History Film / SuperDarkTimes

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Daryl. He's shown to be extremely irritating and selfish and so universally disliked that nobody cares when he goes missing.]]
** To be fair, [[spoiler:if one listens carefully to the students whispering around Zach, some of them seem genuinely concerned for Daryl's disappearance.]]

* InvisibleParents: Subverted with Zach's mother (he does not seem to have a father), barely subverted with Josh's mother who shows up only once.

* [[spoiler: KarmaHoudini: ''Possibly'' with Charlie. Who spends most, if not ''all'' the film simply [[BystanderSyndrome refusing to get involved with Zach or Josh over the incident and pretends nothing happened]]. However considering we don't see Zach nor Josh in the end of the film, there's a possibility he is also investigated]].

* VideoGame/{{Minesweeper}}: Charlie is seen playing this game as Zach calls him.

* PsychologicalThriller: The film starts as a dark slice-of-life and slips into this in the third act [[spoiler:when Zach realizes Josh has become a villain.]]

* [[SmallTowns Small Town]]: The setting is a small town in [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkState upstate New York]].

''Super Dark Times'' is a 2017 film by Kevin Phillips. It is set in 90's pre-internet upstate New York. The main characters are two high-school classmates, Zach Taylor (played by Owen Campbell) and Josh Templeton (played by Charlie Tahan), who are best friends.

* TheDanza: Sawyer '''Barth''' plays Charlie '''Barth'''.

* SpiritualSuccessor: As noted in the trailer, to ''Film/DonnieDarko'' and ''Film/MeanCreek''.

* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: [[spoiler:Josh chases after Zach with the intent to kill him, but when Zach falls and is completely defenseless, Josh chooses to just maim and torture him instead.]]

'''''Super Dark Times''''' is a 2017 film by Kevin Phillips. It is set in 90's pre-internet upstate New York. The main characters are two high-school classmates, Zach Taylor (played by Owen Campbell) and Josh Templeton (played by Charlie Tahan), who are best friends.

* AdultsAreUseless: Virtually all adults in the movie are not aware of what the kids have been up to, and are either not in the movie at all, or are completely negligent or uncaring of the kids emotional plight. Zach's mother is a downplayed aversion; she’s a very clever and caring but she doesn't understand what happens to her boy. She also doesn't participate much in the plot.
* AdultFear: And how.[[spoiler: A group of boys who lack supervision from practically all adults in the film both manage to get their hands on a weapon and [[AccidentalMurder kill one of their friends by accident,]] with their parents either not shown or being none the wiser.]]

* [[spoiler: KarmaHoudini: ''Possibly'' with Charlie. Who spends most, if not ''all'' the film simply [[BystanderSyndrome refusing to get involved with Zach or Josh over the incident and pretends nothing happened]]. However considering we don't see Zach nor Josh in the end of the film, there's a possibility also is also investigated]].

* PunchAWall: Zach punches the wall of a concrete tunnel after Daryl's death. RealityEnsues when he ends up breaking his hand because of it.

'''''Super Dark Times''''' is a 2017 film by Kevin Phillips. It is set in 90's pre-internet New England. The main characters are two high-school classmates, Zach Taylor (played by Owen Campbell) and Josh Templeton (played by Charlie Tahan), who are best friends.

* [[SmallTowns Small Town]]: The setting is a small town in NewEngland.

* {{Suburbia}}: NewEngland version.

* AdultsAreUseless: Hinted at. Zach's mother is very clever and caring but she doesn't understand what happens to her boy. She also doesn't participate in the plot.

** To be fair, [[spoiler:if one listens carefully to the students whispering around Zach, some of them seem genuinely concerned for Daryl's disappearance.

* TheNineties: Lampshaded by the speech of Bill Clinton.
* AccidentalMurder: The plot kicks off when Josh accidentally stabs Daryl with a katana during a fight, killing him.

** With many other parents it is the trope InvisibleParents.

* FatBastard: Daryl is loud, obnoxious, crude and short-tempered.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Josh is arrested and multiple children are dead, but at least Allison is shown to be recovering.]]