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Super Dark Times

2017 · 103 min

A slow, suffocating slide from teenage boredom into paranoia and dread, leaving you uneasy long after.

Directed by
Kevin Phillips
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Starring
Owen Campbell, Charlie Tahan, Elizabeth Cappuccino
Overview
Teenagers Zach and Josh have been best friends their whole lives, but when a gruesome accident leads to a cover-up, the secret drives a wedge between them and propels them down a rabbit hole of escalating paranoia and violence.

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Directed by
Kevin Phillips
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Starring
Owen Campbell, Charlie Tahan, Elizabeth Cappuccino
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • guilt
  • coming-of-age
  • friendship
  • parenthood
  • violence
Places
  • suburbs
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror5
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, thriller
Directed by
Kevin Phillips
Written by
Luke Piotrowski, Ben Collins
Starring
Owen Campbell, Charlie Tahan, Elizabeth Cappuccino, Max Talisman, Sawyer Barth, Amy Hargreaves, Adea Lennox, Ethan Botwick
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
103 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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