SummaryA group of teenagers are targeted by a killer who seems to know what happened a year ago after a car accident on their graduation night in this series based on Lois Duncan's 1973 novel which also inspired the 1997 movie of the same name.
SummaryA group of teenagers are targeted by a killer who seems to know what happened a year ago after a car accident on their graduation night in this series based on Lois Duncan's 1973 novel which also inspired the 1997 movie of the same name.
Yes, it occasionally copies Euphoria’s lighting and makeup, as well as Gossip Girl and You’s digital stalking and surveillance narratives, and Riverdale’s camp. Together, it makes for an unholy collage, barely able to stand on its own two legs.
There’s no fun to be found in this glossy yet charmless reboot, which takes a swing at bringing the slasher film to the TikTok age and misses by miles.
It’s marred by mediocre performances, some bad directing choices and an evasive approach to its chosen genre. But in its sea of logical flaws, it’s captivatingly confusing.
It leads to a project that's constantly waffling in tone, overplaying its teen melodrama in the first two episodes sent to press before going off the rails in a way that still feels uncertain about the motives behind rebooting this franchise.
“I Know What You Did Last Summer” could win the title for being the year’s most unpleasant show. Zero fun, next-to-no compelling arcs, and a cast filled with derivative caricatures of who adults think “the kids” are these day results in a hollow series serving up teen bodies as fodder for violence.