Bad Things
Directed by Stewart Thorndike
When a group of friends escape the city to spend the weekend in an abandoned hotel, a pervading eerie energy begins to illuminate the cracks in their little family unit. Ruthie Nodd (Gayle Rankin) inherits the hotel from her grandmother and with bad childhood memories threatening to burst to the surface, Ruthie wants to sell the hotel and never return. But her partner Cal (Hari Nef) drags her there in the hopes of returning it to its former glory. They are joined by their amiable friend Maddie (Rad Pereira) and mysterious grifter Fran (Annabelle Dexter-Jones). As the friends dance, cook, flirt, and fight, they find themselves entwined in the hotel’s seductive embrace and start doing bad things to each other.
A weekend getaway for a few friends at a snowy resort becomes a psychological tailspin and bloody nightmare.
Cast: Gayle Rankin, Hari Nef, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Rad Pereira
Member Reviews
Really good atmosphere on this thing. Fantastic acting from everyone but Gayle Rankin specifically gives a very nuanced and interesting performance. Wish it kept its cards a little less close to its chest but this has layers and demands a rewatch.
Boring nothing happens bad acting bad story copies the shining
lovedthe story behind the main character
It’s like the shining, but better
I liked it for what it was. But it was trying too hard to be a combo of The Shining and Psycho. But it relied too much on dialogue that just felt flat. When the chaos came, the performances felt fresh.