I Know What You Did Last Summer

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PZ7.D9117 Iak I Know What You Did Last Summer (1973) is a suspense horror novel for young adults by Lois Duncan. In an unnamed town, high school senior Julie James receives a sinister note from an elusive stalker telling her, "I don't what you did last Summer", referring to the previous year when Julie, her boyfriend Writing: I read the second version of the book, which was re-written, so there is no other more to say that you will be reading a classic writing with “new” fashion vocabulary. Lois Duncan, the author of the original novel, heavily criticized the film adaptation; she stated in a 2002 interview she was "appalled" that her story was turned into a slasher film. [45] [46] Accolades [ edit ] Year

I Know What You Did Last Summer - Lois Duncan - Complete Review I Know What You Did Last Summer - Lois Duncan - Complete Review

After having a pretty meh time with Killing Mr. Griffin during Banned Book Week, I set my expectations super low before starting this one. Imagine my delight when I ended up really enjoying it. The basic premise was the same – group of drunken stumbly teenie-boppers kill someone in a hit and run and then decide . . . .Movie Review: 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' ". Entertainment Weekly. October 24, 1997. Archived from the original on April 29, 2010 . Retrieved June 9, 2011.

I Know What You Did Last Summer Series Ending Explained I Know What You Did Last Summer Series Ending Explained

This section needs plot summaries. Please add some in your own words. ( January 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) High school senior Julie James receives a note in the mail that reads, "I know what you did last summer". The previous summer, Julie, her then-boyfriend Ray Bronson, Ray's best friend Barry Cox, and Barry's girlfriend and Julie’s best friend Helen Rivers were driving home after partying in the mountains. They accidentally run over and kill a young bicycling boy named David Gregg. [note 1] After Ray anonymously calls an ambulance for David, the four make a pact never to tell anyone about their involvement in the incident. Julie and Ray subsequently drift apart from one another, and Ray moves to California for work. Out of guilt, Julie anonymously sends yellow roses to David's funeral. Gillespie, Jim; Mirkovich, Steve (1998). I Know What You Did Last Summer: Audio commentary (DVD). Columbia TriStar Home Video. the modernization is so clumsy that i was sure it was done by a miscellaneous staff member at the publishing house. i felt awful when i got to the author Q&A at the end of the book and found that duncan herself updated all of her books that were rereleased this century. In the movie, before the incident, Helen was crowned “Croaker Queen”, which doesn’t really mean much, I guess. She plans to go to New York and begin her acting career. However, she instead stays living at home and works with her sister Elsa at their family store. In the book, I think it was soon after the accident, or maybe right before, she submits her photo to the local news station and wins the title “Future Five Star”. She then drops out of school after her junior year and works for the channel five news station. She is getting paid well and can get an apartment at a swanky building. She seems not to be bothered about what they did and is moving forward with her life and living well.

Having said that, I did enjoy this story. It has also become kind of iconic, so clearly, she had something here.