Monster Summer

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Monster Summer

PG-13

2024

1h 37m

Adventure

Horror

Fantasy

Mystery & Thriller

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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 monstrous adventure to save their island.

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Critics Consensus

Monster Summer offers some decent PG scares and an appealing cast, yet ultimately feels like a diluted, slightly clunky imitation of its genre influences.

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Jake Wilson

The Age (Australia)

01/14/2025

2/5

A lightweight horror-fantasy aimed in theory at young teens, Monster Summer could be described as a cut-price Stranger Things -- and it certainly is strange in a number of ways.

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Catherine Bray

Guardian

11/19/2024

3/5

There are some decent PG-rated thrills and scares for the preteen audience, but adults are unlikely to find it especially convincing, with clunky dialogue and a generic score letting down a solidly traditional spooky mystery.

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Adam Graham

Detroit News

10/07/2024

B

"Monster Summer" captures a wholesome sense of wonder, and it depicts that time in life between childhood and adulthood when the world is both too big and too small at the same time.

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Johnny Loftus

Decider

Jul 9

There is some enjoyably mild freakiness here.

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David Griffiths

Subculture Entertainment

02/04/2025

3.5/5

A throw back to the teenage paranormal thrillers of the 1980s and 1990s. It works but is it what audiences of today want? The one thing that is clear though is that Mason Thames is going to be star.

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Peter Gray

The AU Review

01/16/2025

2/5

There’s moments of promise here, but Monster Summer is more a story that tells you it’s bathing in the nostalgic rather than actually simmering in such.

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Joey R

10/21/2024

Some supporting acting was weak. Parts of plot were ridiculous, but common in scary movies. Mel Gibson was good as usual. There were a few gotcha jump in your seats scenes. I was hoping for a 3 star movie, but it was pretty weak.

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Joseph E

10/18/2024

Great movie and great co-viewing (parent and preteen) experience. The film is part adventure, part mystery and includes Halloween jump scares. Cast is Excellence. Will be one of the films played annually during October!

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Trip

10/15/2024

This was a fun movie, great for the family. The plot also consisted of meaningful insights. I would definitely recommend this film.

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david s

10/14/2024

Excellent horror flick

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J

10/14/2024

Great movie for the Halloween season! Not too scary, my 9yo loved it, but enough thrill and mystery that my middle schooler was also fully invested. And I thoroughly enjoyed having an engaging movie to watch with my kids that wasnt animated! A win all around!

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Ethan

10/14/2024

This was a fun time at the movies but the villain is not flushed out exactly the CGI I did notice I usually am not bothered by that but I thought it was pretty obvious

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Synopsis

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 monstrous adventure to save their island.

Director: David Henrie
Producer: Mark Fasano, Lorenzo James Henrie, John Blanford, Dan McDonough
Screenwriter: Bryan Schulz, Cornelius Uliano
Distributor: Pastime Pictures
Production Co: Nickel City Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Some Violence and Terror)
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Fantasy, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 4, 2024, Wide
Runtime: 1h 37m
Sound Mix: Surround
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)