October 17
You couldn't throw a stick in an 80s video store without hitting a slasher film on VHS, but by the end of the decade the genre was played out. Thanks to Wes Craven's Scream (1996), the slasher was back.
Like the classic Halloween (1978), the success of Scream inspired a slew of imitators that had the look, but didn't have quite the same firepower. The I Know What You Did Last Summer films fall under that category, but they're still fun.
The IKWYDLS screenplay was written by Kevin Williamson (he also wrote the screenplay for Scream), and it was based on Lois Duncan's young adult novel. Several movies were made based on her books.
I'd vote for this Lois Duncan novel as having the creepiest cover. The face reminds me of Captain Howdy in The Exorcist.
Wes Craven (Scream) directed the TV movie Summer of Fear in 1978, and a grown Linda Blair (The Exorcist) starred in the film. Weird how these things connect.
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