A lightweight horror-fantasy aimed in theory at young teens, Monster Summer could be described as a cut-price Stranger Things -- and it certainly is strange in a number of ways.
Read full articleThere are some decent PG-rated thrills and scares for the preteen audience, but adults are unlikely to find it especially convincing, with clunky dialogue and a generic score letting down a solidly traditional spooky mystery.
Read full article"Monster Summer" captures a wholesome sense of wonder, and it depicts that time in life between childhood and adulthood when the world is both too big and too small at the same time.
Read full articleIt won’t exactly hold you under its spell, but it might charm just enough for the sparse 90 minutes of attention it requests.
Read full articleIt’s a fun movie that lands on the right side of “innocuous,” being pleasantly formulaic rather than simply bland.
Read full articleA throw back to the teenage paranormal thrillers of the 1980s and 1990s. It works but is it what audiences of today want? The one thing that is clear though is that Mason Thames is going to be star.
Read full articleThere’s moments of promise here, but Monster Summer is more a story that tells you it’s bathing in the nostalgic rather than actually simmering in such.
Read full articleThe story itself has its twee moments, but the production values keep it on the right side of spoopy.
Read full articleA blockheaded kid-centered scary story, one where 12-year-olds race around on their bikes either toward or away from something menacing and creepy.
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