The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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Summer of 84
Drama · Horror · Mystery · 2018
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.
Movie details
Summer of 84
“Every serial killer lives next door to someone”
2018 Drama · Horror · Mystery 1h 46m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.9 / 10
Community rating
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.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Summer of 84?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
François Simard · Anouk Whissell · Yoann-Karl Whissell
Written by
Matt Leslie · Stephen J. Smith
Graham Verchere
Davey Armstrong
Judah Lewis
Tommy 'Eats' Eaton
Caleb Emery
Dale 'Woody' Woodworth
Cory Gruter-Andrew
Curtis Farraday
Tiera Skovbye
Nikki Kaszuba
Rich Sommer
Wayne Mackey
Jason Gray-Stanford
Randall Armstrong
Court is in session
Put Summer of 84 on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.