My typical summer in Austin, Texas, looks like 80 straight days of 100+ degree heat, the sun beating down like it’s got a grudge and the kind of sweat that makes you start questioning your sanity around 3pm. That’s the headspace that this list lives in—not beach parties and bonfires, but scorched pavement, busted A/C units and the creeping dread of being too far from help.
This isn’t a Summer Horror 101 list. You already know the camp classics and coastal carnage. This is for when you’ve worked through the obvious picks and want something weirder, more sun-poisoned and less logged (fewer than 50,000 watches to be exact).
