I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) – WTF Happened to This Adaptation?

Last Updated on January 17, 2023

Last month, we got a new series started on the JoBlo Horror Originals YouTube channel. This one is called WTF Happened to This Adaptation? – and now it’s time for the second episode of the show! In this episode, we’re looking back at the 1997 slasher I Know What You Did Last Summer (watch it HERE) and examining how it differs from its source material, the 1973 young adult novel by Lois Duncan. To find out what the differences were, check out the video embedded above!

I Know What You Did Last Summer was directed by Jim Gillespie from a screenplay by Kevin Williamson. The film has the following synopsis: A year after running over a fisherman and dumping his body in the water, four friends reconvene when Julie (Jennifer Love Hewitt) receives a frightening letter telling her that their crime was seen. While pursuing who he thinks is responsible for the letter, Barry (Ryan Phillippe) is run over by a man with a meat hook. The bloodletting only increases from there, as the killer with the hook continues to stalk Julie, Helen (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Ray (Freddie Prinze Jr.).

Here’s what WTF Happened to This Adaptation? is all about: JoBlo Horror Originals goes beyond looking at the behind-the-scenes of horror movies and instead takes a deep dive into what book or story the movie was adapted from. Heavy hitters and films that you didn’t know were based on stories alike will be compared, contrasted, and dissected to find out what’s different, what’s the same, and which one is better. Join us as we find out WTF Happened to This Adaptation!

The I Know What You Did Last Summer episode of WTF Happened to This Adaptation? was Written and Narrated by Andrew Hatfield, Edited by Mike Conway, Produced by Lance Vlcek and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

Are you a fan of I Know What You Did Last Summer and the way Kevin Williamson wrote the adaptation? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

The first episode of WTF Happened to This Adaptation? can be seen below, along with a sample of one of our other shows. To see much more, head over to the JoBlo Horror Originals YouTube channel – and subscribe while you’re there!