Plus, each new iteration can be what it is – for good or bad – without “ruining” a previous version. Sure, it points to a level of creative drought in which existing IP is more attractive than new ideas, but when there are that many TV shows and movies been greenlit by deep-pocketed streaming platforms, it’s hard to get too worked up about it. Which cuts to now, the crest of a revivals, reboots and remakes wave, where everything that was can be again.Īnd that’s fine. Part of the teen horror revival kicked off with the success of Scream, the scrappy movie spawned two sequels until it was decided that all the goodwill had eked out. The 1997 film version was a messy but effective slasher with what was then the hot young cast of Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Freddie Prinze Jr. Starting with Lois Duncan’s 1973 novel, the story about a group of teenagers who cover up an accidental death only to be stalked by a killer a year later, has a simple morality hook that could’ve underpinned any fairytale or folk story. It seems like every generation is entitled to their own version of I Know What You Did Last Summer.
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