I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) poster
1998 · horror · mystery · thriller · supernatural

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

Directed by Danny Cannon1h 40m1998
ElsewhereIMDb4.887kRT10%Metacritic21
  • heavy
  • brisk
  • extreme
  • inventive
  • bleak
  • cold
Movie DNA

Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / mystery, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Ever since killing the Fisherman one year ago, Julie James is still haunted by images of him after her. When her best friend Karla wins free tickets to the Bahamas, Julie finds this a perfect opportunity to finally relax. But someone is waiting for her. Someone who she thought was dead. Someone who is out again for revenge.

Our read · I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) reads as a heavy, kinetic, surreal horror · mystery · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want late-90s slasher vacation vibes with a stormy island trap.

ends unsettlingit leaves you shakena rollercoastergrips by minute 18attention 3/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgraphic violencejump scares

Skip it tonightCampy horror logic and Fisherman familiarity make this feel dated fast.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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