Super 8
- Release Date
- June 8, 2011
- Director
- J.J. Abrams
- Cast
- Joel Courtney , Jessica Tuck , Joel McKinnon Miller , Ryan Lee , Zach Mills , Riley Griffiths
- Runtime
- 112
- Main Genre
- Mystery
- Writers
- J.J. Abrams
- Tagline
- From writer/director J.J. Abrams and producer Steven Spielberg.
Summary
In 1979 Ohio, several youngsters are making a zombie movie with a Super-8 camera. In the midst of filming, the friends witness a horrifying train derailment and are lucky to escape with their lives. They soon discover that the catastrophe was no accident, as a series of unexplained events and disappearances soon follows. Deputy Jackson Lamb, the father of one of the kids, searches for the terrifying truth behind the crash.
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