Back in October we learned that IFC Midnight had picked up North American rights to GRACE director Paul Solet's sophomore effort DARK SUMMER, a tale of a 17-year-old on house arrest for the summer, who witnesses a horrifying incident and becomes haunted by a terrifying presence while stuck in his home. Pretty intriguing setup, right?
A couple of weeks back we learned when we'd finally be able to check this badboy out as IFC Midnight announced DARK SUMMER would arrive in limited theaters and on VOD on January 9, 2015 and then will hit LA theatres on Jan. 23. As we inch closer to those dates we've got something pretty kickass to share with you today: the EXCLUSIVE poster premiere for DARK SUMMER.
Here’s a detailed synopsis:
Summer is a time to relax, unwind, take a vacation, and be free. But 17 year old Daniel Austin gets none of that because his obsessive online stalking of his classmate and crush, Mona Wilson, got him put on house arrest for the whole summer. So, no cell phone, no Internet, no leaving the property, and especially no Mona. Then Daniel’s single mother has to go on a long business trip, and Daniel has the place to himself.
Daniel figures out a way to piggyback onto his neighbors’ wireless signal and believing he’s surfing off the grid, uses his time to check in on his friends – and Mona… But what Daniel didn’t expect is for Mona to check up on him. And what she does next shakes him to his very core.
And then things start to happen. Daniel receives mysterious packages in the mail, hears phantom noises, sees inanimate objects move, and feels a strange presence in the house…
DARK SUMMER stars Peter Stormare, Maestro Harrell, Keir Gilchrist, Stella Maeve, and Grace Phipps.
Look for this one in theaters and on VOD January 9, and peep the poster for DARK SUMMER below.