I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) Traumatized Us, Here's Why

About this episode

The episode revisits the film I Know What You Did Last Summer to explore its impact on childhood trauma and analyze its production and plot.

The Childhood Trauma series is back. We're revisiting I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) to figure out why this post-Scream slasher broke Meaghan as a kid. Wild production facts, convoluted plot breakdowns, and the honest verdict on whether it still holds up.

People in this episode

Host: Meaghan

Topics covered

• childhood trauma
• slasher films
• film analysis
• production facts
• horror genre

Keywords

• I Know What You Did Last Summer
• 1997
• horror podcast
• childhood trauma
• slasher film
• film analysis
• production facts

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: I Know What You Did Last Summer

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