Principal photography began in July 2017 in Vancouver . The film premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival . It was released as midnight showings in limited theatres in the US from August 10 , 2018 by Gunpowder & Sky , followed shortly later by VOD , and streaming as a Shudder Exclusive in October 2018 . It has worldwide distribution deals . On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes , the film holds an approval rating of 71 % , based on 45 reviews with an average rating of 6.1 / 10 . The website 's critical consensus reads , " '' Summer of 84 '' suffers from an overreliance on nostalgia for its titular decade , but a number of effective jolts may still satisfy genre enthusiasts . " Metacritic gives the film a weighted average score of 56 out of 100 , based on 8 critics , indicating " mixed or average reviews "
2018 Sundance Film Festival
2018 Sundance Film Festival
Summer of 84