Dark Summer is a 2015 American supernatural horror film directed by Paul Solet and written by Mike Le.
The film stars Keir Gilchrist, Stella Maeve, Maestro Harrell, Grace Phipps, and Peter Stormare.
Daniel Austin (Keir Gilchrist), age 17, has been placed under house arrest for stalking his classmate Mona Wilson (Grace Phipps) and hacking into all of her accounts on social media.
Despite the restrictions placed on Daniel, his friends Abby Feller and Kevin Dowdle visit and bring him a tablet so that he can access a neighbor's internet connection and Skype his mother.
Gagging him with duct tape, she then cuts off Daniel's leg so she can remove his house arrest monitor and abduct him without notice.
In a post-credits scene, Abby, still possessed by Mona's spirit, is seen driving a gagged Daniel out of town while he lets out muffled screams.
Grace director Paul Solet was presented an early version of Mike Le's script titled House Arrest, which was originally a found footage film.
[2] According to Solet, the script's structure and twists were retained from Le's draft, with the dialogue and overall execution being reworked in rewrites.
[10] Writing for The List, Hannah McGill wrote "it’s a fairly standard chiller with some above average ideas and decent scares.
"[11] Wendy Ide of The Times said the film "relies heavily on sledgehammer sound design and creepy imagery in the absence of a persuasive story.
"[12] For Variety, Dennis Harvey said "While competently made, Dark Summer makes no effort to lend its characters any psychological complexity".