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Super Dark Times

Super Dark Times

20176.51h 43m

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.

Directed by Kevin Phillips
Written by Ben Collins, Luke Piotrowski
Produced by Edward Parks, Jett Steiger, Richard Peete
Box Office0Revenue: $33K

Top Cast

Owen Campbell

Owen Campbell

Zach

Charlie Tahan

Charlie Tahan

Josh

Elizabeth Cappuccino

Elizabeth Cappuccino

Allison

Max Talisman

Max Talisman

Daryl

Sawyer Barth

Sawyer Barth

Charlie

Amy Hargreaves

Amy Hargreaves

Karen

Adea Lennox

Adea Lennox

Meghan

Ethan Botwick

Ethan Botwick

John Whitcomb

P

Philip H. Ashley

Chad

J

Justin Rose

Kevin

Themes & Keywords

high schooladolescencenightmareswordpsychopathparanoiainsomniachristmas treecoming of agemurdermarijuanaserial killermurderersuburbdrugssamurai swordguiltnew york stateformer best friendparanoidchristmas1990saccidental killingteenage protagonist

About Super Dark Times

Super Dark Times is a drama, thriller film released in 2017 exploring themes of high school, adolescence, nightmare, sword, psychopath, paranoia. Directed by Kevin Phillips, it stars Owen Campbell, Charlie Tahan, Elizabeth Cappuccino. 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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