
A Dark Place
Directed by Simon Fellows
Produced by Zero Gravity Management, Bedlam Productions
A grim, obsessive thriller about a working-class man's descent into a murder investigation in a small town shadowed by child abuse and moral ambiguity.
When a young boy turns up dead in a sleepy Pennsylvania town, a local sanitation truck driver, Donald, plays detective, embarking on a precarious and obsessive investigation to prove the boy was murdered.
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Is A Dark Place sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.
Is A Dark Place easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.
Does A Dark Place end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.
Is A Dark Place scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.
Is A Dark Place violent? Somewhat. More violent than 59% of films.
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