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Posted on August 18, 2025

“What Are You Waiting For?”: Talking I Know What You Did Last Summer

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In this episode, we’re talking all things I Know What You Did Last Summer.  Loosely based on the novel by Lois Duncan, this story of adolescent guilt and moral consequence has demonstrated remarkable cultural longevity but why? We’re breaking down this legacy sequel with spoilers, so stay tuned.

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Works Cited

Khalid, Haliyana, and Alan Dix. “I Know What You Did Last Summer: What Can We Learn from Photolog.” ECSCW Conference, 2007.

Loock, Kathleen. “Reboot, Requel, Legacyquel: Jurassic World and the Nostalgia Franchise,” 173-88, Daniel Herbert and Constantine Verevis (eds), Film Reboots, Edinburgh University Press, 2020.

Och, Dana. “Beyond Surveillance: Questions of the Real in the Neopostmodern Horror Film.” Style and Form in the Hollywood Slasher Film. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2015, pp. 195-212.

Patterson, Valerie O. “Writing Books that Hold Up, from Pay Phones to Cell Phones: An Interview with YA Suspense Novelist Lois Duncan,” North Carolina Literature into Film, vol. 21, 2012, pp. 123-32.

Schneider, Steven Jay. “Kevin Williamson and the Rise of the Neo-stalker.” Post Script, vol. 19, no. 2, 1999, pp. 73-87.

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