I Know What you Did Last Summer 2025 sees The fisherman’s hook getting another swing.
Twenty eight years after the original I Know What You Did Last Summer slashed its way into the horror canon, the franchise is back, older, bloodier, and ready to trauma bond a new generation of guilt ridden twenty somethings. Set to hit cinemas on July 18, 2025, this isn’t some half baked reboot. It’s a straight up legacy sequel, dragging original stars Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. back into the carnage.
New blood, old scars
Helmed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (Do Revenge), the upcoming chapter picks up decades after I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, and yes, thankfully skips the 2006 straight to DVD flop most fans have erased from memory. Julie James and Ray Bronson are older, warier and likely still haunted by the body count they racked up in the late ’90s.
But the spotlight this time is on five new faces, Madelyn Cline, Chase Sui Wonders, Jonah Hauer-King, Tyriq Withers and Sarah Pidgeon, a clique of beautiful young people who, shocker, make a catastrophic mistake and vow to bury it. That goes as well as you’d expect.
Fast forward a year and someone’s sending ominous messages and carving through their friend group like it’s a Friday night fish fry. When sh*t hits the fan, they reach out to the only people who’ve survived this specific brand of trauma.
Shot in blood-red dirt
I Know What you Did Last Summer 2025 Filming took place in New South Wales, Australia, and Los Angeles, wrapping earlier this year. It’s the perfect combo of sun soaked beaches and noir tinged dread. Composer Chanda Dancy is scoring the flick, maybe swapping out the late ’90s post grunge for something equally moody and gut twisting?
Also joining the cast are Billy Campbell, Gabbriette Bechtel, Austin Nichols, Lola Tung and Nicholas Alexander Chavez, filling out what looks like a buffet of potential victims.
Why it matters
The original I Know What You Did Last Summer rode the post Scream slasher wave hard, helping define a generation of teen horror and launching a thousand Halloween costumes. But this new entry is part of a different trend, legacy horror. It’s not just about rehashing old kills, it’s about asking what happens to the survivors once the credits roll.
If this film plays its cards right, it could land somewhere between Scream (2022) and Halloween (2018) in terms of respect for its roots while carving out new ground. If it whiffs, well, at least the kills might be gnarly.
‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ hits US theatres on 18 July 2025. Keep your secrets close and your head on a swivel.
