SPOILER WARNING: The next article might give away a number of particulars from I Nonetheless Know What You Did Final Summer time. Truthfully, I don’t assume that is the form of horror film that lives or dies by spoilers, however in case you like to enter every thing with a recent pair of eyes, proceed with warning in the event you proceed to learn on.
I’m not actually a fan of the unique I Know What You Did Final Summer time, like another individuals, believing it is among the extra bland, uninspired, and nonsensical ‘90s-era slashers. Thus, I used to be not fairly trying ahead to the upcoming 2025 film of the identical identify that continues the franchise, and I particularly was not all in favour of watching the inaccurately titled I Nonetheless Know What You Did Final Summer time.
Nonetheless, after listening to surprisingly good issues concerning the upcoming I Know What You Did Final Summer time legacy sequel, I made a decision to offer the broadly panned 1998 follow-up about youths going through lethal penalties for a grave mistake (once more) on a stormy Bahamian island a good strive, and you understand what? I don’t know what I used to be ready for, as a result of this was a complete hell of much more enjoyable than the primary one to me. Listed below are my three the reason why.
The Appearing Is Strong, Particularly From Brandy
In the event you ask me, a key to having fun with any traditional slasher film, good or unhealthy, is a forged of characters price investing in, and I discovered myself legitimately rooting for (most of) the heroes in I Nonetheless Know What You Did Final Summer time, because of some first rate performances. Notably, Jennifer Love Hewitt is powerful right here, reprising her position as Julie, who remains to be traumatized from being focused by a person she and her associates thought they killed, named Ben Willis (Muse Watson), a yr earlier. I believe her one-in-a-million scream alone may even earn her a spot on the highest horror film Scream Queens record.
Nonetheless, I believe the actual standout efficiency comes from R&B singer Brandy Norwood, who actually stunned me with the power she brings to her theatrical characteristic debut as Julie’s new buddy, Karla Wilson, who might simply have been a forgettable throwaway character. The forged’s solely weak hyperlink, in my view, is Matthew Settle as Julie’s classmate Will Benson, who is definitely not who he says he’s at first (extra on that later), however isn’t even convincingly menacing when he makes his true identification identified.
Seeing Jack Black In This Film Is Surreal
Now, if we actually wish to discuss memorable standout performances in I Nonetheless Know What You Did Final Summer time, we’ve to speak about Jack Black. Certainly, in the event you didn’t know already, the long run Golden Globe-nominated comedy icon and rock star has an uncredited position on this horror flick as an island resort worker named Titus.
Boasting a ridiculous head of dreadlocks, a colourful Hawaiian shirt, and the astonishing means to proceed smoking a joint after it was absolutely submerged in a jacuzzi, Black actually offers it his all right here to ship on the comedian reduction. I’m truly satisfied that I nonetheless might need discovered this efficiency amusing had I seen it earlier than he hit the A-list. Then once more, I don’t fairly assume Titus is even the funniest factor concerning the movie.
This Is The Good Horror Film Get together Selection
Usually, I pleasure myself as a fan of really nice horror motion pictures with robust, lasting stress, indelibly scary imagery, and thought-provoking nuance. Nonetheless, each now and again, I wish to take pleasure in a tacky B-movie with hokey dialogue and plot twists that make completely no sense, that I can poke enjoyable at with my associates over a number of drinks. I Nonetheless Know What You Did Final Summer time completely matches that standards for me.
There are every kind of causes to justify this as a straight-up horror-comedy film (the aforementioned Jack Black however), from a karaoke machine that’s one way or the other hacked to flash the film’s title at Julie, to Ray (Freddie Prinze Jr.) falling for the Fisherman’s elaborate entice involving a pretend automotive accident arrange on the precise road he occurred to be touring down, and the ultimate bounce scare that proves Ben Willis is one way or the other nonetheless not useless. Nonetheless, the large one is the silly twist reveal that Will Benson is “Ben’s son” (yeah, that’s truly what they went with) and has arrange this complete trip to assist his father with one more vengeful killing spree.
Typically, an individual’s favourite installment of a franchise won’t be the objectively “greatest” one, particularly relating to horror. I by no means thought I might say this, however you possibly can name I Nonetheless Know What You Did Final Summer time my favourite installment of this sequence… for now.