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
Queer representation and opportunity deserves a better movie. There is way too much time spent on unlikeable characters who don't like each other, and have absolutely no reason to be in the same location except for the script saying so, and there isn't a single attempt by the movie to build or connect these paper thin personalities awkwardly stumbling through lines and scenes. After 50 minutes of nothing happening (except for a collective 6 minutes scattered around where they remembered they're making a horror movie and saying "Kubrick did this, let's try something similar"), something happens, and it makes no sense why we got here or why I should care.
Really really great movie. A proper gem for any horror fan. the use of liminal space was amazing. The acting, cinematography, directing, writing, sound all of it was a total treat. The characters, whilst not particularly deep felt very real in a way you don't see very often and their personal drama was engaging even before the real horror kicked in so it felt like there was no wasted time. I was engrossed throughout highly recommend.
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