Cloaked, hook-handed figure terrorizes NYC: Mystery madman or marketing ruse for 'I Know What You Did Last Summer?'
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A marketing campaign for the new "I Know What You Did Last Summer" film is causing panic among New Yorkers. A figure resembling the movie's villain has been spotted in various locations, including Coney Island and Manhattan. Videos show the figure scaring groups of teens and women. Sightings include the South Street Seaport and the Staten Island Ferry. Social media speculation suggests this eerie presence is part of a promotional strategy for the upcoming film, which stars Madelyn Cline, Freddie Prinze Jr., and Jennifer Love Hewitt.
An apparently cutting-edge ad campaign for the latest installment of the "I Know What You Did Last Summer" franchise is terrifying New Yorkers from Coney Island to Manhattan.
The dead ringer for the villain in the 1997 slasher flick has been seen in videos making the social media rounds in the past two weeks.
In one viral video, the creep in galoshes slinks up behind a group of nine teenage boys walking just before 11 p.m. on the boardwalk at the South Street Seaport.
Some social media users speculated the cloak and dagger routine was a marketing ruse to promote the sequel to "I Know What You Did Last Summer," starring Madelyn Cline, Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt.
Read at New York Post
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