Dead of Summer

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Season 1
  • Network: Freeform
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 28, 2016
User Score
6.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 49 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 49
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 49
  3. Negative: 17 out of 49
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  1. SheilaDundee
    Jun 29, 2016
    0
    For older people, or people who've been told a lot of stories, this show is terrible. It's a mishmash of everything you've ever seen before blended together for no good reason to no good end with random 80s references. Characters screaming at everything doesn't make something scary, and the acting is wooden at best, even the usually very good Elizabeth Mitchell. If you're really bored,For older people, or people who've been told a lot of stories, this show is terrible. It's a mishmash of everything you've ever seen before blended together for no good reason to no good end with random 80s references. Characters screaming at everything doesn't make something scary, and the acting is wooden at best, even the usually very good Elizabeth Mitchell. If you're really bored, and very lonely, or you're 14, this is for you.… Expand
  2. JarethMajere
    Aug 31, 2016
    2
    Being a 80s horror fan. this show got my attention, but failed to hold it. I got through the season, but only because I was watching it with someone else. The music was good. I was in my teens to early twenties when this was set. I knew a lot of gay people, few were that out in the Midwest. I don't remember any open trans-kids. The show pushed a lot of today's issues, agendas &Being a 80s horror fan. this show got my attention, but failed to hold it. I got through the season, but only because I was watching it with someone else. The music was good. I was in my teens to early twenties when this was set. I knew a lot of gay people, few were that out in the Midwest. I don't remember any open trans-kids. The show pushed a lot of today's issues, agendas & ideals onto a time when they didn't exist. The acting, writing & effects, were horrible. Any music used that hadn't been recorded in the 80s sounded like cheap, Cinemax soft-core, porn background music. This was a flop.… Expand

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#88 Most Discussed TV Season of 2016

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Metascore
39

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 11
  3. Negative: 5 out of 11
  1. We Got This Covered
    Reviewed by: Mitchel Broussard
    Jun 29, 2016
    70
    It’s that fuck-it sense of kitchen sink 80’s nostalgia that endears me to Dead of Summer, despite its failings. It’s overkill, but at least it’s trying to be more than the next show down the thriller list on your DVR whose season pass you delete after 2 weeks.
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  2. Yahoo TV
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    Jun 28, 2016
    10
    After watching a mere two episodes, I felt as though I’d squandered an entire summer watching Dead of Summer, a supernatural/horror/YA drama/soap opera, which starts moldering on Freeform Tuesday night.
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  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Dan Fienberg
    Jun 28, 2016
    30
    There's a different version of Dead of Summer in which having a character half-named after the Antichrist and half-named after the 20th century's most notorious occultist prophet would be part of a general wink-and-nudge approach to a slew of genre conventions. The actual version premiering on Freeform June 28 is not that fun, smart or creative, and not satisfyingly scary, mysterious or disturbing either.
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