Summer of 84

Name: Summer of 84
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Horror
Released: August 10, 2018
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 57
Cast: Caleb Emery, Cory Gruter-Andrew, Graham Verchere, Harrison Houde, J. Alex Brinson

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Gunpowder & Sky | Release Date: August 10, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Caleb Emery, Cory Gruter-Andrew, Graham Verchere, Harrison Houde, J. Alex Brinson, Jason Gray-Stanford, Judah Lewis, Mark Brandon, Rich Sommer, Shauna Johannesen, Tiera Skovbye, William MacDonald

Summary: Summer, 1984: The perfect time to be 15 years old and care free. But when neighborhood conspiracy theorist Davey Armstrong begins to suspect his police officer neighbor might be the serial killer all over the local news, he and his three best friends begin an investigation that soon turns dangerous.

Director: Anouk Whissell and François Simard and Yoann-Karl Whissell

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Horror

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 105 min

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Anthony Ray Bench

Aug 7, 2018

Summer ’84 requires patience. If you find yourself feeling like you’re bored by familiarity, just wait. You won’t be disappointed. Read full review

Alan Scherstuhl

Aug 7, 2018

If you’re patient, though, and not put off by the familiarity of this material, Summer of ’84 gains in interest and urgency as it goes. Read full review

Bryan Bishop

Oct 8, 2018

Where Stranger Things goes for subtle, Summer goes for on-the-nose. Where the Netflix show offers nuanced, empathetic characters, this film gives us cardboard cutouts with performances to match. Read full review

The Film Stage Mike Mazzanti

Aug 8, 2018

At its height, Summer of ’84 sings like a sandy page-turner you end up finishing in the fall, with the wind swirling and mischief night just around the corner. Read full review

John DeFore

Jul 18, 2018

Mystery-wise, the film teases viewers pretty effectively, with plenty of jolts that suggest the boys are on the right track balanced by other signs they're making something out of nothing.... But with a couple of small exceptions, attempts to flesh out the teen characters don't work very well. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Nell Minow

Aug 10, 2018

A modest little suspense puzzle that simulates rather than builds on vastly better “my neighbor may be a murderer” stories from “Rear Window” to “Stranger Things.” Read full review

Katie Rife

Aug 10, 2018

The film’s dialogue and characterization are similarly undercooked: The script strains painfully hard for off-the-cuff vulgarity, but never quite achieves it, and while the pop culture references—always a punching bag for critics when dealing with nostalgia-themed entertainments—are applied sparingly, the tin-earned dialogue gives them an awkward, shoehorned-in quality. Read full review

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RichardSayre

Sep 9, 2018

SUMMER OF 84 is a delightfully nostalgic, incredibly tense, and in the end, honestly brutal horror film. The story brings to mind Rear Window and Fright Night, but this old fashioned spook-fest no doubt stands on it's own. Just think Stranger Things but replace supernatural with brutalSUMMER OF 84 is a delightfully nostalgic, incredibly tense, and in the end, honestly brutal horror film. The story brings to mind Rear Window and Fright Night, but this old fashioned spook-fest no doubt stands on it's own. Just think Stranger Things but replace supernatural with brutal true-crime and you get one of the best films of 2018.… Expand

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Rox22

Sep 4, 2022

Not too much to say. The poster more or less says it all. It's a 80s as hell thriller, essentially it's Disturbia meets Goonies. It's popcorn friendly fun with some scares. Everything is as cliched as possible and yet, done right and with respect, making it enjoyable.

Overall: This movieNot too much to say. The poster more or less says it all. It's a 80s as hell thriller, essentially it's Disturbia meets Goonies. It's popcorn friendly fun with some scares. Everything is as cliched as possible and yet, done right and with respect, making it enjoyable.

Overall: This movie feels like it was made in the 80s and has all the charm 80s thrills and flare. Cheese, but good cheese.… Expand

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AlexNeon

Aug 5, 2019

This movie doesn't deserve the hate it gets. Does it have problems? Of course it does, I can only name one that may be a detriment to the average veiwer. But even then it leads into the best finale I've seen in a horror movie. Incredibly underrated, excellent soundtrack, great protagonists,This movie doesn't deserve the hate it gets. Does it have problems? Of course it does, I can only name one that may be a detriment to the average veiwer. But even then it leads into the best finale I've seen in a horror movie. Incredibly underrated, excellent soundtrack, great protagonists, and worth at least one or two watches.
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DirigiblePulp

Jan 14, 2019

Never finds a real reason to exist, and tonally it's a bit of a mess (is it comedy or horror, loving tribute or satire?) but it has charm, and the ending is audacious.

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JLuis_001

Aug 26, 2018

The 80's are not Stranger Things despite the fact that many young people believe that nowadays. But no doubt the series worked a lot for people to regain attention in that decade, even the new adaptation of IT happens in the 80's not in the late 50's.

This film definitely tries to get moreThe 80's are not Stranger Things despite the fact that many young people believe that nowadays. But no doubt the series worked a lot for people to regain attention in that decade, even the new adaptation of IT happens in the 80's not in the late 50's.

This film definitely tries to get more attention and be in the popularity boom but unfortunately its story is one of the weakest mysteries I've seen in a long time and its construction of suspense is also quite weak. In addition, the narrative slowness it doesn't make it any favor.
There's no doubt that it tries but it's far from achieving something interesting and more worthy of your time.… Expand

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tipar

Sep 8, 2018

A very average and too long movie, it should have ended at 1.30 hour but nooooooooooooooo... let's make a movie in which when it seems to end there is still half an hour until the end. Pitty I cannot vote here with a 4'9/10.

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kamisss

Jan 10, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es una película extremadamente predecible, desde el principio te cuentan quien es el asesino y en lugar de jugar con eso para crear algún tipo de tension, en realidad la matan y solo continuas viendo esperando que pase algo interesante pero no. Horrible.… Expand

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