Summer of 84
Will there be aSummer Of 84sequel ? Canadian horrorSummer Of 84was the screenwriting debut of Matt Leslie and Stephen J. Smith and took the indie motion-picture show circuit by storm after its premiere at Sundance Film Festival in 2018 . The movie was directed by filmmaking corporate RKSS Films ( AKA François Simard , Anouk Whissell and Yoann - Karl Whissell ) and – like their 2015 feature film debutTurbo youngster – is a retro - tastic homage to the 1980s .
Set in mid-80s suburban Oregon , Summer Of 84follows a quartet of teenage pals – Davey ( Graham Verchere ) , Tommy ( Judah Lewis , The Babysitter ) , Dale ( Caleb Emery ) and Curtis ( Cory Gruter - Andrew ) – as they seek to uncloak the identity operator of a serial killer dub the Cape May Slayer who has been offing teenage boys in their area for a decade . When Davey suspects his neighbour and local constabulary officer Wayne Mackey ( Rich Sommer , Mad Men ) is the humans behind the murders , he leads his friends on an investigation to gather inculpate grounds against the possible psychopath .
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Summer Of 84was a hit among horror fans and drew favorable comparison to other stripling - focused , nostalgic horror place likeStranger ThingsandIt . Since the movie was released , the horror community has wondered whether aSummer Of 84sequel is on the cards . Some fans have even suggested a premise and title for a follow - up – summertime Of 94 , with the action pick up with Davey and his supporter a decade after their ordeal . But are there really any plan for aSummer Of 84sequel ? Here ’s what we know .
Summer Of 84 Has Sequel Potential
Rather than enclose thing up with a courteous bowing , Summer Of 84ended on a unrelenting note that construe the killer spare Davey ’s life but execution one of his friend before escaping and leaving Davey to make out with the psychological fallout . The final scene meet Davey reading a newspaper with a headline declaring the Cape May Slayer was still at orotund , and thisendingcertainly leave the door open for aSummer Of 84sequel
A Summer Of 84 Sequel Probably Won’t Happen
While RKSS have state they ’d be open to stimulate aSummer Of 84sequel if the playscript was up to scratch up , they also palpate a follow - up could degrade the movie ’s unsettling ending . In an interview withFilm School Rejects , Yoann - Karl Whissell submit :
“ I think even though it would be easygoing to do a sequel , I do n’t call up personally it would n’t be the same . You ca n’t retake what we ’ve done with the first one and I think it would rob the great unwashed of what we went for . It would be jockey . ”
While aSummer Of 84sequel does n’t presently attend likely , both its directors and writers have interesting projects in the line . RKSS is working on a sequel to 2015’sTurbo Kidand though their feature debut was n’t a revulsion film , it did boast plenty of gore which the follow - up presumably will too . Likewise , Summer Of 84screenwriters Matt Leslie and Stephen J. Smith are indite and directing a film titledThe Knockingthat promises to be a mix of revulsion , mystery and romanticism .
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