Dark Summer

Name: Dark Summer
Genre: Thriller
Released: January 9, 2015
Duration: 81 min
Rating: 31

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IFC Films | Release Date: January 9, 2015 | Not Rated

Summary: While home alone under house arrest, a teenager undergoes a terrifying brush with the supernatural.

Director: Paul Solet

Genre(s): Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 81 min

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Sara Stewart

Jan 7, 2015

Teen house-arrest thriller Dark Summer gets out ahead of any ripping-off-“Disturbia” talk with an early Shia LaBeouf joke. But its sleepy, hallucinogenic aesthetic is an entirely different — and rather less engaging — style, anyway. Read full review

Rob Staeger

Jan 7, 2015

Eventually succumbs to the weight of plot contrivance. Read full review

Time Out London Trevor Johnston

Mar 17, 2015

This has its moments, but offers a significantly weaker call on your time. Read full review

Ed Gonzalez

Jan 5, 2015

The cacophony of visions, broken mirrors, and mutilations only points to the ghost in the machine respecting The Craft as its spirit animal. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Jan 8, 2015

Despite Mr. Stormare’s valiant efforts, “Dark Summer” (directed by Paul Solet) feels listlessly plotted and insipidly performed. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Jan 8, 2015

Making the most of its low budget with its necessarily claustrophobic setting, the film displays a technical competence at least. But the rote performances and uninspired screenplay by Mike Le will inevitably consign Dark Summer to VOD viewing by undiscriminating consumers. Read full review

Robert Abele

Jan 22, 2015

The true mistreatment is directed toward the moviegoer, who has to endure enough stale pseudo-shocks, empty atmospherics, explanatory mumbo-jumbo and personality-free acting that it's hard not to think of viewing Dark Summer as running-time served. Read full review

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thegadfly44

Jan 10, 2015

Dark Summer was pretty entertaining. They acting was pretty good,
particularly from Stella Maeve. She did an excellent job and was very
believable. I see a bright future ahead for her. This movie was pretty dark, but it's not going to scare the crap out of you. You'll be able to sleepDark Summer was pretty entertaining. They acting was pretty good,
particularly from Stella Maeve. She did an excellent job and was very
believable. I see a bright future ahead for her.

This movie was pretty dark, but it's not going to scare the crap out of
you. You'll be able to sleep later that night. It's not going to change
your life or make you introspective about anything. But if the baseline
for a movie is to be entertaining and justify the money you paid for
it, then in my case it was a 7 bucks well spent. The story line moved
along at a decent pace, there weren't any glaring plot holes from what
I can remember and it was overall a fun watch. I'm usually pretty good
at seeing the twist before it hits, this one has a double twist and I
didn't see either.

In short, it's worth the watch. 7 out of 10 with a bullet.… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

willmoy38

Dec 30, 2015

I am watching the movie right now. What I don't get is that Abby is far more attractive than Mona, yet Daniel is obsessed with Mona. Not sure if he is doing it for Abby's protection or if he honestly finds, in his diluted mind, Mona more attractive than Abby.
Anyway, so far I have foundI am watching the movie right now. What I don't get is that Abby is far more attractive than Mona, yet Daniel is obsessed with Mona. Not sure if he is doing it for Abby's protection or if he honestly finds, in his diluted mind, Mona more attractive than Abby.
Anyway, so far I have found the movie interesting. I give it a 6.… Expand

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Tss5078

Jul 3, 2017

The best actors in Hollywood need to get that big role before their career can take off. No matter how good they are, until they find that role, they won't be a household name and are forced to take whatever roles they can get. Even megastars, like Chris Pratt got his start on a low rated CWThe best actors in Hollywood need to get that big role before their career can take off. No matter how good they are, until they find that role, they won't be a household name and are forced to take whatever roles they can get. Even megastars, like Chris Pratt got his start on a low rated CW drama, and did B-movies for a decade before he was cast as Star Lord, this is the position Keir Gilchrist finds himself in now. Gilchrist is an exceptional young actor, who always gives his best, but without that big role on his resume, he's forced to take jobs like this one. Dark Summer follows Daniel, (Gilchrist) a 17 year old who has recently been sentenced to house arrest for stalking a girl from his school. To make matters worse, his parents are away for the summer and Daniel is all alone. As boredom ware away at him mind, Daniel starts to see things and wonders if he's being punished for his crimes by some supernatural entity, or if he's just going insane from boredom. For much of this movie, the actor is bored, and if the actor is bored, what do you think the audience is feeling? Daniel's days are filled with monotonous discussions with friends, who sneak over, and of course investigations that turn up nothing. As for his nights, they are filled with a lot of jump scares and loud noises that again ultimately turn up nothing, as Dark Summer is just one of those films where nothing happens until the last twenty minutes, and by then, who really cares anymore? The bottom line, even a great actor couldn't save this film, it's your typical supernatural horror film, filled with a lot of jump scares, good looking people, and a whole lot of nothing else until the very end.… Expand

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