When schoolgirl Aubrey disappears, her parents and the police assume shes been abducted by the killer of one of her classmates, but when a lookalike named Dakota is found by a motorist, everyone believes shes the missing girl. Are they mistaken, or are Aubrey and Dakota the same person? Its an intriguing set-up, but it was never going to work - both girls are played by Lindsay Lohan. In between parental spats, DUI arrests and stints in rehab, Lohans party-girl image caused studio executives to publicly rebuke the star, whose name was becoming a punchline in the tabloids and on TV talk shows. Things got worse when the grosses for I Know Who Killed Me came in. Released when the summer blockbusters were still in theatres, takings fell off by 64% after its first week, then by 87% the following week, resulting in a total domestic take of $7,498,716 on a $12m budget. Even in its opening weekend, it had only averaged $2,656 per screen, which coupled with bad word of mouth and poor reviews meant there wouldnt be too many high profile movie roles in Lohans future.
Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'
