'Extremely bad taste!' Netflix leaves STUNNED fans gasping 'Oh my god' with horrendously 'tasteless' Tweet seemingly making light of the Southport dance class child murders
Streaming giant Netflix faced accusations of being 'tasteless' and 'myopic' after promoting a horror film about a hook-wielding killer in a town called Southport - without realising the stark connotation for UK viewers.
The platform had been attempting to publicise a trailer for I Know What You Did Last Summer, which is making a comeback 28 years after its debut.
Loosely based on Lois Duncan's novel of the same name, the original box office hit first came out in 1997, followed by I Still Know What You Did Last Summer a year later.
But fans turned on Netflix last night after it posted a still from the trailer on X with the clumsily-worded caption: 'This isn't the first time there's been violence like this in Southport.'
UK-based social media users were swift to point out that the post - while referring to Southport, North Carolina - was insensitive to the tragic stabbings of Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Bebe King, six, at a Taylor Swift-themed summer camp in Southport, Merseyside, last July.
Axel Rudakubana, 18, was jailed for a minimum of 52 years in January for the triple killing. He was also charged with the attempted murder of eight other children, who cannot be named for legal reasons, class instructor Leanne Lucas and businessman John Hayes.
In the aftermath of the tragedy, false information about the alleged perpetrator of the Southport attack fuelled an unprecedented outbreak of violence and rioting in 27 towns, with the unrest ending in more than 1,500 people being arrested across the UK.
One user wrote in disbelief of the now-deleted Tweet: 'A bit tasteless, eh?'
Fans turned on Netflix last night after it posted a still from the trailer on X with the clumsily-worded caption: 'This isn't the first time there's been violence like this in Southport'
Another said: 'Erm, you need to have a chat with your UK office about why this needs to be deleted.'
A third wrote: 'Oh, my god. This is in extremely bad taste! I can only assume you're not in the UK and have no idea what evil things happened in Southport just a few months ago!'
Other users called on Netflix to delete the post.
'I'll assume you're American and as myopic as they come, but change the caption. Not cool,' another pleaded.
The revamped film, directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson and slated for release on July 18, stars original cast members Jennifer Love Hewitt as Julie James and Freddie Prinze Jr as Ray Bronson.
Netflix, which has since deleted the post, has been contacted for comment.
UK-based X users were swift to point out that the post - while referring to Southport, North Carolina - was insensitive to the tragic stabbings in Southport, Merseyside, last July
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