"I Know What You Did Last Summer" was a hit when it was released in theaters in 1997. It wasn't as beloved by audiences and critics as "Scream" from the previous year, but that was okay; it had successfully cashed in on the new wave of teen slasher films "Scream" had sparked, and that's all it needed to do to get a pair of sequels. Those first two "Last Summer" sequels performed less impressively, though, so pretty soon, the franchise was put on an indefinite hiatus.
Then, in 2025, the property followed in the footsteps of "Scream" yet again by attempting a legacy sequel or requel (reboot/sequel). This new film, which has the exact same title as the 1997 original, features a new generation of young friends caught in almost the same situation as the old generation, with the survivors of