Behind the Couch

A year after they cover up their involvement in a fatal road accident, a group of friends are targeted by a mysterious, vengeful killer. In their desperation, the friends seek help from the survivors of a similar massacre from years before. The original I Know What You Did Last Summer   came hot on the heels of  Scream (1996) and was a huge hit in the late 90s. It was a taut, effective throwback to minimalist slashers of the 80s, and very much a part of the late 90s slasher film revival, unfolding as a compelling story of the (violent) end of innocence. It spawned a Bahamas-set sequel a year later, in which the murderous fisherman pursues surviving heroine Julie James and her friends to a tropical island retreat, and a further, unconnected supernatural sequel in the 2000s (the events of which are not part of the cannon established by the first film). The I Know films were never as critically acclaimed as the likes of Scream , but they were still slickly produced, effective s...

One year after the brutal murder of her friends by psychotic fisherman Ben Willis, Julie James continues to struggle with the trauma and grief. When her BFF Karla wins a holiday to an island in the Bahamas, Julie hopes the change of scenery will help her put the nightmares behind her. However, someone is waiting for her on the island. Someone who still remembers the events of last summer , and the summer before. Someone who wields a hook and craves bloody vengeance and will stop at nothing to obtain it… Get ready for some sun, sea, solitude... and slaughter! Written by Trey Callaway and directed with stylish aplomb by Danny Cannon, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer might arguably be a generic slasher sequel, but it’s also a highly entertaining, well-made and atmospheric slasher sequel. Not only does it have a great cast (including Mekhi Phifer, Bill Cobbs, Jeffrey Combs, Jennifer Esposito, Jack Black and 70s soul singer Ellerine Harding ), but an interesting location, engaging her...

Directed by Jim Gillespie and written by Kevin Williamson - whose screenplay is loosely adapted from the YA novel of the same title by Lois Duncan -  I Know What You Did Last Summer tells of a group of friends who cover up their involvement in an apparently fatal car accident. One year later, their dark secret resurfaces in the form of a mysterious stalker intent on terrorising them and spilling their blood. Coming in the wake of The Craft and Scream , I Know What You Did Last Summer was produced in the late nineties, a time when teen horror was officially hot (titles such as Urban Legend , Halloween H20 , The Faculty  and Cherry Falls   would soon follow). Like Scream before it, it heralded the arrival of Kevin Williamson and his distinctive brand of horror drama, driven by likeable, literate, pop-cultured characters the audience were invited to care for. Williamson’s work slyly (and not so slyly) references, subverts and pays homage to the very tropes and conventio...