{"id":484926,"date":"2022-08-15T22:22:25","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T19:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-summer-of-84-gets-right-about-80s-nostalgia\/"},"modified":"2022-08-15T22:22:25","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T19:22:25","slug":"what-summer-of-84-gets-right-about-80s-nostalgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-summer-of-84-gets-right-about-80s-nostalgia\/","title":{"rendered":"#What &#8216;Summer of 84&#8217; Gets Right About 80s Nostalgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a413e24505d0\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a413e24505d0\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-summer-of-84-gets-right-about-80s-nostalgia\/#%E2%80%9CWhat_%E2%80%98Summer_of_84_Gets_Right_About_80s_Nostalgia%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;What &#8216;Summer of 84&#8217; Gets Right About 80s Nostalgia&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-summer-of-84-gets-right-about-80s-nostalgia\/#Watch_%E2%80%9CExploring_The_Bleakest_SCARIEST_Reimagining_of_80s_Nostalgia%E2%80%9D\" >Watch \u201cExploring The Bleakest &amp; SCARIEST Reimagining of 80s Nostalgia\u201d:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-summer-of-84-gets-right-about-80s-nostalgia\/#Who_made_this\" >Who made this?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-summer-of-84-gets-right-about-80s-nostalgia\/#More_videos_like_this\" >More videos like this<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-summer-of-84-gets-right-about-80s-nostalgia\/#Recommended_Reading\" >Recommended Reading<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWhat_%E2%80%98Summer_of_84_Gets_Right_About_80s_Nostalgia%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;What &#8216;Summer of 84&#8217; Gets Right About 80s Nostalgia&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-media \">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Summer-of-84-milk-carton.jpg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"Summer Of Milk Carton\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Summer-of-84-milk-carton.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Summer-of-84-milk-carton-768x320.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/>                            <\/figure>\n<p>        <!-- START BYLINE --><\/p>\n<div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\">\n            By\u00a0Meg Shields\u00a0\u00b7 Published on August 15th, 2022\n            <\/div>\n<p>        <!-- END BYLINE --><\/p>\n<p>        <em>Welcome to The Queue \u2014 your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we\u2019re watching a video essay that looks at why Summer of 84 is the scariest reimagining of our 80s nostalgia.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Let\u2019s be honest, the modern 1980s nostalgia thing has run its course, right? Surely we\u2019ve exhausted all possible metatextual nooks and crannies in the wake of\u00a0<em>Stranger Things.\u00a0<\/em>How many more synth scores and blatant nods to\u00a0<em>E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial\u00a0<\/em>can we really take, as a society?<\/p>\n<p>Well, if you\u2019re feeling fatigued by the retro-vibe horror phenomenon of the last decade or so, we do have one final recommendation before you throw in the terry cloth towel for good. If you think horror based on 80s nostalgia is a tired trend, but you haven\u2019t seen <strong><em>Summer of 84<\/em><\/strong>, you might just change your tune. Not all 80s throwbacks are created equally, it turns out.<\/p>\n<p>The film, codirected by Fran\u00e7ois Simard, Anouk Whissell, and Yoann-Karl Whissell, follows Davey (<strong>Graham Verchere<\/strong>) a young boy whose love of conspiracy theories leads him to suspect that his extremely nice neighbor Wayne (<strong>Rich Sommer<\/strong>) is responsible for the recent string of dis<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earing children. Playing with genuinely dark notions of stranger danger and even the\u00a0<em>j\u2019accuse\u00a0<\/em>perils of the Satanic Panic,\u00a0<em>Summer of 84\u00a0<\/em>takes off the rose-tinted nostalgia glasses to bring genuine darkness and cruelty to a subgenre that often devolves into \u201chey, remember\u00a0<em>this\u00a0<\/em>movie?).<\/p>\n<p>For more on why the film rules and deserves a place on your watchlist, check out the video essay below.<\/p>\n<p><em>Beware light spoilers, and be warned that the end of the video goes into full plot summary territory. So if your interest is piqued, go check the film out and come back when you\u2019re finished!<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Watch_%E2%80%9CExploring_The_Bleakest_SCARIEST_Reimagining_of_80s_Nostalgia%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>Watch \u201cExploring The Bleakest &amp; SCARIEST Reimagining of 80s Nostalgia\u201d:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Exploring The Bleakest &amp; SCARIEST Reimagining of 80s Nostalgia\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KOTDJ4k4Pls?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_made_this\"><\/span>Who made this?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"block-a3ef65e1-092e-4d5f-b3a2-6899549a8c52\">This video on the 80s nostalgia of <strong><em>Summer of 84 <\/em><\/strong>is by\u00a0<strong>Ryan Hollinger<\/strong>, a Northern Irish video essayist who specializes in horror films. Hollinger\u2019s analysis usually takes the shape of a personal retrospective. Indulging in a healthy dose of nostalgia, Hollinger\u2019s videos are contagiously endearing, entertaining, and informative. You can also check out Hollinger\u2019s podcast The Carryout on SoundCloud\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/ryanhollinger\">here<\/a>. And you can subscribe to Hollinger\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> account\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/himynamesryan\/featured\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_videos_like_this\"><\/span>More videos like this<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>        Related Topics: Horror, The Queue<br \/>\n        <!-- AUTHOR BOX --><\/p>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/meg.jpg\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md\">\n            Meg Shields is the humble farm boy of your dreams and a senior contributor at Film School Rejects. She currently runs three columns at FSR: The Queue, How&#8217;d They Do That?, and Horrorscope. She is also a curator for One Perfect Shot and a freelance writer for hire. Meg can be found screaming about John Boorman&#8217;s &#8216;Excalibur&#8217; on Twitter here: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheWorstNun\">@TheWorstNun<\/a>. (She\/Her).        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>        <!-- START RECOMMENDED READING 1 --><\/p>\n<section class=\"recommended py-5\">\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Recommended_Reading\"><\/span>Recommended Reading<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<p>                <!-- END RECOMMENDED READING --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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