Jul 6, 20229 min readHow Lois Duncan’s ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Cuts Deeper Than the 1997 MovieBefore Jennifer Love Hewitt and her castmates ever felt the sharp end of an ice hook, I Know What You Did Last Summer was a novel by Lois Duncan. The famed young-adult author proposed a dilemma like few others when she pursued an idea of dual identities and a curiosity about hit-and-runs. This seminal 1973 […] The post How Lois Duncan’s ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Cuts Deeper Than the 1997 Movie appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
Jun 15, 20227 min readLois Duncan’s ‘Summer of Fear’: The Inspiration Behind Wes Craven’s 1978 Movie [Buried in a Book]In the 1970s, Lois Duncan’s work began to reflect her interest in the supernatural. The uncanny was an infrequent element throughout her output before she stopped writing fiction entirely, although this fascination led to some of her most popular books. In her ‘76 novel Summer of Fear, Duncan looked no further than her own upbringing […] The post Lois Duncan’s ‘Summer of Fear’: The Inspiration Behind Wes Craven’s 1978 Movie [Buried in a Book] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.