Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth

Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth
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Directed by	John Blanchard
Produced by	Doug Blake Harold Bronson Kai Ephron Richard Foos Joel Morrish Stephen Nemeth Andrew Ooi Robert Shaw
Written by	Sue Bailey Joe Nelms
Starring	Tiffani Amber Thiessen Tom Arnold Coolio Julie Benz Harley Cross Majandra Delfino Simon Rex Danny Strong
Music by	Tyler Bates
Cinematography	David Miller
Editing by	Richard LaBrie
Release date(s)	October 17, 2000
Running time	86 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth is a film directed by John Blanchard released directly to video in 2000. Several mid- and late-1990s, teen horror movies are parodied, as are the slasher films of the 1970s and 1980s, including the Scream trilogy (1996-2000), Friday the 13th (1980), Halloween (1978), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), and I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) as well as other non horror films. It is often compared to Scary Movie, a more commercially successful horror spoof from the same year (which coincidentally had as one of its working titles "Scream If You Know What I Did Last Halloween").^[1] Although there are many different movies that are parodied, the film follows the plot of the movie "Scream" very closely.

Plot summary

When Halloween and Friday the 13th fall on the same day, "The Killer" begins a murder spree. The first victim "screw" dying from electrocution via a bug zapper. The killer, feeling disappointed that he wasn't the cause of her death, lights up a cigarette, leading to the melting of his Jason Voorhees mask into a scream mask. The next day Dawson signs up to Bulimia Fall High School, meeting his set of friends for the film (Boner, Slab, Martina, Barbara) who later accuse Dawson of being the killer himself after discussing Screw's murder.

A reporter named Hagitha Utslay immediately claims Dawson is The Killer and has already written a pop-up book called "Dawson is a Murderer" that has become a best-seller. We meet mall security guard Doughy , who is investigating the murders due to the fact that The Killer's costume was stolen from the mall.

The students then begin receiving notes from The Killer, each one bearing a message telling them that I Know What You Did Last Summer (except Dawson initially). They each flashback to a time in which they struck a deer while joyriding and dumped its body at the docks, and this reveals the connection between the events and their link with the " new kid".

They decide the hide , Slab proposes his house in the abandoned woods after school. As they leave, Dawson tells the group to "watch their backs" until then. As they leave the table, various signs are stuck to their backs, including a target, and one reading "I ♥ Stab Wounds".

In the next few scenes, each character is attacked by The Killer, who fails in various ways ( as well as trying to kill the school principal).

Cast

• Barbara Primesuspekt: She is the stereotypically blonde who seemingly has little connection with real life. Her beauty and free spirited ideals have led to her having a wide array of STDs, as well as being a lesbian, adding another dimension of confusion to her character. Played by Julie Benz

• Dawson Deary: The new kid and the hero. His name is an obvious reference to Dawson Leery, the major character in the television series Dawson's Creek. His family was hacked to bits while he was at camp. Played by Harley Cross.

• Martina Martinez: She's the punk girl who looks like Maria DeLuca(Also played by Delfino) from Roswell. While the film hints that she is a lesbian, she turns out to be a witch. Played by Majandra Delfino.
• Slab O'Beef: He's the dumb, illiterate jock and is addicted to steroids. Played by Simon Rex.
• Bonner "Boner": The neurotic guy that is constantly trying to lose his virginity. He had a heart attackPeople constantly call him Boner. Played by Danny Strong.
• Principal Interest or The Administrator-Formerely-Known-As-Principal: He's a reference to the artist Prince. He had sex with a plastic doll. Played by Coolio.
• Screw Frombehind: She is a very popular student. She is the first to be killed, dying in the first 4 minutes of the film. Played by Aimee Graham.
• Hagitha 'Hag' Utslay: Hagitha is a TV anchorwoman from "EmpTV" and wrote the book "Dawson is a Killer", which wrongfully describes Dawson as killing kids at his camp in the form of a pop-up book.
• Harding: Doughy's "evil twin cousin". He was revealed to be the Killer. He drew a mustache on his face to distinguish himself from Doughy. Played by Tom Arnold.
• Nurse Kevorkian: She's the "School Nurse/Funeral Director" and likes to hand out suitcase-sized "Safe Sex" kits. She tells long stories about her own sexual history which has been described as a "dirty, filthy spank-fest in a bus station restroom shared by two anonymous consenting adults on a layover in Detroit and no one ever need know!" Played by Shirley Jones.
• Mrs. Tingle: A substitute teacher who delivers lectures tying the Holocaust with Frankenstein. The entire class seems to hate her so much that they all attempt to snipe her. The name is clearly a direct parody on the titular teacher in the film Teaching Mrs. Tingle. Played by Rose Marie.
• Mr. Lowelle: A sex-education teacher who refuses to teach Southern Baptists and who makes comments on sex videos like "who does your wallpaper, Mussolini?" Played by David Herman.

References

External links

• Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth at the Internet Movie Database
• Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth at Allmovie
• Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th at Rotten Tomatoes
• Film Critic Review