The Dark Room

The Dark Room (1982)

A slightly disturbed young amateur photographer finds that his father has been secretly having an affair with his co-worker. Thus begins a spiral into blackmail, stalking, and voyeurism.

Date of release
1982-07-01
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 36m
Genres
Thriller, Horror
Director
Paul Harmon

Casting

Interesting facts

The Dark Room is a 1982 Australian thriller film directed by Paul Harmon, son of Bill Harmon.

Production

Michael Brindley wrote a script based on a story by himself and Paul Harmon. Basil Appleby was originally meant to be producer but financiers Filmco did not want him to do the job and Malcolm Smith did it. Then Smith left and documentary producer Tom Haydon produced instead. The movie was known as Double Exposure during filmling.

There was a two-week rehearsal period in which actors rewrote dialogue and treated Harmon badly.

Filming started 21 August 1981. Three weeks into the seven-week shoot the completion guarantors saw the footage and suggested Harmon be fired but the producer refused. Film editor Ron Adamson died and had to be replaced by Don Saunders.

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