It's summer 1989. The young camp counselors arrive at Camp Stillwater, Wisconsin run by Deb Carpenter (Elizabeth Mitchell). Amy Hughes is the new one. Carolina 'Cricket' Diaz, Joel Goodso, Blair Ramos, Alex Powell, Jessie Tyler, Drew Reeves, and Jason 'Blotter' Cohen are former campers. Deputy Garrett Sykes and Sheriff Heelan investigate when caretaker Dave turns up dead. There is a mysterious ghost (Tony Todd) haunting the camp.I have no problem with borrowing from Crystal Lake or calling it homage. The pilot sets it up well. There's no need to reinvent the wheel. The show has it all with the great Tony Todd. The kids are fine and Elizabeth Mitchell has plenty of experience. When the death cult shows up, the show gets muddled. At least, they have the good sense to kill themselves. The low point has to be the bear traps. It may be cool to have bear traps but they don't make sense. It's a TV horror show that is never quite good enough.

One of the Best Show in Years, I Can't Wait for New Episodes to Come Back. The Cast are Incredible. The Casting, The Acting & The Writing are Amazing. Perfect Next to Pretty Little Liars, Great Combo. Everybody Should be Watching This. They Should Make More Shows Just Like This on TV. Killing Off the Main Character Almost Every Week is Wonderful. Elizabeth Lail & Amber Coney are Great Newcomers Plus Very Pretty to Look At. You Have to Watch Almost the Whole Season Before You Can Review a Show. I Gave Guilt an Entire Season & I Did Not Like It Plus It Was Also on the FreeForm Channel. But Dead of Summer You Won't Regret Giving it a Chance, It's Worth Your Time, Trust Me. FreeForm Please Keep This Winner of a Show. Thank You.

Although the show is Cliché, as you watch it it becomes obvious that it is intentional. It's based off old 80 camp movies and it has the good jump scares. If you like those kind of movies it is a good show to watch. Although the scene of the 80's isn't quite captured like it should be, they tell you which era the scene your watching is from due to flashbacks.I think this show has been executed quite nicely, it has an eerie feel to it whilst watching and makes you want to keep watching. If you've ever been to a summer camp you'll know how creepy it can feel by being in the middle of the woods, which helps you relate to the characters in the show to know how their feeling. The show has twists and turns and I'm excited to see where the show will go in the future.

It seems like the TV writer and producer have a very low opinion of adolescents and their standards. It doesn't make them intellectually challenged and willing to accept absolute rubbish simply because they aren't adult yet. In fact, a lot of them can be really quite bright.This story is actually non existent and relies upon 'scary' dark woods and dead bodies to create the whole scariness of this sorry tale. trouble is it might just scare you if you were six and not fourteen.Totally unsuitable for adults and probably anyone over ten.Is it better then taking a walk in a storm ? No, not really. Is it funny, does it have solid likable characters and a strong storyline.... errrm NO.So my advice is don't watch it.