The parents going to bed with the killer on the loose, and, after their son was a big Wtf to, me, too. Officer Mackey must have had a horseshoe up his ass to take both of those kids out of the house, without waking up the parents. Also, he took them away in his squad car. He must have had that parked in Davey's backyard to pull that off so fast. The ending was perfect, though. The thought of Davey living in fear for the rest of his life is terrifying. Did not like woody dying. The ending is pretty much open. I wouldn't be surprised if there is a sequel in a few years. Thank you for the awesome video.
the tension in this movie was very intense...it just kept building the whole time until the "big reveal" and then it gets really fucking depressing...but in a good way lol. i loved this movie. thats rare, i like alot of movies but i dont love alot of movies
Yeah. I thought Nikki was the killer too. Also, the scene when Davy writes down the number reminded me that there was a time when we didn't provide our area code along with our phone number.
Truly a masterpiece. This film had me so immersed. I kept thinking Mackey would end up dying protecting the kids. One of the best final acts I’ve ever seen. Your first time drinking story killed me.
The thing that I really love about this film is how the twist is tonal and not story driven. You pretty much know from the beginning that mackeys the killer and its kind of this whimsy story that you think is going to end in a cliched way....but then the film shows its horrific underbelly that was there the whole time but we;the viewers, didn't really acknowledge it until it was too late
Dude I couldn’t agree more, that ending was the best I’ve seen in a reeeeeally long time. I hope there’s a summer of 85 cause I really want to see more of this story
I loved the 80's, as an 80's kid it felt so damn familiar, I was smiling through half the movie, it had a great soundtrack...but beneath it all, I thought it was a very well made movie! Definitely one of my faves this year!
Great movie, thanks once again for bringing it to attention. I actually stuck with Mackey the entire time as he was going to be the killer. Usually wrong in that respect, but the vibes & scenes just kept me on him. I took the vics pics on the wall "safe" because I felt that Mackey was a loner. When they followed him, no1 ever came to his house, no cop buddies, no1 period, also a reason why I was sticking to him for the killer. Some great throwbacks to my youth & depictions of the 80's that worked for me. This had a couple scenes that reminded me of Disturbia. The 3rd act was "Wow"! Couldn't believe the fat kid(Woody) getting his neck slit! The ending really worked for me as well. Curious to see if this earns/receives some kind of prequel/sequel. Good feedback!
Watched it recently and enjoyed it. I think this movie is kind of inspired by The 'Burbs (1989) with Tom Hanks, but Burbs did the horror-comedy stuff much better in my opinion, and just in general one of my fav movies of all times. There's some guys in the neighborhood, summer, he's on vacation, they have nothing to do, and then new sketchy neighbors come and they spy on them, very similar.
I watched this on Saturday and loved loved loved it. An amazing movie seemingly out of no where. I am 45 and like you, love horror be it from the 80's or about the 80's. It is rare now days to see a movie that plays with what you think is happening or who done it as this one did. One second you are sure of what's happening, then the next second you are questioning what you are thinking. It almost had a Stand by me Feel along with the others you mentioned. Have you seen " Super Dark Times ". That is another fun one. 4 Friends, small town and things go bad, very bad. Slow burn movie, but worth it I thought. Thanks again for another awesome video.
i loved this movie the characters were funny charming and super 80s acting was fantastic and the sound track was great and also had a really good story and i was just really into it
It in a lot of ways felt very similar to The Clovehitch Killer, not saying that's a bad thing, I thought both films were great, but the vibes are definitely there
A well earned subscription mate, that part 'but I won't get off your mom' tickled the shit out of me. Timing was on point like you said. I also loved this movie bro it had heart.
Drinking advice from Jason... for girls, here is mine: as soon as you say “WOO!!!!!” And throw your fist in the air, find a friend to take you home IMMEDIATELY. Think they will do like an every 10 year sequel?
I turned the video off before the spoilers. I've been wanting to see this. Do we know if it will get a Blu/DVD release? I'm not a huge fan of VOD. I'm old school and like something I can physically hold and look at.
Nicole Ucheha well yeah. They wanted to stop so many times and he kept pushing it. It ended up costing their friends life and put them in danger indefinitely since he’s still out there.
I hated Davey's Parents man if your kid thinks his neighbor is a serial killer and you dont believe your kid you dont make your kid go tell him he thinks hes the killer Davey's parents had to fill bbn like shit when they found out he was the killer
Hey man, have you seen last year's Super Dark Times? If you enjoyed Summer of 84 you should like it as well. It has similar teen drama/thriller vibe, it's more dark, it's also using some nostalgia but not as heavily as Summer of 84 though. And it's set in 90's for a change. Cheers!
Dude I was exactly the same about Nikki, the second I saw her I felt weird and needed to check her age haha. She was so god damn gorgeous and so fucking charming. I adored this film, those four dudes were amazing together !
Pacifik19 he saw the dirt,pickaxe, and shovels and remembered Mackey picked those things up the day all the kids followed them. He thought that’s why he went to the hardware store, and in that case the killer wasn’t Mackey.
Help me gang I know it's a new movie and all that but I'm desperately in need of the song that plays when the end credits start. Help! And thanks in advance
I just finished watching this and I liked it. I just don't understand the whole 1984 vibe because to me the movie didn't really feel nostalgic at all.I don't think the time frame really added anything to the overall movie. I was 14 in 1984..so yeah :-)
Finding out that the female young girl they all think is perfect is fooling around with the older cop (meaning he's not the killer but they do end up finding out something fucked up) would have been a gut punch ending of reality/ coming of age. I haven't seen the movie, but watching reviews and hearing the "crazy ending" I thought it would be something like that.
nice to know I'm not the only one with a thing for trash-tabloids, i got my bf hooked on reading The national inquirer or as it's affectionately known in our house 'The hag Mag' yep note to my younger self- don't drink 13 archers aqua peach bottles, because you will be ill for (what felt like) days and it'll take you two hours to walk half a mile home at 4 in the morning and the smell of synthetic peaches will make you sick into your 30's!!! and then you wake up in the garden the next day with a huge snail on your bare foot and still to this day never know where your shoes went......god how i wasn't killed in some way i'll never know.
This is pathetic, I just realized I searched for a spoiler review of this movie a few minutes ago, after just finishing the movie, bc I have no friends to discuss the movie with anymore. I’m an ex-addict, but I haven’t started my social life up again, for many, many reasons. I just had that sad realization outta nowhere, probably bc of that dark, depressing ending.
Skyler Burden this is why I started my channel so I understand. You can always come here to talk about film man, I’m always down. That’s awesome that you are trying to better your life so don’t feel pathetic. I have no friends in real life that like horror or love film like me in general so I go online. What did you think about the film?
Sinister Cinema Reviews I like to think 80s-early 2000s had the best Slashers/Horror movies, so I like now that they're bringing back horrors/thrillers that take place in the 80-90s. This is also coming from someone who didn't grow up in the 80s to 90s 😂
@@sinistercinemareviews5420 Oh I loved it. I just put it on in the background while I was playing Ratchet & Clank, but I quickly noticed how well done all the 80s stuff was, compared to other things in the genre. I'm not a fan of Stranger Things, but the atmosphere in this hooked me right away. I never thought the girl was the killer, but I wasn't sure it was the cop, until about halfway thru. I just thought they'd put way too much stock into him by that point for him not to be the killer. But when they found out for sure & the whole final act, I was blown away. Most of the film could pass for kids adventure movie from when I was a kid, but I've never seen one end so badly for the kids! Usually they win and it's a celebration at the end, in other kid summer adventure movies. But they showed the club house being torn down, the one kid died, and the girl moved away. Not to mention the main kid's life ruiner. Yeah, I loved it. I wanna see more movies like it. Kind of adult versions of the movies we grew up with.
Same. Literally same. Wow. Life's better for me now as well but TH-cam is where I find like-minded discussions now. This movie was awesomely dark and realistic. The ending left me feeling satisfied with the uncertainty. I would love a sequel.
listening to your drinking story i'm all like i been there even though i don't drink that often. the part when the girl broke into the boys home yeah that's a guys fantasy mine. i'm a year older then the actress in the movie and i was like what a 17 year old can pull a cute chick whos in my age group but i cant fuck my life
that would have been interesting if the girl was the girl that would make sense with her being s flirtatious shes a black widow. i would say soothing ells the cops a piece of shit hes all like you ruind my life id be like well you shouldnt have been killing kids how many lives did you ruin
The parents going to bed with the killer on the loose, and, after their son was a big Wtf to, me, too. Officer Mackey must have had a horseshoe up his ass to take both of those kids out of the house, without waking up the parents. Also, he took them away in his squad car. He must have had that parked in Davey's backyard to pull that off so fast. The ending was perfect, though. The thought of Davey living in fear for the rest of his life is terrifying. Did not like woody dying. The ending is pretty much open. I wouldn't be surprised if there is a sequel in a few years.
Thank you for the awesome video.
the tension in this movie was very intense...it just kept building the whole time until the "big reveal" and then it gets really fucking depressing...but in a good way lol. i loved this movie. thats rare, i like alot of movies but i dont love alot of movies
That’s awesome man!
Yeah. I thought Nikki was the killer too. Also, the scene when Davy writes down the number reminded me that there was a time when we didn't provide our area code along with our phone number.
I knew an Officer Mackey back 1984. 😮 creepy.
Tim Line the thumbs up is NOT an acceptance of a Mackey in your life 😁
Tim Line Looks like you've dodged a bullet.
Yikes
Tell us more, please.
Truly a masterpiece. This film had me so immersed. I kept thinking Mackey would end up dying protecting the kids. One of the best final acts I’ve ever seen. Your first time drinking story killed me.
The thing that I really love about this film is how the twist is tonal and not story driven. You pretty much know from the beginning that mackeys the killer and its kind of this whimsy story that you think is going to end in a cliched way....but then the film shows its horrific underbelly that was there the whole time but we;the viewers, didn't really acknowledge it until it was too late
Dude I couldn’t agree more, that ending was the best I’ve seen in a reeeeeally long time. I hope there’s a summer of 85 cause I really want to see more of this story
I loved the 80's, as an 80's kid it felt so damn familiar, I was smiling through half the movie, it had a great soundtrack...but beneath it all, I thought it was a very well made movie! Definitely one of my faves this year!
Haha your drunk story is similar to mines. You are hilarious man! The show was great and that ending was batshit crazy.
That last 30 mins and ending was epic
This makes my weekend!!!!! Savoring it for this evening since I didn’t find out until I saw your text at 3:15 am 😜
Watching this tonight - very excited! I’ve heard nothing but great reviews for this one.
Lisa Loves it’s excellent
What’d you think???
The way the tension builds up and suddenly drops and as you think everything is alright the attic stair drops and holy fuck it gets messed up.
I really liked this movie. Growing up watching 80s and 90s movies this was 👌
Great movie, thanks once again for bringing it to attention. I actually stuck with Mackey the entire time as he was going to be the killer. Usually wrong in that respect, but the vibes & scenes just kept me on him. I took the vics pics on the wall "safe" because I felt that Mackey was a loner. When they followed him, no1 ever came to his house, no cop buddies, no1 period, also a reason why I was sticking to him for the killer. Some great throwbacks to my youth & depictions of the 80's that worked for me. This had a couple scenes that reminded me of Disturbia. The 3rd act was "Wow"! Couldn't believe the fat kid(Woody) getting his neck slit! The ending really worked for me as well. Curious to see if this earns/receives some kind of prequel/sequel. Good feedback!
Wait woody is dead? What scene was it i didnt remember that
It's called end of summer, so good!
Just watched this today! The ending shocked me!
Watched it recently and enjoyed it. I think this movie is kind of inspired by The 'Burbs (1989) with Tom Hanks, but Burbs did the horror-comedy stuff much better in my opinion, and just in general one of my fav movies of all times. There's some guys in the neighborhood, summer, he's on vacation, they have nothing to do, and then new sketchy neighbors come and they spy on them, very similar.
I can see that
I watched this on Saturday and loved loved loved it. An amazing movie seemingly out of no where. I am 45 and like you, love horror be it from the 80's or about the 80's. It is rare now days to see a movie that plays with what you think is happening or who done it as this one did. One second you are sure of what's happening, then the next second you are questioning what you are thinking. It almost had a Stand by me Feel along with the others you mentioned. Have you seen " Super Dark Times ". That is another fun one. 4 Friends, small town and things go bad, very bad. Slow burn movie, but worth it I thought. Thanks again for another awesome video.
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i loved this movie the characters were funny charming and super 80s acting was fantastic and the sound track was great and also had a really good story and i was just really into it
It in a lot of ways felt very similar to The Clovehitch Killer, not saying that's a bad thing, I thought both films were great, but the vibes are definitely there
really great review may want to try and wrangle in the audio quality you are popping your levels a bit too much--cheers bud!
A well earned subscription mate, that part 'but I won't get off your mom' tickled the shit out of me. Timing was on point like you said. I also loved this movie bro it had heart.
Drinking advice from Jason... for girls, here is mine: as soon as you say “WOO!!!!!” And throw your fist in the air, find a friend to take you home IMMEDIATELY.
Think they will do like an every 10 year sequel?
I said that as soon as the movie ended. Summer of 94 needs to come next
YES, this movie was fantastic! 💙
Im with you Jason, I thought this movie was almost PERFECT!!!! Loved it :-)
So great
I turned the video off before the spoilers. I've been wanting to see this. Do we know if it will get a Blu/DVD release? I'm not a huge fan of VOD. I'm old school and like something I can physically hold and look at.
Beth S. They will but VOD usually gets a release first. Turbo Kid took awhile to release too
Gotcha. Thank you Bub.I appreciate it!
Oh Jason so should do a Turbo kid review
@@beths5923 Amazon has them, but, they are burn on demand discs. I got the DVD, and, it was excellent.
Based on the last scene, so it's indicated that Davey's two friends (forgot their name) hate him, by what happened to Woody..??
Nicole Ucheha well yeah. They wanted to stop so many times and he kept pushing it. It ended up costing their friends life and put them in danger indefinitely since he’s still out there.
At work so I cant watch your thoughts on this right now but that ending man!
This trio is on a roll tho. Cant wait to see what they give us next.
It reminded me of the original Fright Night with a serial killer instead of a vampire.
Its not available in U.K. yet. Dammit!! Turned off before spoilers. Come back to it after ive seen the movie.
What happened at the very end? As it’s not playing on my tele?
Paused at 5:24, get back to this review after seeing it
I hated Davey's Parents man if your kid thinks his neighbor is a serial killer and you dont believe your kid you dont make your kid go tell him he thinks hes the killer Davey's parents had to fill bbn like shit when they found out he was the killer
I thought the killer was Nikki too.....
Hey man,
have you seen last year's Super Dark Times?
If you enjoyed Summer of 84 you should like it as well.
It has similar teen drama/thriller vibe, it's more dark, it's also using some nostalgia but not as heavily as Summer of 84 though.
And it's set in 90's for a change.
Cheers!
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@@sinistercinemareviews5420 Thanks man :)
I am glad you liked it.
Dude I was exactly the same about Nikki, the second I saw her I felt weird and needed to check her age haha. She was so god damn gorgeous and so fucking charming. I adored this film, those four dudes were amazing together !
One thing i didn't understand. Why Curtis left the festival and went to tell Eats that the cop could not be the killer after all ?
Pacifik19 he saw the dirt,pickaxe, and shovels and remembered Mackey picked those things up the day all the kids followed them. He thought that’s why he went to the hardware store, and in that case the killer wasn’t Mackey.
Help me gang I know it's a new movie and all that but I'm desperately in need of the song that plays when the end credits start. Help! And thanks in advance
Christian McBrayer Le matos - cold summer
End of summer is what I was after thanks all the same
I though the killer was Davies’s own dad! Because he was always going away and such, but I was still happy at the ending
YES, I thought perhaps his father and the neighbor were partners...that would have been a good twist
I just finished watching this and I liked it.
I just don't understand the whole 1984 vibe because to me the movie didn't really feel nostalgic at all.I don't think the time frame really added anything to the overall movie.
I was 14 in 1984..so yeah :-)
retrosatx you lying piece of shit!!
😀
Finding out that the female young girl they all think is perfect is fooling around with the older cop (meaning he's not the killer but they do end up finding out something fucked up) would have been a gut punch ending of reality/ coming of age. I haven't seen the movie, but watching reviews and hearing the "crazy ending" I thought it would be something like that.
I liked this movie, kinda stand by me meets disturbia.
I thought Nikki was the killer too .
Fantastic movie! Great atmosphere...acting..chemistry..music..everything!...but why did the fat guy have to die!!!!
excellent thriller/horror movie...almost up there with the original halloween (yes, I'm serious)
I need to rewatch it
Loved this movie. Probably my favorite movie of the year so far. I can see it ending as my favorite too. (Not that big of a halloween fan)
The pictures weren't in his main living room they were in that secret room in the basement
No, he sees them when they got the kid upstairs.
Exactly!!! They shouldn't have been so careless with letting the kids sleep just by themselves. They should have had a police car watching over them!
Aerram Fathima definitely
nice to know I'm not the only one with a thing for trash-tabloids, i got my bf hooked on reading The national inquirer or as it's affectionately known in our house 'The hag Mag'
yep note to my younger self- don't drink 13 archers aqua peach bottles, because you will be ill for (what felt like) days and it'll take you two hours to walk half a mile home at 4 in the morning and the smell of synthetic peaches will make you sick into your 30's!!! and then you wake up in the garden the next day with a huge snail on your bare foot and still to this day never know where your shoes went......god how i wasn't killed in some way i'll never know.
I understand. I should be dead... maybe I am! 😱😱😱
This is pathetic, I just realized I searched for a spoiler review of this movie a few minutes ago, after just finishing the movie, bc I have no friends to discuss the movie with anymore. I’m an ex-addict, but I haven’t started my social life up again, for many, many reasons. I just had that sad realization outta nowhere, probably bc of that dark, depressing ending.
Skyler Burden this is why I started my channel so I understand. You can always come here to talk about film man, I’m always down. That’s awesome that you are trying to better your life so don’t feel pathetic. I have no friends in real life that like horror or love film like me in general so I go online. What did you think about the film?
Sinister Cinema Reviews I like to think 80s-early 2000s had the best Slashers/Horror movies, so I like now that they're bringing back horrors/thrillers that take place in the 80-90s. This is also coming from someone who didn't grow up in the 80s to 90s 😂
@@sinistercinemareviews5420 Oh I loved it. I just put it on in the background while I was playing Ratchet & Clank, but I quickly noticed how well done all the 80s stuff was, compared to other things in the genre. I'm not a fan of Stranger Things, but the atmosphere in this hooked me right away. I never thought the girl was the killer, but I wasn't sure it was the cop, until about halfway thru. I just thought they'd put way too much stock into him by that point for him not to be the killer. But when they found out for sure & the whole final act, I was blown away. Most of the film could pass for kids adventure movie from when I was a kid, but I've never seen one end so badly for the kids! Usually they win and it's a celebration at the end, in other kid summer adventure movies. But they showed the club house being torn down, the one kid died, and the girl moved away. Not to mention the main kid's life ruiner. Yeah, I loved it. I wanna see more movies like it. Kind of adult versions of the movies we grew up with.
Same. Literally same. Wow. Life's better for me now as well but TH-cam is where I find like-minded discussions now. This movie was awesomely dark and realistic. The ending left me feeling satisfied with the uncertainty. I would love a sequel.
listening to your drinking story i'm all like i been there even though i don't drink that often. the part when the girl broke into the boys home yeah that's a guys fantasy mine. i'm a year older then the actress in the movie and i was like what a 17 year old can pull a cute chick whos in my age group but i cant fuck my life
Definitely not
@@sinistercinemareviews5420 XD sorry for my sleeping errors i think faster then i type
Nikki would have been around 5 yrs old when the first kid disappeared.
Damn. That’s one crafty kid then 😉
I hope there is a sequel! I can see the 2nd part being way more darker and intense.
Why have I only now just found you?
angler h timing is everything 😉 haha
@@sinistercinemareviews5420 yess!!! Exactly
that would have been interesting if the girl was the girl that would make sense with her being s flirtatious shes a black widow. i would say soothing ells the cops a piece of shit hes all like you ruind my life id be like well you shouldnt have been killing kids how many lives did you ruin