Low Tide, written & directed by Kevin McMullin ’14, is now playing in select theaters and available to stream online.
The film, a micro-budget feature distributed by A24, is a coming-of-age thriller about the power struggle that ensues when latchkey kids Alan and his brother Peter happen upon a bag of gold coins, seeding greed and distrust amongst the boys and their friends.
Low Tide premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival and stars Keean Johnson (Nashville), Jaeden Martell (It, Midnight Special), and Daniel Zolgahdri (Eighth Grade). Shortly after the film’s Tribeca premiere, McMullin spoke with Filmmaker Magazine about Low Tide.
“Our main challenges occurred during production in the form of locations and physical elements,” McMullin said. “We were trying to make an extremely low budget adventure film in a seasonal shore town during peak tourist season...But adversity tends to bring people closer together, and we had an amazing cast and crew that kept pushing to make every shot better.”
Variety likened the film to Stand by Me, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and Stephen King’s work.
“Low Tide captures as only someone who has lived it can the restless ennui of muggy summer nights in a dead-end East Coast community—a sense of cooped-up boredom that can easily lead to trouble,” wrote Peter Debruge of Variety.