Broke Horror Fan presents Summer of 84 on limited edition, fully functional VHS! Our latest tape is on now at Witter Entertainment.
The 2018 horror film arrives on VHS in in a black clamshell case with three versions to choose from: a standard edition with new art by Chris Barnes (50 stocked), a variant with the theatrical art by François Simard (limited to 50), and a big box edition with Barnes’ art and a red VHS tape (limited to 50).
Each tape includes exclusive introductions by actor Caleb Emery and writers Matt Leslie and Stephen J. Smith. Stay tuned after the movie for a special feature: the blooper reel.
For optimal VHS viewing, the film has been cropped from its original aspect ratio to 4:3 full frame. It is officially licensed from Gunpowder & Sky and has been approved by directors François Simard, Anouk Whissell, and Yoann-Karl Whissell.
Summer, 1984: The perfect time to be 15 years old and 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.
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Eats: If I find a used condom in there, I’m gonna be so jealous.
Okay. Before I go ahead and give it the 120/100 I think it deserves, I’m going to let everyone know... I almost deducted all 100 points. I liked the movie. I liked the 80s summer adventure with friends, the nostalgia. I liked the actors. I thought it was fun and interesting. For about half the movie. Then I became bored. I got annoyed that this horror movie didn’t have anything horrifying going on. I was annoyed that it appeared to set itself up as “kid and his whacky friends save the day”.
But then he left the station, and I saw how much movie was still left... so I knew something interesting had to happen at the end.
They, of course, end up killing my favorite character, which I’m upset about, but I can forgive because of what killing this character ended up doing for the ending.
The unexpected ending and what I think will be under a spoiler, in case you’re looking at this and haven’t seen it, along with my ESE score.
Woody being murdered is the most genius thing this film did. Having Mackey kidnap Woody and Davey is just such a strong move. He makes them play a real-life game of Manhunt, their favorite neighborhood game, where he gives them a minor head-start and then chases them around this island that has only one bridge that leads to the mainland, though they have no clue what side they’re on or where they’re at on the island, and they have to get past him.
Davey tries to draw attention away so Woody can get away, but Mackey takes off after Woody and ultimately kills him. He slices Davey’s achilles tendon and Davey finds his best friend’s body. When Mackey catches up to him, he lets him know that he WANTS to kill him. But he’s not going to. He says that Davey spent that whole summer thinking about Mackey, and he’s not going to let him stop thinking about him. He tells him that he’s going to get him. That he’ll never be able to stop wondering when or how. If it’ll be in months, if it’ll be in years.
Now, a lesser movie would’ve had him found before the movie ended. Escaping in some asinine way that leaves it up to imagination.
This movie? Gave us the best ending. Mackey disappears into the night, leaving Davey to hobble back toward civilization, losing blood and emotionally distraught all the way.
When he leaves the hospital and gets back to his normal paper route, he has a voiceover that is cool and all, but ultimately has no bearing on how I feel about what happens in the end. On his paper route, he sees his other two friends, Eats and Faraday. Eats and Faraday give him a death glare... a sign that the friendship has ended and that they blame him for Woody’s death and the escape of the murderer.
So, he leave this kid with the everlasting fear that he’s out there and he is going to wait until Davey feels safe, and that’s when he’ll get him. And added to that, is the death glares from his former friends, the girl he likes leaving town, his best friend is dead...
All of this? Leads him isolated on top of the constant terror that this dude could be lurking around any corner.
The layers of the psychological horror ending make up for any annoyance that it took so long for me to see anything “horror” about this horror movie. It makes up for killing my favorite character. I loved this ending. BRILLIANT ending.
ESE: 120/100
50
+5 for alien sticker
+5 for alien shirt
+10 for manhunt making me nostalgic
+10 for Judah Lewis
+5 for Cory Gruter-Andrew
+5 for “peek-a-boobs”
-10 for R-slur
+5 for Nikki in his bedroom
+10 for 80s pop culture references
+5 for Nikki talking Davey up to make him look cooler amongst his friends
-10 for getting caught
+10 for finding the body and saving another kid
+20 for such a genius ending
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Summer of 84 (2018) Directores: François Simard, Anouk Whissell, Yoann-Karl Whissell, Actores: Graham Verchere, Caleb Emery, Judah Lewis, Cory Grüter-Andrew.
En los últimos años, una oleada de nostalgia por los años 80 ha llegado hasta nosotros por series como Stranger Things, o películas como el remake de It, y esta película no es la excepción, sin embargo no deja que el peso de la nostalgia sea lo que dirija esta película (cosa que sería mala) y nos entrega una mirada al final de la infancia, y la pérdida de la inocencia que genera empezar la adolescencia, es una película que toca fibras finas respecto a la nostalgia de crecer y a tener que enfrentarse al mundo dándonos cuenta de que no siempre estaremos seguros.
Esta película trata de Dave y sus amigos, que viven en un pequeño pueblo de la Costa Oeste de Estados Unidos, no hay mucho que hacer más que divertirse jugando manhunt (cacería de hombres), o esconderse a beber del licor robado a sus padres y hablar de fantasías acerca de chicas que no existen, hasta que un día llega el aviso de que la policía ha recibido una nota de un asesino serial, alertando que durante la última década ha asesinado a varios niños de entre doce y dieciséis años, lo que pone en alerta a la comunidad. Lo que nadie sabe, es que Dave ha visto a uno de los niños desaparecidos un par de días antes sentado en el comedor de su vecino. Entonces la búsqueda de los cuatro amigos para encontrar pistas acerca del asesino empieza.
Sin duda alguna es una película muy interesante, sus giros y su trama son increíbles, y las sorpresas que genera son muy buenas, está bien contada y genera varios momentos de empatía con nuestros personajes, así como la cantidad de nostalgia ochentera esperada, sin embargo tal vez la amistad en el grupo parezca algo etéreo y poco desarrollado, ya que dos de nuestros personajes caen en clichés un par de veces: el chico nerd y el chico bad-boy, pero al desarrollarse en un plano más personal podemos ver que son mucho más profundos (particularmente nuestro protagonista (cuya actuación es fenomenal) y Woody). La moraleja de la película queda clara, y definitivamente es una película memorable, interesante y que nos deja a todos con un buen sabor de boca.
Summer, 1984: The perfect time to be 15 years old and 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.
