Directed by Jim Gillespie   Written by Lois Duncan   Kevin Williamson   Cast Jennifer Love Hewitt ... Julie James Sarah Michelle Gellar ... Helen Shivers Ryan Phillippe ... Barry Cox Freddie Prinze Jr. ... Ray Bronson Muse Watson ... Benjamin Willis / Fisherman Bridgette Wilson-Sampras ... Elsa Shivers (as Bridgette Wilson) Anne Heche ... Melissa Egan Johnny Galecki ... Max Stuart Greer ... Officer J. Don Ferguson ... MC Deborah Hobart ... Mrs. James Mary McMillan ... Mrs. Cox Rasool Jahan ... Deb Dan Albright ... Sheriff Lynda Clark ... Pageant Official Shea Broom ... Contestant #1 John Bennes ... Old Man Jennifer Bland ... Contestant #2 William Neely ... Hank Jonathan Quint ... David Egan Richard Dale Miller ... Band Member Mary Neva Huff ... Band Member David Lee Hartman ... Band Member Uncredited Cast Patti D'Arbanville ... Mrs. Shivers David F. Maxwell ... Fisherman at Bait Stand Stephen McKenna ... Delivery Guy Produced by William S. Beasley   Stokely Chaffin   Erik Feig   Neal H. Moritz   Original Music by John Debney

Additional Info Premiere: October 17, 1997 DVD Release: October 05, 1999 Blu-ray Release: July 22, 2008 Country: Distributor: Sony Home Entertainment Websites: Production Companies Mandalay Entertainment (presents) Original Film (as A Neal H. Moritz Production) Summer Knowledge LLC (uncredited) Distributors Columbia Pictures   (1997) (USA) (theatrical) Sony Pictures Releasing   (1997) (USA) (theatrical) Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment   (1998) (USA) (DVD) Columbia TriStar Home Video   (1998) (USA) (VHS) Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment   (1999) (USA) (DVD) The WB Television Network   (2002) (USA) (TV) HBO Max   (2021) (USA) (video) (VOD) Mill Creek Entertainment   (2014) (USA) (DVD) Mill Creek Entertainment   (2014) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) TNT   (2000) (USA) (TV) Rating Stats Overall Rating 5.6 / 10 Our Rating 5.4 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 5.5 / 10 Female Users 5.0 / 10 Site Ranking #1,181 / 20,934 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 2 total ratings Almost Perfect 3 total ratings Average 6 total ratings Mediocre 2 total ratings Crap 1 total rating Site Ranking #1,177 Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Season 5 (2000) #1,178 The Lake House (2006) #1,179 Happy Death Day (2017) #1,180 Pinocchio (1940) #1,181 I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) #1,182 Sonic The Hedgehog (2020) #1,183 Dear John (2010) #1,184 Devil (2010) #1,185 Ghost In The Shell (1995)