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Poster for Paul Solet’s ‘Dark Summer’ Gets Creepy
Paul Solet’s (Grace) upcoming suspense thriller Dark Summer is coming to select theaters and VOD January 9th courtesy of IFC Midnight. This is the filmmaker’s first feature since Grace back in 2009. Since then he directed a short for the genre YouTube channel BlackBoxTV and that’s it. I for one am excited for him to take on a feature length again.
Between the creepy first poster below and the trailer released earlier this month, it looks like Dark Summer will be kicking 2015 horror very nicely.
Combine horror classics THE SHINING and POLTERGEIST with the dark tension of DISTURBIA and you have DARK SUMMER, the chilling tale about a troubled teen confined to house arrest for the summer, who’s suddenly haunted by an evil entity who may or may not be the ghost of his former classmate. The film stars Keir Gilchrist (United States of Tara), Stella Maeve (Chicago PD), Peter Stormare(veteran actor from over 100 different films and television series – Fargo, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Armageddon, The Big Lebowski), Grace Phipps (The Vampire Diaries), and Maestro Harrell (The Wire).
We have an exclusive first look at A Man in the Woods With an Axe, a blood-soaked, genre-twisting homage to 1980s slasher films.
Spanning four decades, A Man in the Woods With an Axe begins in the summer of 1987 before pushing into the modern era, weaving together timelines and perspectives in a way that builds both dread and intrigue.
Drawing inspiration from genre standouts like Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, Hatchet, and The Cabin in the Woods, the film blends visceral horror with moments of dark humor, creating a uniquely balanced experience that honors tradition while carving its own identity.
Writer-director Dillon Brown (Primal Darkness) aims to deliver everything fans crave from a slasher while boldly subverting expectations with a mid-film twist that redefines the story.
“This is an unapologetic love letter to the films that made me fall in love with horror,” Brown tells Bloody Disgusting. “But I didn’t just want to recreate that feeling; I wanted to challenge it. About halfway through, the film takes a turn that completely changes how you view not only this story, but the genre itself.”
Brown describes the vintage-inspired production as “far and away the bloodiest film I’ve ever made,” with practical effects helmed by Cody Ruch (The Mill, Pig Hill), an instructor at Tom Savini’s Special Make-Up Effects Program.
From Horror Dadz Productions, A Man in the Woods With an Axe is currently in production and targeting an early 2027 release.
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