I Know What You Did Last Summer's upcoming sequel is set to turn the horror "up to a hundred".
Directed by Do Revenge's Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, the upcoming movie revisits the plot of original 1997 horror classic – but with a twist.
A new group of friends find themselves terrorised by a hook-wielding killer a year after they are bound together by a car accident, but they soon discover this nightmare has happened before and turn to the two survivors of the 1997 Southport Massacre for help.
During a new interview with People, Robinson said the film is "not serious" and described it as "a really fun, popcorn summer event".
However, she added that the horror elements are "ratcheted up to a hundred", making it "much more brutal" than its predecessor.
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"There's definitely more methodology to every kill in this movie, unlike the first, which is kind of just him stalking them and going after them," she explained.
"There's not a lot of gore or blood or violence in the first one. There certainly is in this one."
Jennifer Love Hewitt, who is reprising her role as Julie James from the first movie, agreed and described the sequel as "terrifying".
The actor also opened up about her reunion with Freddie Prinze Jr, who is returning as fellow Southport Massacre survivor Ray Bronson.
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"It felt like a high school reunion," she said. "It felt like that moment where you're like, 'Oh my gosh, I have butterflies in my stomach, and my heart is beating really fast because I have not seen this person in 150 years, and now we're back, here we are.' "
As well as Hewitt and Prince Jr, the sequel will star Outer Banks actor Madelyn Cline, The Wilds' Sarah Pidgeon, Legacies' Tyriq Withers, The Little Mermaid's Jonah Hauer-King, and The Studio's Chase Sui Wonders.
The cast is rounded out by Billy Campbell, Gabbriette Bechtel, Austin Nichols, Lola Tung and Nicholas Alexander Chavez.
I Know What You Did Last Summer hits cinemas on July 18.
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