Monster Summer is a 2024 American adventure horror film[1][2] directed by David Henrie, written by Cornelius Uliano and Bryan Schulz, and starring Mason Thames, Lorraine Bracco and Mel Gibson.

Monster Summer premiered at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles on September 24, 2024, and was released in the United States on October 4, 2024, by Pastime Pictures.

When a mysterious force begins to disrupt their big summer fun, Noah and his friends team up with a retired police detective to embark on a spooky adventure to save their island.

It was announced in November 2021 that Mel Gibson and Mason Thames were cast in the film Boys of Summer, directed by David Henrie and written by Cornelius Uliano and Bryan Schulz, and that principal photography was to begin in December 2021 in Wilmington, North Carolina.

[4] Henrie described the film in a statement to TheWrap, "Historically, fairy tales used monsters to personify our deepest fears while empowering young people to overcome them.