Summer Of Fear - Movie Review

Rating: 1 out of 5

After The Exorcist, Linda Blair tried to make herself into a scream queen and never once succeeded at it. Summer of Fear is just one of her bottom-of-the-barrel horror films (originally a TV movie called Stranger in Our House), concerning a witch who moves into poor Linda's house in the guise of a newly orphaned cousin looking for sanctuary.

Filled with atrocious effects and a threadbare storyline that wouldn't keep an audience watching through commercial #1, about the only memorable part of the film is a brief cameo from Fran Drescher. Then again, this is a Wes Craven movie... what were you expecting?

Facts and Figures

Year: 1978

Run time: 100 mins

In Theaters: Wednesday 3rd April 1996

Reviews

Contactmusic.com: 1 / 5

IMDB: 5.5 / 10

Cast & Crew

Director: Wes Craven

Producer: Bill Finnegan, Patricia Finnegan

Screenwriter: Glenn M. Benest, Max A. Keller

Starring: Gregory Harrison as Mr. Marshall, Glynnis O'Connor as Winnie, Lee Garlington as Winnie, David Gallagher as Zack, Natalie Shaw as Haley, Corin Nemec as Simon, Tom Nowicki as Cooper, David Jaynes as Earl, Mike Pniewski as Warren

Also starring: Linda Blair, Lee Purcell, Jeremy Slate, Jeff McCracken, Jeff East, Carol Lawrence, Macdonald Carey, James Jarnigan, Bill Finnegan, Patricia Finnegan