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Bad Things is about wanting to destroy the part of yourself that wants to destroy you. Its insufferable characterization is what was missing for me in The Worst Person in the World—the self-loathing self-aware shittiness of a liar, a cheater, someone who’s lost their way but knows it, & can’t make a good decision stick. It’s not attractive or sympathetic or endearing. It’s ugly. 

Maybe the movie’s not a great horror flick with plot holes, meandering bits, & inconsistencies, but I do know one thing. I know the raw powerful feeling she’s unearthing here. And Bad Things understands its specific desperation—the rotten cycle of misdirected rage. Can we see the pain we’re causing, and do we want it to end? 

The moment of change is the only poem.

Definitely one of the Bad Things on Shudder! Takes a while before the horror kicks in and when it does it's a complete turn-off. Unscary and laughable (not in a good way). They didn't even bother doing any makeup for the ghosts. The characters are kinda interesting on their own but I can't say I liked any of the interactions between them. Incredibly confusing interactions, what was going on? Too much melodrama, the acting gets worse and worse, love The Shining-esque snowy location, boring third act and laughable ending.

The Shining for the gays which could have been great but missed the mark for me. Molly Ringwald is mother though

“You look like you could use a hug. Can you ask for one?”

Self-sabotage racks up a body count. Mumblegore at some of its most bizarre and grim, besotted with the whiteness shared between dead winter and old milk. Such a big house crumbling under unprocessed feelings and accountability. The further you run on thin ice, the thinner the ice gets, and it *will* crack open into something very scary. Slits and squelches beyond ‘Lyle’. Does it hurt being all by yourself?

gayle rankin is a great actor

...and one of them is this movie.

The cast was the only great part of this movie; Hari Nef was especially wonderful. Some bits of comedy landed, but then the director informed us that she didn’t like that people were laughing, so. Guess I didn’t like anything other than the cast 🤷‍♀️

LGBTQ+ Shining (which it unfortunately reductively just kind of is (with random dashes of Texas Chainsaw too)) sounds right up my alley… oh well.

most people are actually hating this but I don’t get it?? once I got the twist everything made sense OH WOW?? a slowburn horror that reminds me of a gay ‘the shining’ plus women doing really bad things hence the title. hari nef please do more horror!!