TV shows to look forward to: I Know What You Did Last Summer

Do you remember what you did last summer? Did you go on vacation? Picked up a new hobby? Sat home and watched the news on the pandemic? Waited for the lockdown to end? 

Followed celebrities on social media to see what they have been up to during the pandemic since they can’t shoot for their movies or TV shows properly. 

Yes, last summer was probably boring and this summer has been somewhat on par with that. So let’s talk about autumn. 

This autumn, a new TV show is coming out based on the popular novel and movie franchise, I Know What You Did Last Summer. 

In case you’ve forgotten the story, it’s about a group of friends who cause an accident, cover it up and a whole year later, are threatened by an unknown killer. Apart from the original novel, there have been three Hollywood movies based on it and one Bollywood movie (Kucch To Hai) which was highly “inspired” by the theme. 

And now there’s a TV show. 

My first thought was, where have the original scripts gone? Is no one writing anything original anymore? Has the pandemic hindered creative minds in some way? 

How is it that we see reboots and sequels rather than original stories? Yes, there were some awesome cult movies in the last few decades, but a decade from now, what are we going to write about this decade? 

That originality had taken a back seat? That studios were too scared to invest in new stories and found it convenient to look into a box of successful movies and TV shows and reboot them with political agendas? Is that what modern stories have become? 

I Know What You Did Last Summer has many executive producers, one of them being James Wan, so the series has to have some potential right? 

Due to premiere on October 15th on Amazon Prime Video, the teaser, however, doesn’t hold much promise. As with most reboots nowadays, prominence is given to the characters’ preferences rather than focus on the thrilling, mystery part of the show. 

The poster shows the characters faces with honey splattered on them. The teaser too shows a hive being slit open and honey dripping from it. Is the killer going to be an Apiarist? Is he going to send in bees to do the kills for him? 

Hopefully, the trailer will throw more light into where the series will be headed because the teaser shows little promise of this being an entertaining mystery. 

In the meantime, check out the movies and novel on which this TV show is inspired.