| Although the film retained the same premise of the novel, the story was re-envisioned as a with the four friends being hunted by a hook-wielding killer | Out of guilt, Julie anonymously sends yellow roses to David's funeral |
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| Elsa was written as plain-looking in the script; the director decided that if Helen is gorgeous, Elsa should be too | I think Williamson WAS trying for a quality we might term "cred", by having his central characters bitch and squabble all the time |
A fisherman steps out of the shadows and knocks Ray unconscious, inviting Julie to hide on his boat.
| The blind curve where the car accident occurs early in the film, shot at Kolmer Gulch near Jenner, California For the beginning of the film, coastal areas of stood in for North Carolina, where the film is set | Will bursts in and takes the girls back to the hotel, stating he saw Ben on the beach |
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| In the book Elsa is also a suspect | Notably in the finale segment, it's curly once again |
Later that night, Amber awakens to 50 text messages reading "I know what you did last summer.
30| And if Helen's house is further away than we assume from when Julie gets out of the car | One year later, Amber returns to town to discover that Colby never left to pursue his scholarship |
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| Colby is also attacked while swimming | The film was met with mixed reviews, but was a commercial success and spawned a consisting of a in 1998 and a in 2006 |