20 Reasons I Know What You Did Last Summer Is the Ultimate Summer Slasher Movie
It's pretty much a given that the '90s changed the game when it came to horror films. Take Scream, which was the first example of a sort of meta horror: a film that flipped classic scary-movie tropes on their heads. There's no better time to celebrate the slasher flick than Summer, so keep reading for all the reasons we love it.
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The Title Is Just So Quotable
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That Dastardly, Totally Badass Hook
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Um, Ryan Phillippe's in It, and He's Shirtless
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This Perfectly '90s Insult . . .
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. . . And This Other '90s Insult
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It's Infused With Real Talk
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All the '90s Clothes, From the Overalls to the Tied Shirt
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Those Classic "Jump Out at You" Moments
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It's Still Righteously Gory
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It's the Start of the Golden Duo That Would Later Star in Cruel Intentions
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Jennifer Love Hewitt's Well-Displayed — Er, Assets
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Um, and Let's Not Forget About Freddie Prinze Jr., Either
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Classic Horror Tropes, Like Screaming, Dragging . . .
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. . . And Chasing
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It's Self-Aware
Plus, Ryan Phillippe looks, like, really good in that tank top.
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All of the Sarah Michelle Gellar Drama
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Actually, Basically Everything About Sarah Michelle Gellar
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It's Got Some Feminist Vibes, and We Totally Dig Them
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But Really, It Freaked Us Out Pretty Good
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