Summer of 84 2018

Every serial killer lives next door to someone

6.908 / 10   1235 vote(s)
NR
Thriller Mystery Drama Horror

After suspecting that their police officer neighbor is a serial killer, a group of teenage friends spend their summer spying on him and gathering evidence, but as they get closer to discovering the truth, things get dangerous.

Release Date 2018-08-10
Runtime 1h 45m
Directors Jean-Philippe Bernier, Anouk Whissell, Yoann-Karl Whissell, François Simard, Caroline Battista
Producers Shawn Williamson, Matt Leslie, Jameson Parker, Thierry Tanguy, Van Toffler, Michael Flavin, Cody Zwieg, Barry Barclay, Ryan Silva, Floris Bauer, Jonathan Shore, Emanuel Pereira
Writers Matt Leslie, Stephen J. Smith

A very pleasant surprise. It was hardcore derivative, but that didn't stop me from enjoying it. Even if it had, there is nothing old hat about that ending.

Final rating:★★★½ - I really liked it. Would strongly recommend you give it your time.

Gimly

Perhaps some mild spoilers 1/3 of the way through and so far it's rather annoying. Ridiculous dialog, unrealistic feel and cliche stuff that copies recent successful shows/movies. I'll finish it later but I'm not expecting much. OK...finished it! It actually ends up better than it started. I think it could have been vastly improved with a few changes. It tries too hard in places and a few of the characters were unrealistic or maybe the acting was just bad. The dad was acted poorly and the neighbor girl was too old and unbelievable. She seemed like some 25-year-old Playboy Bunny crushing on the nerdy kid she used to babysit. There is no universe in the multiverse where this would happen. All that said, the conclusion was pretty good and obviously opens it up for a sequel at some point. I really thought the it was setting up for a giant twist where the guy who you thought was the killer was innocent and the real killer was the hot neighbor girl. That would have explained her unhealthy obsession with the boy next door. 6/10.

Kewl Kat