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The best actors in Hollywood need to get that big role before their career can take off. No matter how good they are, until they find that role, they won't be a household name and are forced to take whatever roles they can get. Even megastars, like Chris Pratt got his start on a low rated CW drama, and did B-movies for a decade before he was cast as Star Lord, this is the position Keir Gilchrist finds himself in now. Gilchrist is an exceptional young actor, who always gives his best, but without that big role on his resume, he's forced to take jobs like this one. Dark Summer follows Daniel, (Gilchrist) a 17 year old who has recently been sentenced to house arrest for stalking a girl from his school. To make matters worse, his parents are away for the summer and Daniel is all alone. As boredom ware away at him mind, Daniel starts to see things and wonders if he's being punished for his crimes by some supernatural entity, or if he's just going insane from boredom. For much of this movie, the actor is bored, and if the actor is bored, what do you think the audience is feeling? Daniel's days are filled with monotonous discussions with friends, who sneak over, and of course investigations that turn up nothing. As for his nights, they are filled with a lot of jump scares and loud noises that again ultimately turn up nothing, as Dark Summer is just one of those films where nothing happens until the last twenty minutes, and by then, who really cares anymore? The bottom line, even a great actor couldn't save this film, it's your typical supernatural horror film, filled with a lot of jump scares, good looking people, and a whole lot of nothing else until the very end.

I am watching the movie right now. What I don't get is that Abby is far more attractive than Mona, yet Daniel is obsessed with Mona. Not sure if he is doing it for Abby's protection or if he honestly finds, in his diluted mind, Mona more attractive than Abby. Anyway, so far I have found the movie interesting. I give it a 6.

Dark Summer was pretty entertaining. They acting was pretty good, particularly from Stella Maeve. She did an excellent job and was very believable. I see a bright future ahead for her. This movie was pretty dark, but it's not going to scare the crap out of you. You'll be able to sleep later that night. It's not going to change your life or make you introspective about anything. But if the baseline for a movie is to be entertaining and justify the money you paid for it, then in my case it was a 7 bucks well spent. The story line moved along at a decent pace, there weren't any glaring plot holes from what I can remember and it was overall a fun watch. I'm usually pretty good at seeing the twist before it hits, this one has a double twist and I didn't see either. In short, it's worth the watch. 7 out of 10 with a bullet.