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Summer of Fear

Summer of Fear

Summer of Fear

1978
Horror
TV Movie
1h 38m
A country family of five takes in cousin Julia, whose parents recently perished in a car crash. Julia extends her influence over the family and those around them, fooling all except for Rachel, the teenaged girl who knows her cousin is up to no good. (imdb)

Directed by:

Wes Craven
Wes-Craven
62 total credits
Wesley Earl "Wes" Craven (born August 2, 1939) is an American film director and writer, perhaps best known as the creator of many horror films, including the famed A Nightmare on Elm Street and Wes Craven's New Nightmare featuring the iconic Freddy Krueger character, the Scream films alongside The Last House on the Left, The Hills Have Eyes, The Serpent and the Rainbow, The People Under the Stairs, Vampire in Brooklyn, Red Eye and My Soul to Take...(Wikipedia)

Writers:

Lois Duncan
Lois-Duncan
10 total credits
Credits include: I Know What You Did Last Summer, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer, Down a Dark Hall and Summer of Fear
,
Glenn M. Benest
Glenn-M-Benest
5 total credits
Credits include: Deadly Blessing, Summer of Fear, Her Married Lover, Naked Lie and Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit

Starring:

Linda Blair
Linda-Blair
49 total credits
From the age of six, Linda Blair had to get used to the spotlight, both as a model and in motion pictures, when out of 600 applicants she got picked for the role of Regan, the possessed child, in The Exorcist (1973). Linda seemed to be set to take the Academy Award for that role, but when it leaked how little of the possessed child she actually had been (dubbed voice by Mercedes McCambridge and liberal use of a dummy) that dream broke, and with that disappointment probably came the first blow to what should have been a sure road to stardom.
,
Jeremy Slate
Jeremy-Slate
22 total credits
Credits include: The Lawnmower Man, True Grit, The Sons of Katie Elder, The Devil's Brigade and The Dead Pit
,
Lee Purcell
Lee-Purcell
24 total credits
Credits include: Valley Girl, Mr. Majestyk, Big Wednesday, The Incredible Hulk Returns and Summer of Fear
,
Jeff East
Jeff-East
10 total credits
Credits include: Pumpkinhead, Deadly Blessing, Summer of Fear, Up the Creek and Tom Sawyer
,
Jeff McCracken
Jeff-McCracken
4 total credits
Credits include: Summer of Fear, Running Brave, Kent State and Joker
,
Carol Lawrence
Carol-Lawrence
7 total credits
Credits include: Summer of Fear, A View from the Bridge, Mighty Mouse Playhouse, The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite and My Brother, My Executioner

Genre:

Horror

AKA:

Stranger in Our House

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Summer of Fear

1978
Horror
TV Movie
1h 38m
Your probable score

Ratings & Reviews

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Average Percentile: 24.75%
30 Mar 2018
60
49th
Pretty much like an early The Love Witch for the 1970s era of purging social horrors. It takes maybe too much time to take off, but when it does (in the last 30min or so), it is great.
04 Jan 2018
45
4th
After checking out 1977's "The Spell" I figured I might as well give this one a shot. Wes Craven, Linda Blair... what the hell, right? So I got what I deserved.
02 Jul 2024
74
1st
This one is pretty rough. Acting, dialogue, plot. Somehow, I made it through thinking something might happen. Never did; can't recommend this one.
28 Sep 2023
52
25th
Like a few TV Movies I've seen recently this one has more padding than should ever have been warranted. It does hit some things on the mark though in the build up. Linda Blair is likable and believably frustrated as everything she does to out the witch in their midst backfires. Nothing special here of note for Craven. I think Romero's Season of the Witch dealt with casual witchery in a more interesting way. I also like the Craft so what do I know. Sad to say my "of Fear" films only get worse.
25 Aug 2022
43
23rd
Decent but about 30 minutes too long.
13 Nov 2020
55
19th
55.
01 May 2008
30
7th
A "soap opera-like" thriller with "mystical" horror-elements thrown into the corny melodrama. Pretty tasteless.

Cast & Info

Directed by:

Wes Craven
Wes-Craven
62 total credits
Wesley Earl "Wes" Craven (born August 2, 1939) is an American film director and writer, perhaps best known as the creator of many horror films, including the famed A Nightmare on Elm Street and Wes Craven's New Nightmare featuring the iconic Freddy Krueger character, the Scream films alongside The Last House on the Left, The Hills Have Eyes, The Serpent and the Rainbow, The People Under the Stairs, Vampire in Brooklyn, Red Eye and My Soul to Take...(Wikipedia)

Writers:

Lois Duncan
Lois-Duncan
10 total credits
Credits include: I Know What You Did Last Summer, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer, Down a Dark Hall and Summer of Fear
,
Glenn M. Benest
Glenn-M-Benest
5 total credits
Credits include: Deadly Blessing, Summer of Fear, Her Married Lover, Naked Lie and Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit

Starring:

Linda Blair
Linda-Blair
49 total credits
From the age of six, Linda Blair had to get used to the spotlight, both as a model and in motion pictures, when out of 600 applicants she got picked for the role of Regan, the possessed child, in The Exorcist (1973). Linda seemed to be set to take the Academy Award for that role, but when it leaked how little of the possessed child she actually had been (dubbed voice by Mercedes McCambridge and liberal use of a dummy) that dream broke, and with that disappointment probably came the first blow to what should have been a sure road to stardom.
,
Jeremy Slate
Jeremy-Slate
22 total credits
Credits include: The Lawnmower Man, True Grit, The Sons of Katie Elder, The Devil's Brigade and The Dead Pit
,
Lee Purcell
Lee-Purcell
24 total credits
Credits include: Valley Girl, Mr. Majestyk, Big Wednesday, The Incredible Hulk Returns and Summer of Fear
,
Jeff East
Jeff-East
10 total credits
Credits include: Pumpkinhead, Deadly Blessing, Summer of Fear, Up the Creek and Tom Sawyer
,
Jeff McCracken
Jeff-McCracken
4 total credits
Credits include: Summer of Fear, Running Brave, Kent State and Joker
,
Carol Lawrence
Carol-Lawrence
7 total credits
Credits include: Summer of Fear, A View from the Bridge, Mighty Mouse Playhouse, The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite and My Brother, My Executioner

Genre:

Horror

AKA:

Stranger in Our House

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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