Original actors return for slasher sequel | Know What You Did Last Summer

For fans of 1990s Hollywood horror - when the slasher genre was revitalised by charismatic young stars - the new I Know What You Did Last Summer film is both a good old-fashioned scare and nostalgic throwback.

- Alison de Souza

LOS ANGELES - For fans of 1990s Hollywood horror - when the slasher genre was revitalised by charismatic young stars - the new I Know What You Did Last Summer film is both a good old-fashioned scare and nostalgic throwback.

Now showing in Singapore cinemas, it is the fourth instalment in the iconic franchise that began with 1997's I Know What You Did Last Summer.

It is also a full-circle moment for American actors Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. They reprise their roles from the original film and the 1998 sequel I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, which launched their careers at a time when the box office was ruled by films such as these, along with early chapters of the Scream franchise (1996 to present), The Faculty (1998) and Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998).

The latest movie revolves around five friends who cover up their part in a deadly car accident.

A year later, one of them receives an ominous note saying, "I know what you did last summer", and a vengeful killer with an ice hook begins picking the gang off one by one.