Overview

• Early screenings on July 14 in Los Angeles earned overwhelmingly positive reactions for blending ’90s nostalgia with a fresh horror approach.
• Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. reprise Julie James and Ray Bronson, guiding a new ensemble led by Madelyn Cline, Chase Sui Wonders and Jonah Hauer-King.
• Director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson revealed that scenes filmed with Lola Tung and Nicholas Alexander Chavez were removed from the final cut to strengthen the narrative.
• Set 27 years after the original, the sequel follows a hook-wielding killer targeting friends who covered up a fatal car accident.
• The legacy sequel from Columbia Pictures is set to open in U.S. theaters on July 18, offering fans a modern continuation of the classic franchise.