This reboot of the 1997 movie basically replays the original plot. After a group of friends accidentally causes a fatal accident, they’re singled out for revenge by the mysterious killer with a meat hook. One angle of these films is to provide some quick jump scares, which this one does a few times. The other reason is to see the brutal slayings, which are uselessly shot and edited this time, which makes them not at all horrifying. For a meta moment, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. show up from the original. It helps to have seen that one, because there are references that don’t make sense otherwise. Sadly, this film offers nothing new and even the stuff it does revisit is rather bland. No suspense and no thrills make for a boring summer. 
(1.5 / 5)
When I was working for Richmond Pubic Schools in the 80s, I produced a series of “Take a Look at a Book” videos to encourage middle school students to read. It featured short teasers from 10 books and one of them was to promote the original version of this story. Click here to see it (1:34)