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Summer of 84
Why this pick
Its teen-led suspicion of a seemingly ordinary neighbour shares Clovehitch’s suburban paranoia, patient clue-gathering and increasingly unnerving shift from nostalgia into danger.
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MOVIE2018 1h 49m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Tyler Burnside is a 16-year-old teen who lives in a small town with his devout Christian family: his father, Don; mother, Cindy; and younger sister, Susie. Ten years prior to the events of the film, a serial killer dubbed "Clovehitch" terrorized the town and murdered ten known female victims.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Charlie Plummer
Tyler
Madisen Beaty
Kassi
Lance Chantiles-Wertz
Billy
Brian Ott
Church Singer
Dylan McDermott
Don
Samantha Mathis
Cindy