Dark Summer 2015

Sara Stewart, New York Post: The mumbly dialogue between the three teens - realistic though it probably is - makes it hard to care too much about Daniel's housebound fate. Read more

Dennis Harvey, Variety: A clumsily established premise develops into little more than a series of familiar "gotcha!" scares. Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: It's hard not to think of viewing "Dark Summer" as running-time served. Read more

Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: As an exercise in atmosphere, this claustrophobic creeper does a lot with a little, even if the movie winds up providing just superficial shivers. Read more

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: There is something profoundly draining and suffocatingly incestuous about watching a film that's dedicated to watching a computer screen. Read more

Trevor Johnston, Time Out: Offers fairly meagre chills. Still, the script has a few inventive (if not necessarily credible) moves up its sleeve. Read more

Rob Staeger, Village Voice: Paul Solet's direction relies on disorienting tight shots as Daniel creeps through the halls, followed by never-quite-frightening appearances by Mona in her bloody hoodie. Read more