X
  • 2023
  • AMC+
  • 1 h 26 m
  • 2023
  • AMC+
  • 1 h 26 m
Bad Things

Summary 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 an...

Directed By: Stewart Thorndike

Written By: Stewart Thorndike

  • 2023
  • AMC+
  • 1 h 26 m
  • 2023
  • AMC+
  • 1 h 26 m

Bad Things

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
53
User Score Available after 4 ratings
tbd
My Score
Hover and click to give a rating Saved

Where to Watch

Summary 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 an...

Directed By: Stewart Thorndike

Written By: Stewart Thorndike

Where to Watch

Top Cast

View All
View All Cast & Crew

Critic Reviews

 View All
Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
53
40% Positive
2 Reviews
40% Mixed
2 Reviews
20% Negative
1 Review

  • All Reviews
  • Positive Reviews
  • Mixed Reviews
  • Negative Reviews

Critic Reviews

 View All
Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
53
40% Positive
2 Reviews
40% Mixed
2 Reviews
20% Negative
1 Review

  • All Reviews
  • Positive Reviews
  • Mixed Reviews
  • Negative Reviews
67
Aug 17, 2023
Playing out almost like a spoof of various genres with both macabre horror and mumblecore misdirects, it's an odd film that's often as lost as the charming characters themselves before settling into a strange groove that starts to cast a spell of its own.
By Chase Hutchinson FULL REVIEW
65
Aug 18, 2023
Bad Things wants to be quirky, callous and cutthroat before an explosive ending, but never aggressively combusts as we’d hope—even with chainsaws and flesh-cutting blades in play.
By Matt Donato FULL REVIEW
60
Aug 15, 2023
Some of the storytelling gets clotted, leaning too much on the girls shrilly screaming at each other. Bad Things, though, is sharply filmed, with cinematographer Grant Greenberg feng-shuiing the hotel spaces into tone-setting tableaux (with a touch of Twin Peaks’ kitsch).
By Phil Hoad FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 18, 2023
Whatever the dynamics of this troubled, narcissistic same-sex quartet, “Bad Things” feels creepier than it is and promises frights or shocks and explanations it never quite pulls off.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
38
Aug 18, 2023
Where the central four characters' friendship and intersecting romantic relationships are meant to be the film’s grounding center, there's nothing but flimsy connections and dead air. There’s no chemistry between the characters and no genuine feeling in their performances.
By Peyton Robinson FULL REVIEW

User Reviews

There are no user reviews yet. Be the first to add a review.

Details

 View All
Production Company Baked Studios, The Space Program
Release Date Aug 18, 2023
Duration 1 h 26 m
Genres
View All Details

Awards

Tribeca Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

Related Movies

Psycho

97
Universal Acclaim

Rosemary's Baby

96
Universal Acclaim

The Bride of Frankenstein

95
Universal Acclaim

Don't Look Now

95
Universal Acclaim

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

92
Universal Acclaim

King Kong

92
Universal Acclaim

Frankenstein

91
Universal Acclaim

Repulsion (re-release)

91
Universal Acclaim

Halloween

90
Universal Acclaim

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

90
Universal Acclaim

The Birds

90
Universal Acclaim

It's Such a Beautiful Day

90
Universal Acclaim

Eyes Without a Face [re-release]

90
Universal Acclaim

Deep Red

89
Universal Acclaim

Alien

89
Universal Acclaim

Night of the Living Dead

89
Universal Acclaim

The Innocents

88
Universal Acclaim

The Invisible Man

87
Universal Acclaim

Eraserhead

87
Universal Acclaim

Hereditary

87
Universal Acclaim

The Wicker Man

87
Universal Acclaim

I Saw the TV Glow

87
Universal Acclaim

Related News

2024 Movie Release Calendar

2024 Movie Release Calendar

Jason Dietz

Find release dates for every movie coming to theaters, VOD, and streaming throughout 2024 and beyond, updated weekly.

  • movie
Every Zack Snyder Movie, Ranked

Every Zack Snyder Movie, Ranked

Nick Hyman

With the arrival of Zack Snyder's latest Rebel Moon chapter on Netflix, we rank every one of the director's films—from bad to, well, less bad—by Metascore.

  • movie
Every Guy Ritchie Movie, Ranked

Every Guy Ritchie Movie, Ranked

Nick Hyman

We rank every one of the British director's movies by Metascore, from his debut Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels to his brand new film, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.

  • movie
April Movie Preview (2024)

April Movie Preview (2024)

Keith Kimbell

The month ahead will bring new films from Alex Garland, Luca Guadagnino, Dev Patel, and more. To help you plan your moviegoing options, our editors have selected the most notable films releasing in April 2024, listed in alphabetical order.

  • movie
DVD/Blu-ray Releases: New & Upcoming

DVD/Blu-ray Releases: New & Upcoming

Jason Dietz

Find a list of new movie and TV releases on DVD and Blu-ray (updated weekly) as well as a calendar of upcoming releases on home video.

  • movie