**_Meandering through shadowy forests with dark figures lurking_** Six college students decide to celebrate on the weekend at a rural barn party in the heart of Florida, but they’re forced to walk the woods to their destination. Unfortunately, evil is prowling about. "The Summoning" (2014) is surprisingly proficient for its $200,000 budget and no-name actors. The setting is similar to "Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things" from 42 years earlier, and "Zombie Island Massacre" from the mid-80s. At heart, it’s a survival venture akin to the comic Adventure Into Fear #18 with the Man-Thin…
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