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Dead of Summer

★ 6.1 5K votes 2016–2016 1 season · 10 episodes Canceled Freeform
SupernaturalGhosts, demons and powers beyond nature in our own world.This show: 8/10Monster horrorCreatures and slashers, fear made physical.This show: 7/10UnsettlingA creeping sense of unease and wrongness that gets under your skin.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Elizabeth MitchellElizabeth LailAlberto FrezzaMark IndelicatoRonen RubinsteinPaulina Singer
Written by
Ian GoldbergAdam HorowitzEdward Kitsis
Starring
Elizabeth MitchellElizabeth LailAlberto FrezzaMark IndelicatoRonen RubinsteinPaulina Singer
Written by
Ian GoldbergAdam HorowitzEdward Kitsis
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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"Camp nostalgia curdled into supernatural dread"

Set at a 1980s summer camp, this horror-tinged drama follows a group of teen counselors whose first season together awakens a decades-old evil tied to the camp's dark history. Each episode peels back another counselor's secret past while a supernatural threat closes in. The tone leans moody and mysterious, blending coming-of-age drama with slow-build dread. It moves at a deliberate pace, favoring atmosphere and flashback-heavy character work over jump scares, and works best if you enjoy ensemble mysteries with a supernatural backbone rather than pure horror thrills.

Watch it for

the moody 80s camp atmosphere and slow-burn mystery unraveling each counselor's hidden past.

Maybe skip if

you want fast scares rather than a character-driven, flashback-heavy supernatural mystery.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12016
7.32K106h 59m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Patience6.6
35743 min
▶2Barney Rubble Eyes7.1
26142 min
▶3Mix Tape7.1
23942 min
▶4Modern Love7.4
23042 min
▶5How to Stay Alive in the Woods7.5
21642 min
▶6The Dharma Bums7.4
20642 min
▶7Townie7.4
19242 min
▶8The Devil Inside7.4
20042 min
▶9Home Sweet Home8.1
23742 min
▶10She Talks to Angels7.6
18140 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Elizabeth Mitchell Deb Carpenter
Elizabeth Lail Amy Hughes
Alberto Frezza Deputy Garrett Sykes, Garrett Sykes
Mark Indelicato Blair Ramos
Ronen Rubinstein Alex Powell
Paulina Singer Jessie Tyler
Zelda Williams Drew Reeves
Eli Goree Joel Goodson
Amber Viera Carolina Diaz, Cricket, Cricket Carolina Diaz
Andrew J. West Damon

Crew

Ian Goldberg
Adam Horowitz
Edward Kitsis

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