# I Know Who Killed Me
*I Know Who Killed Me* is a 2007 American psychological thriller directed by Chris Sivertson and written by Jeff Hammond, starring [Lindsay Lohan](https://www.edgepedia.org/lindsay-lohan) in a dual role as Aubrey Fleming and Dakota Moss, a small-town student who, after being abducted and mutilated by a serial killer, insists she is someone else entirely[1](https://catalog.afi.com/Film/64317-I-KNOW-WHO-KILLED-ME) • [2](http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/iknowwhokilledme/). Produced by 360 Pictures with distribution by Sony Pictures Releasing, it opened on July 27, 2007, earned about $9.7 million worldwide against a $12 million budget, and won a record eight [Golden Raspberry Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/golden-raspberry-awards)[3](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0897361/) • [4](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-feb-24-me-razzies24-story.html).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Release | July 27, 2007 (wide, Sony Pictures); video release November 27, 2007[5](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/I-Know-Who-Killed-Me) |
| Running time / rating | 106 minutes; rated R for grisly violence including torture, disturbing gory images, sexuality, nudity and language[5](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/I-Know-Who-Killed-Me) |
| Budget / worldwide gross | $12,000,000 budget; $9,669,758 worldwide ($7,498,716 domestic, $2,171,042 international)[3](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0897361/) |
| Opening weekend | $3,506,291 in 1,320 theaters, 48.5% of the total domestic gross[5](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/I-Know-Who-Killed-Me) |
| Critical reception | Metascore 16 (0% positive, 81% negative of 16 reviews); 9% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer[6](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/i-know-who-killed-me/) • [7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/i_know_who_killed_me) |
| Razzie record | Eight wins from 11 nominations at the 28th Golden Raspberry Awards, a record for a single film at that time[4](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-feb-24-me-razzies24-story.html) • [6](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/i-know-who-killed-me/) |
| Home video | Estimated domestic DVD sales of $28,089,423[5](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/I-Know-Who-Killed-Me) |
## Spoilers
### Plot
Aubrey Fleming (Lindsay Lohan) lives an idyllic small-town life until she is abducted by a sadistic serial killer. After a frantic search she turns up alive but changed: she is missing limbs, and it emerges that the girl claiming to be Dakota Moss is in fact Aubrey's identical twin sister[16](https://watch.afi.com/movie/i-know-who-killed-me). Her parents and the FBI believe she is suffering from delusions, but strange wounds keep appearing on her body, and she must unlock family secrets to unmask the killer[2](http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/iknowwhokilledme/). The film's plot points include amputation, being buried alive, kidnap, separated-at-birth twins, and unbelieving police[5](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/I-Know-Who-Killed-Me).
The supporting cast includes [Julia Ormond](https://www.edgepedia.org/julia-ormond) as Susan Fleming, Neal McDonough as Daniel Fleming, Brian Geraghty as Jerrod, Spencer Garrett as Agent Phil Lazarus, and [Garcelle Beauvais](https://www.edgepedia.org/garcelle-beauvais) as Agent Julie Bascombe[1](https://catalog.afi.com/Film/64317-I-KNOW-WHO-KILLED-ME). John R. Leonetti was the cinematographer, Lawrence Jordan the editor, and Joel McNeely composed the score[1](https://catalog.afi.com/Film/64317-I-KNOW-WHO-KILLED-ME).
## Production
Screenwriter Jeff Hammond, who had written horror scripts through the late 1980s and 1990s without a screen credit, sold the script to 360 Pictures, a new company looking for low-budget horror scripts, with no-strings-attached distribution through TriStar. The producers asked him to add an FBI-procedural element to ground the story, and he continued rewriting scenes during production. Lindsay Lohan was at the top of the list for the Aubrey/Dakota role, and the team chose Chris Sivertson after watching his film *The Lost*; principal photography began in November 2006[8](https://colemanspilde.substack.com/p/i-know-who-killed-me-jeff-hammond-interview).
The production was overshadowed by its star's troubles. According to a Flicks retrospective, Lohan was leaving set to return to rehab every night during shooting and was arrested for a DUI during post-production, so the media covered her downfall in place of a proper press tour[9](https://www.flicks.co.uk/features/i-is-for-i-know-who-killed-me-a-dark-trashy-mirror-to-the-parent-trap/). Bomb Report states that after her behavior disrupted production on *Just My Luck* and *Georgia Rule*, offers were drying up and she signed onto this film, which it says ended her career as a bankable name[10](https://bombreport.com/yearly-breakdowns/2007-2/i-know-who-killed-me/).
## Box office
Sony released the film wide on July 27, 2007, as counter-programming to *The Simpsons Movie*[5](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/I-Know-Who-Killed-Me) • [10](https://bombreport.com/yearly-breakdowns/2007-2/i-know-who-killed-me/). It opened ninth with $3,506,291 from 1,320 theaters, then fell 67% to $1,165,378 in its second weekend, losing most of its theater count by the third week[5](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/I-Know-Who-Killed-Me) • [10](https://bombreport.com/yearly-breakdowns/2007-2/i-know-who-killed-me/). The domestic run ended at $7,498,716 by [Box Office Mojo](https://www.edgepedia.org/box-office-mojo)'s count (The Numbers reports $7,233,485), with international receipts of $2,171,042, led by Russia/CIS ($523,374) and Germany ($414,518)[3](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0897361/) • [5](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/I-Know-Who-Killed-Me). Against the $12 million production budget, the theatrical gross fell about $2.4 million short, a 0.80x gross-to-budget multiple[11](https://filmdb.co.uk/box-office/movie/i-know-who-killed-me-2007-box-office).
[Home video](https://www.edgepedia.org/home-video) changed the financial picture. The Numbers estimates domestic DVD sales of $28,089,423, roughly four times the theatrical gross, following the November 27, 2007 video release[5](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/I-Know-Who-Killed-Me).
## Reception
Critics rejected the film overwhelmingly. Metacritic recorded a Metascore of 16, categorized as "Overwhelming Dislike," with 0 of 16 reviews positive and 13 negative; the Rotten Tomatoes critics consensus calls it "distasteful and ludicrously plotted" and "a career nadir for all involved"[6](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/i-know-who-killed-me/) • [7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/i_know_who_killed_me). Audiences gave it a rare F CinemaScore, and the film sank 66.8% in its second weekend[10](https://bombreport.com/yearly-breakdowns/2007-2/i-know-who-killed-me/). Some individual reviews were more favorable to Lohan herself: the *Washington Post*'s Stephen Hunter wrote that she "brilliantly brings off her double turn," and *L.A. Weekly* called it a gift-wrapped part played "with wit and an air of sly calculation"[12](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/i-know-who-killed-me/critic-reviews/).
At the 28th Golden Raspberry Awards in February 2008, the film captured a record eight Razzies, including Worst Picture, Worst Director, Worst Screenplay, Worst Actress (twice, for Lohan's two roles), Worst Supporting Actress, and Worst Screen Couple, the most Razzies won by a single title in the awards' 28-year history to that point[4](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-feb-24-me-razzies24-story.html) • [13](https://www.avclub.com/lohan-wins-big-at-the-razzies-1798213368).
## Cult reassessment
After its critical drubbing, the film gained a renaissance among select critics and genre fans. It has been read as a vulgar Hollywood example of the Italian giallo (Italian genre of stylish, lurid murder-mystery horror films) horror genre, screened at underground festivals, and analyzed for its debts to [David Lynch](https://www.edgepedia.org/david-lynch) and [Dario Argento](https://www.edgepedia.org/dario-argento), including [Twin Peaks](https://www.edgepedia.org/twin-peaks)-style blue roses and owls and *Suspiria*-like blue light and a stained-glass coffin[9](https://www.flicks.co.uk/features/i-is-for-i-know-who-killed-me-a-dark-trashy-mirror-to-the-parent-trap/) • [14](https://cinephile.ca/files/Cinephile-Vol4-small.pdf). Commentators have also noted its resonance with the mid-2000s torture-porn cycle and the tabloid narrative around Lohan's celebrity, which shaped the film's original reception[15](https://www.screenslate.com/articles/i-know-who-killed-me) • [9](https://www.flicks.co.uk/features/i-is-for-i-know-who-killed-me-a-dark-trashy-mirror-to-the-parent-trap/). The Numbers classifies its target audience as "Cult Movie"[5](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/I-Know-Who-Killed-Me).
## References
1. [I Know Who Killed Me (2007), AFI Catalog](https://catalog.afi.com/Film/64317-I-KNOW-WHO-KILLED-ME)
2. [I KNOW WHO KILLED ME, Sony Pictures Entertainment](http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/iknowwhokilledme/)
3. [I Know Who Killed Me (2007), Box Office Mojo](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0897361/)
4. [Murphy, Lohan tag-team the Razzies, Los Angeles Times (February 24, 2008)](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-feb-24-me-razzies24-story.html)
5. [I Know Who Killed Me (2007), The Numbers](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/I-Know-Who-Killed-Me)
6. [I Know Who Killed Me Reviews, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/i-know-who-killed-me/)
7. [I Know Who Killed Me, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/i_know_who_killed_me)
8. [Behind a Cult Classic: a Q&A with 'I Know Who Killed Me' screenwriter, Jeff Hammond, Coleman Spilde (Substack)](https://colemanspilde.substack.com/p/i-know-who-killed-me-jeff-hammond-interview)
9. [I is for I Know Who Killed Me: a dark, trashy mirror to The Parent Trap, Flicks](https://www.flicks.co.uk/features/i-is-for-i-know-who-killed-me-a-dark-trashy-mirror-to-the-parent-trap/)
10. [I Know Who Killed Me (2007): Killed Lohan's Studio Career, Bomb Report](https://bombreport.com/yearly-breakdowns/2007-2/i-know-who-killed-me/)
11. [I Know Who Killed Me (2007) Box Office: Gross, Budget & ROI, FilmDB](https://filmdb.co.uk/box-office/movie/i-know-who-killed-me-2007-box-office)
12. [I Know Who Killed Me critic reviews - Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/i-know-who-killed-me/critic-reviews/)
13. [Lohan "wins" big at The Razzies, The A.V. Club (February 25, 2008)](https://www.avclub.com/lohan-wins-big-at-the-razzies-1798213368)
14. [Cinephile Vol. 4, University of British Columbia](https://cinephile.ca/files/Cinephile-Vol4-small.pdf)
15. [I Know Who Killed Me, Screen Slate](https://www.screenslate.com/articles/i-know-who-killed-me)
16. [I Know Who Killed Me - American Film Institute](https://watch.afi.com/movie/i-know-who-killed-me)
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