Summer Scars

Summer Scars is a 2007 British horror film produced and directed by Julian Richards. It is based on a hostage situation that Richards experienced during his childhood. The cast includes Kevin Howarth, Ciaran Joyce, Amy Harvey, Darren Evans, Jonathan Jones, Chris Conway, Ryan Conway, and Chole Parfitt.

The film had a limited UK theatrical release in 2009 by the Institute of Contemporary Arts ICA in their screening season for New British Cinema. In 2008, Summer Scars was released on DVD in North America by TLA Releasing on their Danger After Dark label. In 2009, the film was released on DVD in the UK by Soda Pictures. Other DVD distributors include MIG Film GmbH German speaking Europe, MCF Megacom Former Yugoslavia, Wide Pictures Spain, Sahamongkol Film International Thailand and Viswas IndiaRotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 70 of ten surveyed critics gave the film a positive review the average rating was 5.610. The sites consensus reads This low budget British psychothriller packs plenty of atmospheric tension and suspense into its slender running time. Summer Scars has been linked with other, roughly contemporaneous, films that deal with concerns over Broken Britain and a fear of hoodies, including Harry Brown, Eden Lake, The Disappeared, Outlaw, The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael and Heartless. ........

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