I Know What You Did Last Summer - wikipedia I Know What You Did Last Summer For other uses, see I Know What You Did Last Summer ( disambiguation ). I Know What You Did Last Summer Theatrical release poster Directed by Jim Gillespie Produced by Neal H. Mortiz Erik Feig Stokely Chaffin Screenplay by Kevin Williamson Based on I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan Starring Jennifer Love Hewitt Sarah Michelle Gellar Ryan Phillippe Freddie Prinze, Jr. Johnny Galecki Bridgette Wilson Music by John Debney Cinematography Denis Crossan Edited by Steve Mirkovich Production company Mandalay Entertainment Distributed by Columbia Pictures Release date October 17, 1997 ( 1997 - 10 - 17 ) Running time 101 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $17 million Box office $125.2 million I Know What You Did Last Summer is a 1997 American slasher film written by Kevin Williamson and directed by Jim Gillespie. The film is loosely based on the 1973 novel of the same name by Lois Duncan. The film also draws inspiration from the urban legend known as The Hook. The film stars Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Freddie Prinze, Jr., with Anne Heche, Bridgette Wilson, and Johnny Galecki appearing in supporting roles. I Know What You Did Last Summer centers on four friends who are being stalked by a killer, one year after covering up a car accident in which they were involved. I Know What You Did Last Summer received mixed reviews from critics, but was commercially successful, grossing over $125 million at the box office. It was also nominated for and won multiple awards. As a result, the film has been parodied and referenced in popular culture. The film was followed by two sequels, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer ( 1998 ) and the straight - to - DVD release I 'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer ( 2006 ). Though the former film sees a continuation of the plotline established in its predecessor, the latter film establishes a new plotline and does not star any cast members from the previous two installments. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Release 4.1 Box office 4.2 Critical reception 4.3 Awards and nominations 5 Music 5.1 Soundtrack 6 Home media 7 Sequels and remake 8 References 9 External links Plot On the Fourth of July of 1996 in Southport, North Carolina, Julie James, her boyfriend Ray Bronson, Julie 's best friend Helen Shivers, and Helen 's boyfriend Barry Cox are all driving home from a party. Along the road, they accidentally hit a pedestrian. Max, who has a crush on Julie, stops by. Julie reassures Max that everything is all right, and he leaves. After some arguing, the group decides to dispose of the body. However, the man awakes while they 're tossing him into the sea. The group agrees to never again discuss what had happened. The following year, a disheartened Julie returns home from college for the summer. Since the incident, the group has gone their separate ways. Julie receives a letter with no return address, stating, `` I know what you did last summer ! '' A disturbed Julie informs Helen, who works at her family store. The girls take the note to Barry, who immediately thinks Max is responsible. They confront Max on the docks, and Barry threatens him with a hook. Julie meets Ray, who is now working as a fisherman ; he unsuccessfully tries to reconcile with her. Later, Max is killed by a figure in a rain slicker wielding a hook. Barry discovers a note in his gym locker saying `` I know. '' He is then ambushed by the same assailant driving Barry 's car. Meanwhile, Julie believes that the man they had run over was David Egan. She and Helen head over to visit with David 's sister Missy at her home. Missy explains to them that their family was devastated by David 's death ; she also mentions that a friend of David 's named Billy Blue also visited her to pay his last respects. Later that night, the killer sneaks into Helen 's house, cuts off her hair while she sleeps, and writes `` Soon '' on her mirror. Julie finds Max 's corpse wearing Barry 's stolen jacket in the trunk of her car. When she calls the others, the body is missing. Ray claims to have received a threatening letter, too. While Helen rides with Barry as the reigning Croaker Queen in the Fourth of July parade, they notice a man wearing a slicker. Barry chases him, but it turns out to be a red herring. Julie goes back to Missy, who reveals David allegedly committed suicide out of guilt for the death of his girlfriend Susie in the crash of the car David was driving. Missy shows David 's suicide note to Julie. As the writing matches that of the note she received, Julie realizes it was n't a suicide note but a death threat. At the Croaker Pageant, Helen witnesses Barry being murdered on the balcony. She rushes up there with a police officer but finds no sign of the killer or Barry. While driving Helen home, the officer is stopped by a stalled truck, then killed by a dark figure with a hook. Helen rushes to her family 's store, but the killer follows her inside and kills Helen 's sister Elsa. Helen manages to flee, but the killer chases her into an alley and slashes her to death, her screams drowned out by the noise of the parade. Julie finds an article mentioning Susie 's father, Ben Willis, and realizes it 's Ben they ran over, moments after he had killed David Egan to avenge his daughter. She then goes to the docks to tell Ray, who 's skeptical. Julie notices Ray 's boat is called `` Billy Blue '' and runs away before Ray can explain that he went to see Missy to relieve his conscience. Ben shows up, knocks Ray out and invites Julie to hide on his boat. Looking around, she finds photos and articles about her and her friends, and pictures of Susie. Ben 's boat leaves the docks, as Ray regains consciousness and steals a motorboat to rescue Julie, who 's being chased all around Ben 's boat. Ray ultimately uses the rigging to sever Ben 's hook - carrying hand and send him overboard. When the police question them, they deny knowing why Ben attempted to kill them, but they 're relieved not to have actually killed anybody the previous summer, and reconcile. A year later, Julie is in college in Boston. As she enters the shower, she notices the words `` I still know '' on the mirror. Moments later, a dark figure crashes through it. Cast See also : List of I Know What You Did Last Summer characters Jennifer Love Hewitt as Julie James Sarah Michelle Gellar as Helen Shivers Ryan Phillippe as Barry Cox Freddie Prinze Jr. as Ray Bronson Bridgette Wilson as Elsa Shivers Anne Heche as Missy Egan Muse Watson as Ben Willis Johnny Galecki as Max Neurick Production The cliff and rock ( at bottom, center ) where David Eagan is sitting and drinking during the sunset scene at the beginning of the movie. Filmed at Kolmer Gulch near Jenner, California. The blind curve on California State Route 1 at Kolmer Gulch where Barry 's BMW hits pedestrian David Eagan early in the movie. Filmed in Sonoma County near Jenner, California. Although the movie is set in coastal North Carolina, most of the opening scenes were filmed in Sonoma County, California. In the first scene, the movie opens with an aerial shot over the ocean at sunset that transitions to David Eagan, who is sitting on a coastal cliff at sunset. This scene was filmed at Kolmer Gulch, just north of the town of Jenner, California on Highway 1. The night time beach scene was filmed just south of Jenner, California. The ensuing car scene where Julie, Helen, Barry and Ray accidentally hit the pedestrian ( David Eagan ) was also filmed at Kolmer Gulch on California Highway 1. The remaining scenes were filmed primarily around the vicinity of Southport, North Carolina. Release Box Office In its opening weekend the film grossed $15,818,645 in 2,524 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranking # 1. By the end of its run, I Know What You Did Last Summer grossed $72,586,134 domestically and $53 million internationally for a worldwide total of $126 million. Critical reception The film received mixed reviews upon release, inevitably drawing both positive and negative comparisons to Scream, also written by Williamson. Mick LaSalle thought it inferior to ' Scream ', but Richard Harrington compared it favorably, stating that it was ``... a smart, sharply drawn genre film with a moral center and a solid cast of young actors to hold it. '' Variety was also enthusiastic, calling it a `` polished genre piece with superior fright elements that should perform at better than average theatrical levels. '' On Rotten Tomatoes, 35 % of reviews were positive. Metacritic reported an aggregate score of 52 out of 100 based on 17 reviews. Critic Roger Ebert gave the film 1 / 4 stars and wrote in his review, `` The best shot in this film is the first one. Not a good sign. '' Jennifer Love Hewitt was praised for her performance as Julie James. An Entertainment Weekly columnist stated that Hewitt knows how to scream with soul. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of `` B - '' on an A+ to F scale. Awards and nominations Year Ceremony Nominee Result ASCAP Award Top Box Office Films John Debney Won 1998 Saturn Award Best Horror Film I Know What You Did Last Summer Nominated Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Female Newcomer Jennifer Love Hewitt Won Favorite Actress Favorite Supporting Actress -- Horror Sarah Michelle Gellar Favorite Actor -- Horror Freddie Prinze Jr. Nominated Favorite Actress -- Horror Jennifer Love Hewitt Favorite Supporting Actor Ryan Phillippe International Horror Guild Award Best Movie I Know What You Did Last Summer MTV Movie Awards Best Breakthrough Performance Sarah Michelle Gellar Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Feature Film -- Leading Young Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt Music The film produced two soundtracks. One of them featured the score composed by John Debney, while the other contained various rock songs found in the film. I Know What You Did Last Summer ( Original Motion Picture Score ) Film score ( Digital download ) / Audio CD by John Debney Released October 7, 1997 Genre Film score Length 50 : 44 Label Super Tracks Music Group Soundtrack I Know What You Did Last Summer ( The Album ) Soundtrack album ( Digital download ) / Audio CD by Various Released October 7, 1997 Genre Alternative rock, alternative metal Length 51 : 14 Label Columbia Records `` Hush '' by Kula Shaker ( 2 : 55 ) `` Summer Breeze '' by Type O Negative ( 4 : 57 ) `` D.U.I. '' by The Offspring ( 2 : 26 ) `` Kid '' by Green Apple Quick Step ( 3 : 17 ) `` This Ai n't the Summer of Love '' by L7 ( 3 : 09 ) `` Losin ' It '' by Soul Asylum ( 3 : 01 ) `` Hey Bulldog '' by Toad the Wet Sprocket ( 2 : 31 ) `` My Baby 's Got the Strangest Ways '' by Southern Culture on the Skids ( 3 : 59 ) `` Waterfall '' by The Din Pedals ( 3 : 47 ) `` Clumsy '' by Our Lady Peace ( 4 : 27 ) `` One Hundred Days '' by Flick ( 3 : 40 ) `` Great Life '' by Goatboy ( 3 : 50 ) `` 2 Wicky '' by Hooverphonic ( 4 : 44 ) `` Do n't Mean Anything '' by Adam Cohen ( 3 : 43 ) `` Proud '' by Korn ( 3 : 17 ) Home media The film was released on DVD by Columbia TriStar Home Video in the US on June 16, 1998. Special features included a theatrical trailer and filmmaker 's commentary. It was released on DVD & VHS in the UK by Entertainment in Video with no special features. The film was released on Blu - ray for the first time ever on July 22, 2008, with more special features including the director 's short film : `` Joyride '' with optional commentary, a featurette titled `` Now I Know What You Did Last Summer '', a music video of Hush by Kula Shaker and also included the theatrical trailer and filmmaker 's commentary from the DVD. Though it was released in the US, it is available to be watched in regions A, B & C. The Blu - ray was re-released by Mill Creek Entertainment on September 30, 2014 in the US. It contains no special features and is only available in Region A. Sequels and remake The film was followed by two sequels : I Still Know What You Did Last Summer ( 1998 ) and I 'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer ( 2006 ), which went direct - to - video. Both were critically panned. In the first sequel, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr. and Muse Watson reprise their roles. The second sequel has very little relation to the first two, other than the premise, the villain, and the producers. It featured new characters and a different setting. On September 14, 2014 Sony reported that they have plans to remake the film ; Mike Flanagan and Jeff Howard are writing a script. In a June 1, 2016 Blumhouse.com `` Shockwaves '' podcast, writer Mike Flanagan revealed and further confirmed this new iteration and re-imagination of the franchise would not have any inventions of the Lois Duncan novel ( the antagonist being a central character ) nor the 1997 feature ( the fisherman Ben Willis and 4 primary protagonists Julie James, Helen Shivers, Barry Cox, and Ray Bronson ). Further, the new direction and scope of the film necessitates an estimated budget of $15 -- 20 million. Sony also states that the film is a high priority and is set for a release somewhere between 2017 - 2020. References ^ Jump up to : `` I Know What You Did Last Summer ''. American Film Institute. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 08. ^ Jump up to : `` I Know What You Did Last Summer - Box Office Data ''. The Numbers. Retrieved 7 August 2011. Jump up ^ `` Daily Box Office Calendar ''. Box Office Mojo. Jump up ^ `` I Know What You Did Last Summer - Awards ''. Internet Movie Database. Jump up ^ `` Wayans Brothers ' Comedy Style A Hit In ' Scary Movie ' ''. Jet. 98 : 58. 14 August 2000. Jump up ^ I Know What You Did Last Summer ( 1997 ), retrieved 2017 - 09 - 24 Jump up ^ I Know What You Did Last Summer ( 1997 ), retrieved 2017 - 09 - 24 Jump up ^ I Know What You Did Last Summer ( 1997 ), retrieved 2017 - 09 - 24 Jump up ^ Mick LaSalle ( 1997 - 10 - 17 ). `` FILM REVIEW -- ` Last Summer ' Offers Thrills But No ` Scream ' / Story starts strong but turns formulaic ''. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2017 - 07 - 05. Jump up ^ Richard Harrington ( 1997 - 10 - 17 ). `` ' Summer ' Time : The Living is Deadly ''. The Washington Post. Retrieved 2017 - 07 - 05. Jump up ^ Derek Elley ( 1997 - 10 - 13 ). `` Review : ' I Know What You Did Last Summer ' ''. Variety Magazine. Retrieved 2017 - 07 - 05. Jump up ^ `` I Know What You Did Last Summer Movie Reviews ''. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2011 - 06 - 09. Jump up ^ `` I Know What You Did Last Summer, Reviews, Ratings, Credits ''. Metacritic. Retrieved 7 August 2011. Jump up ^ Ebert, Roger. `` I Know What You Did Last Summer ''. Chicago Sun - Times ( review ). Retrieved 2007 - 11 - 11. Jump up ^ `` Movie Review : ' I Know What You Did Last Summer ' ''. Entertainment Weekly. 24 October 1997. Retrieved 2011 - 06 - 09. Jump up ^ `` CinemaScore ''. cinemascore.com. Jump up ^ `` I Know What You Did Last Summer - Original Soundtrack - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic ''. Jump up ^ Busch, Anita ( 15 September 2014 ). `` ' I Know What You Did Last Summer ' In Season Again At Sony ''. 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Question: who was the murderer in i know what you did last summer
Answer: Ben Willis