Not the greatest film I've seen but it stays in your head forever. I saw it when I was almost 17. Barbara Hershey tops as a beautiful but cruel teen, rescuing an injured seagull and killing it later. Like the other readers, I wonder what happened to Catherine Burns, who played the nerdy intruder. In my high-school dramatics class, one girl told about Last Summer in a way that cracked everybody up (it has to do with the end so I won't mention it; one spoiler in this review is enough). This was a timely film that showed the dark side of hedonistic adolescence. It also has some funny moments, though I never got over the bird's fate (I hate cruelty to animals more than most anything in the world). I could see why the filmmaker felt the need to include that, to show how these nice-looking kids are both charming and mean. One good funny scene takes place when they're at the movies and Sandy is sitting between Peter and Dan. Another good scene (I'm trying not to add another spoiler) has Sandy talking with one of the guys and the guy says "I'm just thinking of them now."
Review of Last Summer
