barry or Ray since the accident. Julie receives a letter that reads «I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER!» Julie goes to see Helen’s sister Elsa Shivers (Bridgette Wilson), who tells Julie that Helen has been working there. Julie shows Helen the letter and they decide to visit Barry. After going over the incident, Barry accuses Max. The three of them go to see Max, but Barry insists on going in the factory alone. Barry persuades Max to go into the back room and attacks him, telling Max he should keep his mouth shut. Julie finds Ray working on the docks. Ray tries to make up with Julie but she runs off. Inside the factory Max is murdered by someone wielding a hook. The killer attacks Barry next, running him over with Barry’s car. The killer is shown wearing a raincoat and wielding a hook on one hand.

Julie receives the letter from the The Fisherman

Julie arrives at the hospital to see Barry and finds Helen and Ray there. Julie reveals the man they hit was named David Egan. Helen and Julie track his sister, Missy Egan (Anne Heche), to her home, where she has been living since her brother’s death. Missy does not recognise them and Julie is convinced she is innocent. Missy tells them she had a visit from a man claiming to be David’s friend named Billy Blue.

Max is murdered by The Fisherman

At Helen’s home that night, the killer breaks in, hiding in her closet. The next morning Helen wakes up with most of her hair cut to bits and «SOON» written in lipstick on her mirror. Julie gets a call from Barry, who tells her to come to Helen’s. On the way, Julie hears rattling in her trunk. She opens the trunk to find Max’s body. She shuts the trunk, runs to Helen’s and brings her and Barry to her car, but the body has disappeared. Julie is convinced the killer took the body and they are not safe. Later they run into Ray, who tells them he got a letter. Julie decides to see Missy again while Helen and Barry watch each other’s backs at the parade. Julie tries to convince Missy that David did not kill himself after Missy presents her with a suicide note written in the same style as her letter from the killer. Missy tells Julie to leave.

«What Are You Waiting For?»

At the Croaker pageant, Helen sees Barry being murdered by the killer. However, neither the killer nor the body are found afterwards. A police officer drives her home, but the killer lures the cop into an alley and kills him. Helen runs to her store where Elsa is working, but the killer finds and murders Elsa. He then chases Helen into the attic where she jumps out of the window into the dumpster. Dazed Helen looks up at the window but no one is there. Helen flees through the back alleys to the roaring parade but hears a noise and turns to look. Helen then turns around when the killer shoves her into a stack of tires and slashers her to death.

Julie learns that the killer is Ben Willis, a fisherman. He murdered David Egan after David and Ben’s daughter Susan Willis were involved in a car crash near where the four teenagers hit Ben. Susie was killed in the accident and David was unharmed. Ben blamed David and killed him a year later, making it look like a suicide. On the way home, Ben was hit by the group.

Helen escapes Shivers into the alley

Julie goes to see Ray on his boat and tells him the story, but he does not believe her. Julie notices the name on his boat is «Billy Blue» and accuses him of the murders. He chases her but is knocked unconscious by a man who tells Julie to get on his boat. After she does, she learns he is Ben Willis. She is chased all over the boat while Ray regains consciousness and steals a boat to save Julie. In a room full of ice, Julie finds Helen and Barry’s bodies. Ray climbs aboard and is almost killed by Ben, but is caught in the boat’s net. He climbs back aboard and saves Julie. Ben gets his hand caught in a rope and Ray hoists him into the air where his hand is cut off and he falls into the ocean. On land, Ray tells Julie the reason he went to see Missy was because he was guilty and had to know who they hit. He tells her he loves her and they embrace. Ben’s body is not recovered.

Julie James discovered by the Fisherman on Sweet Susie.

A year later, Julie is in her second year and is going on a trip to New York with Ray. She receives a letter resembling the one she had got from Ben, but it only contains a pool party invitation. Julie returns to the bathroom, which has filled with steam. On the shower door, «I STILL KNOW» is written. Ben jumps through the shower door, attacking her.

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The film received mostly mixed-to-negative reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, 36% of comments were positive. In another review, Metacritic reported an aggregate score of 52 out of 100. Critic Roger Ebert wrote in his review, «The best shot in this film is the first one. Not a good sign.»

Jennifer Love Hewitt was praised for her performance as Julie James by an Entertainment Weekly columnist stating that Hewitt knows how to scream with soul.

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На сервисе Amazon Prime 15 октября вышли первые четыре серии «Я знаю, что вы сделали прошлым летом» (I Know What You Did Last Summer) — сериальной адаптации хитового фильма 1997 года о группе молодёжи, случайно убивших человека, которых начинает преследовать загадочный маньяк. Продюсерами проекта выступили набившие руку на хоррорах Джеймс Ван («Пила», «Заклятие») и Нил Х. Мориц (продюсер оригинального фильма). Кинокритик Иван Афанасьев всколыхнул свои воспоминания о просмотре культового слэшера на кассетах и примерил оптику миллениала к новой, зумерской версии сюжета.

Для начала, хочется немного вспомнить, откуда произрастают корни «ЯЗЧВСПЛ» (простите за неблагозвучную аббревиатуру). В начале было слово — то есть одноимённая книга 1973 года за авторством Лоис Дункан, ставшей популярной в 1990-х: в 1989-м прессу потрясло таинственное убийство её 18-летней дочери, а в 1992-м она получила премию Американской библиотечной ассоциации. В 1995 году тот же Уэс Крэйвен заново переизобрёл зачахший было жанр слэшеров, сняв «Крик»; ранее он, кстати, не только экранизировал один из первых романов Дункан, «Незнакомец в нашем доме» 1978 года, но и отдал ей главную роль в фильме. На волне успеха неослэшера продюсеры, похоже, вспомнили про книги писательницы, которые не удостаивались экранизации почти двадцать лет — с 1997 по 2000 год вышло аж пять экранизаций, включая «Я знаю, что вы сделали прошлым летом», который, кстати, написал сценарист «Крика» Кевин Уильямсон. Получившийся фильм, правда, писательнице не понравился, поскольку очень вольно обращался с основой. Вышедший через год наспех склёпанный сиквел потерпел провал, а попытку перезапуска в 2008 году и вовсе лучше не вспоминать.

Промо фильма «Я знаю, что вы сделали прошлым летом» / Columbia Pictures

И вот выходит сериальный вариант, чуть более близкий к книге — к сожалению, оценить его и, возможно, поругать за расхождение с оригиналом писательница уже не сможет, так как ушла из жизни пять лет назад. Но фанаты старого фильма узнают исходные данные: главная героиня — Эллисон, популярная в своём городе юная красотка из богатой семьи, любительница прущих веществ, слатти-гёл, ведущая порноблог, в общем, прекрасная дама. У неё контры с близняшкой Леннон (тихо, Джон, спи спокойно), которая категорически не уважает свою сестрицу. На выпускном Эллисон с друзьями садится за руль — и случайно сбивает свою двойняшку. Тело ребята решают спрятать и молчать об этом до конца жизни; более того, героиня начинает выдавать себя за сестру, чтобы отвести подозрения (правда, соучастники преступления думают, что сбили именно Эллисон). Как нетрудно догадаться, вся правда постепенно всплывает брюхом кверху — в то время, как лже-Леннон спустя год приезжает в родной город из колледжа на каникулы, на зеркале в её комнате появляется надпись «Я знаю, что вы сделали прошлым летом», а в городе объявляется загадочный и крайне жестокий убийца.

Как видите, концепция перелопачена даже сюжетно чуть более чем полностью — тема двойников, да ещё и с «обменом жизнями» между жертвой и убийцей, даже близко не фигурировала ни в книге, ни в фильме. Ровно как и введение в сюжет современных технологий, на которых завязано практически всё: одна из подруг главной героини — инстаграм-блогерка*, убийца сталкерит Эллисон в соцсетях и шантажирует её сливом откровенных фотографий в сеть. Плюс герои активно используют зумерские неологизмы в речи — в диапазоне от «слатшейминг» до «аттеншн вхор».

Кадр из сериала «Я знаю, что вы сделали прошлым летом» / Amazon Prime

Всё это превращает «Я знаю, что вы сделали прошлым летом» образца 2021 года не просто в слэшер пополам с детективом, но ещё и в подростковую драму а-ля «Эйфория». Последний референс тут особенно заметен, начиная от богатого и «модного» саундтрека с именами FKA Twigs и прочих звёзд молодёжи, и заканчивая знакомой неоново-кислотной картинкой в сценах, запечатлевающих досуг поколения Z. Который, конечно, испещрён беспорядочным сексом, поеданием разнообразных наркотиков и распитием алкоголя в промышленных количествах. Есть мнение, что шоу может довольно сильно разозлить современных «зумеров» своей назидательностью. Но давайте примем этот момент как часть условного мира сериала.

И тогда обнаружится, что вообще-то у нас тут довольно внятная и увлекательная драма, в которой есть место и этюдам о «новой этике», и социальному расслоению, и характерному для произведений Луис Дункан нравоучительному элементу: за свои поступки надо отвечать! Сокрытое преступление в итоге затягивает ложью, как паутиной, весь город: узнав о преступлении дочери, её отец вынужден, чтобы уберечь девушку от тюрьмы, поддерживать новую легенду о «сбежавшей» дочке-наркоманке. Это вскрывает новые слои неправды: одно из убийств высвобождает сокрытые в маленьком городке запасы ненависти и нетерпимости. Сама Эллисон прозорливо говорит в начале сериала: «Не думайте, что вы хорошо знаете своих друзей». Неожиданно классический слэшер уступает место морализаторской агитке — и, учитывая, что это, повторюсь, часть концепции сериала, выглядит не так уж и плохо. Эдакая проповедь строгого бати, разреженная изобретательными и кровожадными смертями тех, кто не уложился в общепринятые нормы морали.

Кадр из сериала «Я знаю, что вы сделали прошлым летом» / Amazon Prime

Собственно, примерно это и делает новый «Я знаю, что вы сделали прошлым летом» — вместо бесконечной рефлексии с отсылками к оригиналу он напитывается от других, актуальных шоу, формируя сюжет, в котором убийства и детектив лишь закуска к истории про личную ответственность и деклассированное сообщество. И это здорово, потому что, несмотря на некоторую кринжовость, смотрится сериал довольно легко, но, скажем так, со смыслом. Не в том плане, что вы постигнете какие-то глубины человеческой сущности и откроете для себя новый мир — напротив, это сериал, в котором убийства не цель, а лишь инструмент для раскрытия главной идеи.

Интересно, что там будет в январе с пятым «Криком», который в своё время здорово поиздевался над всеми, кто смотрит подобный контент «ради мяса» — но одно можно сказать точно, что слэшеры как чистый жанр — пережиток прошлого, и новый «Хэллоуин», кстати, это подтверждает (новый «Чаки» в ту же степь). Что лишний раз говорит нам: во всём хороша мера — и «Я знаю, что вы сделали прошлым летом» 2021 года самая убедительная тому иллюстрация.

*Социальные сети Instagram и Facebook запрещены в России.

Кинокритик и киновед, чуть-чуть сценарист. Обожаю триллеры и хорроры не меньше, чем сложное фестивальное кино.