New Prime Video: If you love Scream, this horror movie is perfect for your summer

The year is 1996. The Scream phenomenon is global. Slashers—those horror movies that feature serial killers and teenagers—are coming to the fore again, and for Hollywood, the opportunity is too good to settle for one success. Screenwriter Kevin Williamson — already at the helm of the Wes Craven film — is being tapped to contribute. He pulls out of his drawers an old script adapted from a children’s novel written by Lois Duncan, Remembering… Last Summer.

The project is carried out by a quartet of young actors who alone represent the decade of the nineties: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr., Ryan Phillippe and Sarah Michelle Gellar – who at that time had not yet been moved by Buffy. mania”. The film was shot over several weeks starting in March 1997 and was released in the United States in October 1997 – late January 1998 in France.

Once in the room, it’s the jackpot! Remember… Jim Gillespie’s last summer was a hit, capitalizing on the enthusiasm for Scream and its aftermath. 125 million for a small budget of 17 million dollars. In France, more than a million moviegoers travel to the cinema to discover it. However, the story is the opposite of Wes Craven’s film, taking a much more serious and dramatic tone.

But the story in all of this? On the evening of American National Day, four friends ran over a man in a car. Convinced that they have just been killed, they dispose of the body. A year later, when they thought they could turn the page, they received a letter:I know what you did last summer“.

Considered far less than its predecessor released a year earlier, remember… Last Summer is still a staple of American horror cinema. Between its original hook-armed killer, its fishing town, its chase scenes and, of course, its titles, the film manages to retain a certain aura that embodies Nineties. Summary: The perfect Proust Madeleine.

Its sequel, Remembering… Last Summer 2, was released a year later in 1998. This time, the survivors end up on an island… in the Bahamas, and of course the nightmare begins again. You’ll definitely hear it in this “exotic” pitch, this second installment only exists to capitalize on the success of the first opus. The plot can be sketchy and still… it works.

Without being a good movie, Remembering Last Summer remains a genuine piece of entertainment that thinks it is, highlighted by a thunderous soundtrack and a striking appearance by the likes of Jack Black, who refused to be credited – one wonders why.

Some may not know this, but the third movie was released in 2006. Released straight to video – The First Bad Omen – this third installment follows more or less the same plot as the first film, with supernatural elements. Tip: Avoid at all costs if you have no taste for risk.

Movies Remembering… Last Summer is available on Prime Video.