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Super Dark Times

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Super Dark Times	label	Super Dark Times
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Super Dark Times	comment	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.One day as Zach and Josh spend time with another schoolmate Daryl and his companion from the 8th grade, Charlie, an unfortunate accident changes everything.
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Super Dark Times / int_12a22bd8	type	Katanas Are Just Better
Super Dark Times / int_12a22bd8	comment	Katanas Are Just Better: And exactly as dangerous.
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Super Dark Times / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
Super Dark Times / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: Allison writes her new number on Zach's cast. The sight of him helps him discover that Josh called Allison and is on his way to visit her.
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Super Dark Times / int_23c8a228	type	Psychological Thriller
Super Dark Times / int_23c8a228	comment	Psychological Thriller: The film starts as a dark slice-of-life and slips into this in the third act when Zach realizes Josh has become a villain.
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Super Dark Times / int_28cd01ca	type	Disappeared Dad
Super Dark Times / int_28cd01ca	comment	Disappeared Dad: Zach's mother seems to be a single parent.
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Super Dark Times / int_35a858b3	type	Cluster F-Bomb
Super Dark Times / int_35a858b3	comment	Cluster F-Bomb: Daryl can't help but drop it every other word.
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Super Dark Times / int_361a1d26	type	Anguished Declaration of Love
Super Dark Times / int_361a1d26	comment	Anguished Declaration of Love: Zach makes one to Josh while trying to talk him down after Josh killed Meghan and attacked Allison.
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Super Dark Times / int_38d12399	type	Teens Are Monsters
Super Dark Times / int_38d12399	comment	Teens Are Monsters: And how.
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Super Dark Times / int_3c26d279	type	Specs of Awesome
Super Dark Times / int_3c26d279	comment	Specs of Awesome: Josh's rather nerdy glasses become these when wielding the katana. And then turns into Four Eyes, Zero Soul when attempting to murder Zach in the end.
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Super Dark Times / int_3f92ad39	type	"I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight
Super Dark Times / int_3f92ad39	comment	"I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight: Zach tries to appeal to Josh this way as Josh attempts to murder him in the end. It doesn't work.
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Super Dark Times / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
Super Dark Times / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: Josh is arrested, multiple children are dead, and it's unknown what happens to Zach or even Charlie but at least Allison is shown to be recovering.
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Super Dark Times / int_41d50d81	type	Big Brother Bully
Super Dark Times / int_41d50d81	comment	Big Brother Bully: Allison's brother seems to be a downplayed and realistic version of this, bullying her when she's trying to use the phone. Until the end, when he's distraught to see her carried out of Meghan's house in a stretcher.
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Super Dark Times / int_4e0444f2	type	No Guy Wants to Be Chased
Super Dark Times / int_4e0444f2	comment	No Guy Wants to Be Chased: Meghan is attracted to Josh and isn't afraid to show it, but he's never interested.
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Super Dark Times / int_50b9b3d0	type	Crazy Jealous Guy
Super Dark Times / int_50b9b3d0	comment	Crazy Jealous Guy: Josh apparently doesn't take it very well when he realizes Allison likes Zach and not him.
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Super Dark Times / int_51300dbf	type	Fat Bastard
Super Dark Times / int_51300dbf	comment	Fat Bastard: Daryl is loud, obnoxious, crude and short-tempered. The group's Eric Cartman, basically.
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Super Dark Times / int_51a3ba7	type	We Used to Be Friends
Super Dark Times / int_51a3ba7	comment	We Used to Be Friends: Zach breaks down as Josh tries to kill him, wondering how he could be doing this when they were best friends.
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Super Dark Times / int_5369c081	type	Invisible Parents
Super Dark Times / int_5369c081	comment	Invisible Parents: Subverted with Zach's mother (he does not seem to have a father), barely subverted with Josh's mother who shows up only once. Reinforced with other characters whose parents are not shown at all.
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Super Dark Times / int_56240281	type	Country Matters
Super Dark Times / int_56240281	comment	Country Matters: A major signifier of Josh's descent into villainy is when he is sent to the principal's office for calling his teacher a cunt.
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Super Dark Times / int_60df53e2	type	Suburbia
Super Dark Times / int_60df53e2	comment	Suburbia: Upstate New York version.
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Super Dark Times / int_62434fe2	type	Sanity Slippage
Super Dark Times / int_62434fe2	comment	Sanity Slippage: Josh starts to lose it very quickly following Daryl's death, returning to mutilate Daryl's body, murdering other students and attempting to kill Allison.
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Super Dark Times / int_6db06839	type	The Stoner
Super Dark Times / int_6db06839	comment	The Stoner: John Whitcomb, and implied with Josh's and Allison's brothers.
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Super Dark Times / int_6f0fd7b8	type	Everyone Loves Blondes
Super Dark Times / int_6f0fd7b8	comment	Everyone Loves Blondes: When Josh tells Zach he's not into blondes, Zach is downright shocked.
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Super Dark Times / int_6fb4d332	type	Invulnerable Knuckles
Super Dark Times / int_6fb4d332	comment	Invulnerable Knuckles: Averted with Zach. He breaks his arm hitting the wall of the tunnel after Daryl's death.
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Super Dark Times / int_71e8a5c5	type	Trauma Conga Line
Super Dark Times / int_71e8a5c5	comment	Trauma Conga Line: The film ends up being this for Zach, Josh, and Charlie (particularly Zach and Josh) after Daryl's death; its primary focus is the way in which the aforementioned boys deal with the trauma of the situation.
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Super Dark Times / int_8ed5c6e4	type	Asshole Victim
Super Dark Times / int_8ed5c6e4	comment	Asshole Victim: Daryl. He's shown to be extremely irritating and selfish and so universally disliked that almost nobody cares when he goes missing. A few genuinely-concerned whispers can be heard from a few students, but that's about it.
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Super Dark Times / int_94e4b975	type	Vomit Indiscretion Shot
Super Dark Times / int_94e4b975	comment	Vomit Indiscretion Shot: Zach is openly shown to vomit after the death of Daryl.
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Super Dark Times / int_96a33f11	type	Riddle for the Ages
Super Dark Times / int_96a33f11	comment	Riddle for the Ages: What does the opening scene have in common with the rest of the movie? It is about a deer who somehow finds his way in the classroom and dies there.
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Super Dark Times / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
Super Dark Times / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: Josh jumps on the rails of the bridge. Later it is implied that he kills John Whitcomb throwing him off the same bridge.
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Super Dark Times / int_a70223	type	Karma Houdini
Super Dark Times / int_a70223	comment	Karma Houdini: Possibly with Charlie. Who spends most, if not all the film simply 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.
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Super Dark Times / int_a861560f	type	The Friend Nobody Likes
Super Dark Times / int_a861560f	comment	The Friend Nobody Likes: Daryl is practically the poster boy for this trope, and John Whitcomb is implied to be this, as people seem to only tolerate Whitcomb because he supplies them with weed.
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Super Dark Times / int_a8982539	type	Gray Rain of Depression
Super Dark Times / int_a8982539	comment	Gray Rain of Depression: It starts to thunder when Zach runs to confront Josh and rains when Josh is arrested and sits in the car.
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Super Dark Times / int_a939d96a	type	Adults Are Useless
Super Dark Times / int_a939d96a	comment	Adults Are Useless: 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. A group of boys who lack supervision from practically all adults in the film both manage to get their hands on a weapon and kill one of their friends by accident, with their parents either not shown or being none the wiser.
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Super Dark Times / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
Super Dark Times / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: Zach, after slowly realizing what Josh's plan is after discovering he took the katana back and called Allison.
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Super Dark Times / int_af3ea0e3	type	Faceâ€“Heel Turn
Super Dark Times / int_af3ea0e3	comment	Face–Heel Turn: Josh starts the film as a somewhat weird, nerdy, but normal and well-meaning kid but quickly descends into instability after Daryl's death.
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Super Dark Times / int_b41b9606	type	Never One Murder
Super Dark Times / int_b41b9606	comment	Never One Murder: John appears to have been murdered by Josh too, this time intentionally. He also murders Meghan and attempts to kill both Allison and Zach, but fails.
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Super Dark Times / int_b53de6ff	type	Small Towns
Super Dark Times / int_b53de6ff	comment	Small Towns: The setting is a small town in upstate New York.
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Super Dark Times / int_b7e0c5ff	type	Love Triangle
Super Dark Times / int_b7e0c5ff	comment	Love Triangle: Both Zach and Josh like Allison, but she only has eyes for Zach.
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Super Dark Times / int_bce16d24	type	Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Super Dark Times / int_bce16d24	comment	Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?: 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.
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Super Dark Times / int_bd39588d	type	Desecrating the Dead
Super Dark Times / int_bd39588d	comment	Desecrating the Dead: Zach returns to Daryl's body and notices that some of his fingers are missing, making him realize that Josh returned to mutilate his body.
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Super Dark Times / int_c1b2c63f	type	Dull Surprise
Super Dark Times / int_c1b2c63f	comment	Dull Surprise: A little girl is barely reacting when Josh tries to murder Zach.
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Super Dark Times / int_c59cfa2e	type	Felony Misdemeanor
Super Dark Times / int_c59cfa2e	comment	Felony Misdemeanor: Josh apparently murders John partly because he was present laughing at Josh when he was getting bullied... Even though he wasn't the guy actually bullying Josh.
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Super Dark Times / int_c83f40d8	type	Bystander Syndrome
Super Dark Times / int_c83f40d8	comment	Bystander Syndrome: Charlie seems to have this in spades.
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Super Dark Times / int_dcf1e0e2	type	Punch a Wall
Super Dark Times / int_dcf1e0e2	comment	Punch a Wall: Zach punches the wall of a concrete tunnel after Daryl's death. He ends up breaking his hand because of it.
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Super Dark Times / int_e663d3ef	type	Only a Flesh Wound
Super Dark Times / int_e663d3ef	comment	Only a Flesh Wound: Used when Josh appears to butcher Zach with katana. Athough the latter is cut several times and reacts to the wounds agonising in slow-mo he is later not even taken away on an ambulance. He stays on his feet and is attended by the nurse.
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Super Dark Times / int_fd497706	type	Accidental Murder
Super Dark Times / int_fd497706	comment	Accidental Murder: The plot kicks off when Josh accidentally stabs Daryl with a katana during a fight, killing him.
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Super Dark Times / int_fea60f97	type	Cut Apart
Super Dark Times / int_fea60f97	comment	Cut Apart: Zach knocks at the door. Cut to the girls opening the door. For Josh.
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