Since its premiere in 2016, the successful series stranger things revived the fashion and the most epic of the 80s, so in each season they have driven us crazy to return accessories, clothes and music from that decade, fascinating all those who enjoyed them at the time and passionate those who did not have the opportunity to live it originally.
However, the euphoria and sensation that the four seasons of the most successful horror series of recent years have caused is not only due to how identified users feel regarding the environment of the decade, but also because its plot has also had a lot to do.
The story takes place in the fictional town of Hawkins, in the state of Indiana, United States, and is based on the disappearance of Will Byers, a 12-year-old boy, which triggers a series of paranormal events, investigations and searches led by teenagers. and bicycle trips. For this and much more, stranger things has had us on the edge of the couch in every season.
If you’re fan of the saga of stranger things and the two volumes of the fourth installment left you intrigued and wanting to see more and quench your thirst for mystery, without a doubt, the movie Summer of ’84 is for you.
Directed by François Simard, Anouk Whissell and Yoann-Karl Whissell, Summer of ’84 is a Canadian horror and mystery film that premiered on August 10, 2018 during the Sundance Film Festival and became one of the best horror films of that year.
The film is set in the year 1984, a time when Cape May County, Oregon, in New Jersey, United States, is tormented by the Cape May Slayer, a serial killer who is accused of being responsible for the disappearance. of at least 13 adolescents.
The protagonist of this story is Davey Armstrong, a 15-year-old boy who suspects that his neighbor Wayne Mackey, a well-known police officer, may be the one behind the identity of the fearsome serial killer.
Based on his suspicion and when a boy Davey sees inside Mackey’s house turns up on the back of a milk carton days later, the protagonist and his friends, Dale “Woody” Woodworth, Curtis Farraday and Tommy “Eats” Eaton, they are given the task of starting an investigation that turns quite dangerous.
With a plot very similar to that of the famous Hawkins boys, Summer of ’84 is one of the few child-threatening horror movies that no fan of stranger things should be lost.