Super Dark Times (2017)
Director
Kevin Phillips
Main cast
Owen Campbell; Charlie Tahan; Elizabeth Cappuccino; Max Talisman; Sawyer Barth
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Description
A horrible accident causes a tectonic shift between high school best friends Zach and Josh, spiraling them in different directions. Set in 1990s suburbia, Super Dark Times is a thriller that explores the twilight zone between adolescence and adulthood, lust and love, bravery and fear, good and evil.
Kevin Phillips
Main cast
Owen Campbell; Charlie Tahan; Elizabeth Cappuccino; Max Talisman; Sawyer Barth
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Description
A horrible accident causes a tectonic shift between high school best friends Zach and Josh, spiraling them in different directions. Set in 1990s suburbia, Super Dark Times is a thriller that explores the twilight zone between adolescence and adulthood, lust and love, bravery and fear, good and evil.
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