IFC sets date for Paul Solet’s Dark Summer

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

Paul Solet's sophomore effort has been a long time coming as his new supernatural thriller DARK SUMMER has finally been slated with a release on January 9th by IFC Midnight where it will hit limited theaters and VOD outlets. Written by Mike Le, DARK SUMMER tells the 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. With its release date not far off, we should be seeing a trailer pretty soon.

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.