
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.... (Full plot summary below)
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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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| Daily DeadHeather WixsonPhillips has crafted one helluva directorial debut with Super Dark Times, an experience laced with palpable tension akin to a boiling kettle that's ready to blow at any given moment, and I highly recommend that genre fans seek this one out. |
| The VergeKaitlyn TiffanyWithout spoiling anything, Super Dark Times is scary because it takes the time to examine how a single act of violence can ripple differently through several lives based on what's already there. |
| Missoula IndependentMolly Laicha perverse and strange exploration of real horror, via the unsteady, ill-equipped perspective of doltish teenagers. |
| Village VoiceChuck WilsonBoth a thriller and meditation on the loss of innocence, Super Dark Times is rich with the minutiae of a bygone era...but Phillips and screenwriters Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski press hard against the instinct for nostalgia. |
| Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayWhat makes Super Dark Times one of the most exciting American filmmaking debuts in recent years is how well Phillips and company grasp both the intensity and ephemerality of adolescence. |
| The RingerAdam Nayman[Super Dark Times] is an impressive piece of work that deserves to be seen. And if it takes the hype around something more mainstream to draw attention to its existence, well, stranger things have happened. |
| The Young FolksTyler CarlsenSuper Dark Times is a film that I would recommend to anyone who is looking for a suspenseful and meaningful drama. |
| Birth.Movies.Death.Michael GingoldThe kids aren't all right in an unsettling independent winner. |
| Arkansas Democrat-GazettePhilip MartinSuper Dark Times is a gripping, visceral movie that those of us who grew up in suburbs similar to the one depicted here might experience as deja vu. This is how it feels to finally recognize the off-ness of someone you've always taken for granted. |
| Chicago ReaderJ. R. JonesUnfortunately the story is such an indie-cinema chestnut that its familiarity tends to overshadow Phillips's careful cultural notation, and the movie drifts further into mystery convention as it goes along. |