US Edition‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Copycats: Three International Slashers That Stole the Formula
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‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’, the Nice Return to a Few 90s that Don’t Deserve so Much Nostalgia
The memory of I know what you did last summer has been irretrievably tied to Scream, and for well-documented reasons. The film took off shortly after Ghostface’s first attack took place in 1996, getting him to sign his script at full speed the same person who had devised it all and using his name (Kevin Williamson) as a claim on the posters. “From the creator of Scream.” This gave Columbia legal problems on Miramax’s part, making him notice how …
‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Copycats: Three International Slashers That Stole the Formula
While the revenge slasher didn’t begin with I Know What You Did Last Summer, it did renew interest in the concept. And not just in Hollywood; film industries abroad also wanted to cash in on this get-in-get-out kind of horror format back then. Scream, as innovative and revitalizing as it is, wasn’t the easiest movie to echo or translate overseas, but Jim Gillespie and Kevin Williamson’s 1997 collaboration was prime for copycats. Anyone who’s see…
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