*This is a spoiler-free review so feel free to read on!*

What are you waiting for?!
I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025) released in theaters on July 18th 2025. The fourth installment of one of my favorite franchises of all time takes place after the events of I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, bringing us back to Southport where a new crime has been committed by a group of teens who are soon targeted by a masked killer in a fisherman’s slicker.

The slasher horror film stars Chase Sui Wonders, Madelyn Cline, Sarah Pidgeon, Tyriq Withers, Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt.

After trying to keep a crime a secret, a group of friends receive an anonymous note as a killer begins targeting those closest to them, forcing them to seek help from Ray and Julie, who went through something similar in Southport back in 1997. The film runs for approximately an hour and fifty minutes.
Here is the trailer:

I Know What You Did Last Summer brings us plenty of welcomed cameos and nostalgia for fans of the original film, but does it do enough to be worthy of your next watch? Let’s find out…

The Pros:

Lots of familiar faces and nostalgia for fans of the original.

Honestly, we got nostalgia overload here and I was all for it! Those cameos were to die for and I loved all of the Easter eggs and nods at the original. This movie clearly understood where it came from and was very much for the fans in a lot of ways.

This elevated the movie for me A LOT…

Make sure you stick around for the end credit scene as well.

The Cons:

Insufferable characters.

Where do I start…these characters were AWFUL and the acting was atrocious. I really tried here, but I couldn’t connect with any of these characters and I didn’t care when anyone lived or died.

There were people laughing in the theater so maybe other viewers will connect with them more, but I was honestly struggling here and IKWYDLS is one of my favorite movies of all time so I did put in the effort, but wow they were bad.

The reason why I love the original film so much is because I really rooted for the characters. There wasn’t enough development here for anyone (including Ray and Julie) so this was tough.

The random fluff was excruciating to sit through as well…

Terrible twist and not enough suspense…

There was some more gore, which I guess was cool, but I thought there was an overwhelming lack of suspense here, which the original film mastered. We needed more chase scenes and while I appreciated some of the familiar backdrops for these kills, they just didn’t dig deep enough for me.

This felt like a very timid slasher, which was disappointing.

Thanksgiving did a much better job with this.

I HATED the twist so much and thought it was a complete disservice to fans. I’m sure some people will love it and find it shocking and bold, but I found it very frustrating and thought the writers were grasping at straws here…

So am I in or out?

I’m in about 75 percent…

I Know What You Did Last Summer delivers on nostalgia but fails to hook us with anything new, relying too heavily on a messy and disappointing plot.

Look, I’m a fan of the franchise and always will be and those cameos were FANTASTIC, but I wanted so much more from this movie.

I really got what it was trying to do, but I don’t think the execution was there and honestly Scream did a much better job with its newer films…

I hope you enjoyed the review and feel free to post your own thoughts and theories on I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025) in the comments section below. Thanks so much for reading and happy viewing!

Best,

Amy Koto, TV Fanatic Girl
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