Quartile rating: 5/10 · 1 rating
When five friends inadvertently cause a deadly car accident, they cover up their involvement and make a pact to keep it a secret rather than face the consequences. A year later, their past comes back to haunt them and they're forced to confront a horrifying truth: someone knows what they did last summer…and is hell-bent on revenge.
This 2025 revival of the I Know What You Did Last Summer franchise offers virtually nothing new to the slasher formula — it recycled the same core premise (car accident cover-up, hook-wielding killer, group of friends picked off one by one) that the 1997 original already borrowed from the Lois Duncan novel. The keywords themselves flag it as clichéd and nostalgic rather than inventive. Acting is serviceable but unremarkable for a modern streaming-era slasher. Cinematography is competent genre work without distinctive visual identity. The plot follows the expected beats with minimal surprise, and the ending relies on familiar franchise hooks rather than earned resolution. Novelty scores a 1 as this is among the most derivative entries in an already well-worn subgenre — a redundant sequel/reboot of a film that was itself not especially original.