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Summer Scars

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From the liner notes

This confrontational coming-of-age thriller is a haunting look into the destruction of innocence and the depths of fear. When a gang of raucous teens plays hooky in the woods, they cross paths with a mysterious drifter. Preying on their adolescent curiosity and naivete, the sadistic vagabond easily wins them over only to inflict humiliating and torturous mind games with a rusty switchblade and a gun. Trembling and desperate, these kids realize that their only chance of survival is to embrace the darkness within and fight back with some wicked games of their own.

3 Reasons To buy this film

BAFTA award winner for Best Newcomer
"A dark coming-of-age drama that stands comparison with, say, Stand By Me." – MJSimpson.co.uk
From the director of The Last Horror Movie

Review

On a warm spring day, six 14-year-olds decide to skip school for a day. On a joy ride in the woods they enounter an apparently homeless drifter named Peter. He is instantly charming and gains the trust of the young kids. The bullies of the group think he is a "badass," but the sensitive kids are slightly cautious. The older man begins to win them over by playing their games and bonding emotionally with each of them. What they don’t realize is that Peter has been carefully observing their weaknesses and is playing mind games with them. Bullies are given a taste of their own medicine while the other kids are humiliated even more. Eventually the man pulls a gun, and the young teens realize that they are being held hostage. In order to survive, they must embrace the dark side of human nature and begin fighting back with sadistic games of their own. Director Julian Richards’s previous genre flick The Last Horror Movie created a sensation with horror fans, and his latest is a worthy follow-up based on an incident that happened to him as a child. Summer Scars avoids any specific genre classification, functioning both as an unpredictable thriller and a chilling examination of innocence lost.

-- Lewis Tice