The AMC Networks June 2024 schedule has been announced and includes the premiere of the new AMC series Orphan Black: Echoes, starring Krysten Ritter and Keeley Hawes, the new Sundance Now supernatural drama Domino Day, and the return of Acorn TV’s popular My Life Is Murder, starring Lucy Lawless.
AMC+ continues film premieres every week, including the thriller No Way Up, starring Colm Meaney, Shudder’s Korean supernatural horror film Exhuma, and period psychological thriller The Devil’s Bath.
AMC+ also celebrates Pride Month with a collection of programming featuring signature series such as Interview with the Vampire, Orphan Black, Killing Eve, Portlandia, and This Is Going To Hurt, and a curated selection of feature films and documentaries, including Monica, Bad Things, Blue is the Warmest Color, and Weekend.
These films, series, and more join an extensive catalog of compelling dramas, beloved franchises, popular films, and timely collections on AMC+, Acorn TV,...
AMC+ continues film premieres every week, including the thriller No Way Up, starring Colm Meaney, Shudder’s Korean supernatural horror film Exhuma, and period psychological thriller The Devil’s Bath.
AMC+ also celebrates Pride Month with a collection of programming featuring signature series such as Interview with the Vampire, Orphan Black, Killing Eve, Portlandia, and This Is Going To Hurt, and a curated selection of feature films and documentaries, including Monica, Bad Things, Blue is the Warmest Color, and Weekend.
These films, series, and more join an extensive catalog of compelling dramas, beloved franchises, popular films, and timely collections on AMC+, Acorn TV,...
- 5/17/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
Nearly 40 years after its release, The Breakfast Club star Molly Ringwald has weighed in about how parts of the classic John Hughes movie haven’t held up.
In a recent interview with UK’s The Times, Ringwald spoke about reexamining the film with a modern perspective while rewatching it with her daughter Mathilda.
“There is a lot that I really love about the movie but there are elements that haven’t aged well — like Judd Nelson’s character, John Bender, who essentially sexually harasses my character,” Ringwald said. “I’m glad we’re able to look at that and say things are truly different now.”
This isn’t the first time Ringwald has spoken about rewatching The Breakfast Club with a new perspective. In a 2018 essay for The New Yorker, the actor pointed to a scene in which Nelson’s Bender looks up her character Claire’s skirt. “I worried...
In a recent interview with UK’s The Times, Ringwald spoke about reexamining the film with a modern perspective while rewatching it with her daughter Mathilda.
“There is a lot that I really love about the movie but there are elements that haven’t aged well — like Judd Nelson’s character, John Bender, who essentially sexually harasses my character,” Ringwald said. “I’m glad we’re able to look at that and say things are truly different now.”
This isn’t the first time Ringwald has spoken about rewatching The Breakfast Club with a new perspective. In a 2018 essay for The New Yorker, the actor pointed to a scene in which Nelson’s Bender looks up her character Claire’s skirt. “I worried...
- 4/4/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Film News
The Blonde Don meets Don Omar!
Rolling Stone can exclusively announce that Don Omar will bring Machine Gun Kelly onstage during a special performance of “Danza Kuduro” at Thursday’s Premio Lo Nuestro.
“Seeing my song go viral in Mgk’s voice absolutely blew my mind,” Don Omar tells Rolling Stone in a statement. “It’s incredible to see how music can transcend generations, genres, and languages.”
The performance will be part of a medley of hits from the reggaeton legend as he receives the Global Icon award at the Univision awards show.
Rolling Stone can exclusively announce that Don Omar will bring Machine Gun Kelly onstage during a special performance of “Danza Kuduro” at Thursday’s Premio Lo Nuestro.
“Seeing my song go viral in Mgk’s voice absolutely blew my mind,” Don Omar tells Rolling Stone in a statement. “It’s incredible to see how music can transcend generations, genres, and languages.”
The performance will be part of a medley of hits from the reggaeton legend as he receives the Global Icon award at the Univision awards show.
- 2/21/2024
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Ramy star Steve Way has boarded 2024 Slamdance Film Festival selection Good Bad Things as an executive producer.
The upcoming indie, which will hold its world premiere at the Utah-based fest, hails from first-time director Shane D. Stanger, who co-wrote the feature with longtime friend and star Danny Kurtzman. The movie, which also stars Brett Dier (Jane the Virgin), Jessica Parker Kennedy (Black Sails), and Timothy Granaderos (13 Reasons Why), is inspired by Kurtzman’s own experiences, and follows his character, Danny, an ingenious entrepreneur with physical disabilities.
When he and his lifelong friend and business partner Jason (Dier) face losing their agency, they must team to win over a new client, a highly sought-after dating app. That puts Danny on the path of Madi (Parker), a photographer he meets through the dating platform. It’s a relationship that sparks a journey of transformation, self-acceptance and discovery for Danny, about himself...
The upcoming indie, which will hold its world premiere at the Utah-based fest, hails from first-time director Shane D. Stanger, who co-wrote the feature with longtime friend and star Danny Kurtzman. The movie, which also stars Brett Dier (Jane the Virgin), Jessica Parker Kennedy (Black Sails), and Timothy Granaderos (13 Reasons Why), is inspired by Kurtzman’s own experiences, and follows his character, Danny, an ingenious entrepreneur with physical disabilities.
When he and his lifelong friend and business partner Jason (Dier) face losing their agency, they must team to win over a new client, a highly sought-after dating app. That puts Danny on the path of Madi (Parker), a photographer he meets through the dating platform. It’s a relationship that sparks a journey of transformation, self-acceptance and discovery for Danny, about himself...
- 12/19/2023
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Reptile co-stars Alicia Silverstone and Karl Glusman have been set to lead The Bird and the Bee, a sexually charged thriller that marks Justin Kelly’s third film for Yale Productions, on the heels of Welcome the Stranger and gay porn world-set crime drama King Cobra.
Written by Atlantis actor Jack Donnelly, the film was shot under a SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreement and wrapped production this week. Pic follows a successful executive (Silverstone) as she fights back a scorned younger lover (Glusman) who takes his obsession too far.
Producers included Jordan Yale Levine, Jordan Beckerman, and Jesse Korman of Yale Productions, as well as Scott Levenson and Lexi Tannenholtz. Exec producers included Jason Kringstein, John Wollman, Michael J. Rothstein, Jeffrey Tussi, Jeremy Rothstein, and Jodie Lazar, as well as Brian Unger, Gigi Lacks,...
Written by Atlantis actor Jack Donnelly, the film was shot under a SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreement and wrapped production this week. Pic follows a successful executive (Silverstone) as she fights back a scorned younger lover (Glusman) who takes his obsession too far.
Producers included Jordan Yale Levine, Jordan Beckerman, and Jesse Korman of Yale Productions, as well as Scott Levenson and Lexi Tannenholtz. Exec producers included Jason Kringstein, John Wollman, Michael J. Rothstein, Jeffrey Tussi, Jeremy Rothstein, and Jodie Lazar, as well as Brian Unger, Gigi Lacks,...
- 10/11/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The 2024 Tribeca Festival is already underway with submissions now open.
The 23rd edition of the New York City-based festival, presented by Okx, is set to take place June 5 through 16 next year, with programming ranging from film, TV, immersive, games, audio storytelling, talks, and more.
“Tribeca is a global platform for storytellers to showcase art that speaks with purpose,” Tribeca CEO and co-founder Jane Rosenthal said in a press statement. “As the industry has changed, we have evolved to be inclusive of all forms of storytelling. We’re proud to be the launchpad for the next generation of artists. The 23rd Tribeca Festival will be a groundbreaking cultural event that shifts how audiences receive and react to entertainment.”
Submissions for the 2024 Festival are now open:
Key dates for features are October 23, 2023 (early), November 27, 2023 (official), and January 17, 2024 (extended).
Shorts close on November 1, 2023 (early), December 15, 2023 (official), and February 2, 2024 (extended).
Games and immersive close...
The 23rd edition of the New York City-based festival, presented by Okx, is set to take place June 5 through 16 next year, with programming ranging from film, TV, immersive, games, audio storytelling, talks, and more.
“Tribeca is a global platform for storytellers to showcase art that speaks with purpose,” Tribeca CEO and co-founder Jane Rosenthal said in a press statement. “As the industry has changed, we have evolved to be inclusive of all forms of storytelling. We’re proud to be the launchpad for the next generation of artists. The 23rd Tribeca Festival will be a groundbreaking cultural event that shifts how audiences receive and react to entertainment.”
Submissions for the 2024 Festival are now open:
Key dates for features are October 23, 2023 (early), November 27, 2023 (official), and January 17, 2024 (extended).
Shorts close on November 1, 2023 (early), December 15, 2023 (official), and February 2, 2024 (extended).
Games and immersive close...
- 9/18/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Bad Things is a horror-thriller film written and directed by Stewart Thorndike. The Shudder movie follows the story of a group of friends, who go to a secluded hotel for a weekend but things take a turn for the worse when they find out that women do bad things there. Bad Things stars Gayle Rankin in the lead role of Ruthie Nodd, with Hari Nef, Molly Ringwald, and Annabelle Dexter-Jones playing supporting roles. So, if you loved Bad Things here are some similar movies you could watch next.
The Shining (Showtime & Prime Video Add-On) Credit – Warner Bros.
Synopsis: A married couple with a small son are employed to look after a resort hotel high in the Colorado mountains. As a result, they are the sole occupants during the long winter. The hotel manager warns them not to accept the job because of a tragedy that occurred during the winter of...
The Shining (Showtime & Prime Video Add-On) Credit – Warner Bros.
Synopsis: A married couple with a small son are employed to look after a resort hotel high in the Colorado mountains. As a result, they are the sole occupants during the long winter. The hotel manager warns them not to accept the job because of a tragedy that occurred during the winter of...
- 8/25/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
I had a great time talking to Stewart Thorndike about her new horror film “Bad Things.” It is the second of her motherhood trilogy with the first being 2014’s “Lyle.” Check out our interview where she revealed the third film of the trilogy, crafting the movie, working with Gayle Rankin, and why she thinks horror
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- 8/23/2023
- by manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Stewart Thorndike made a strong debut with her first, feature-length film, “Lyle,” starring Gaby Hoffman. In her follow-up, released nearly a decade later, “Bad Things” continues on with the themes of motherhood and trauma, in a film being described as a queer retelling of “The Shining,” a comparison Thorndike owns, though calls it more of a “repurposing.”
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Drawing on inspiration from films such as “Alien” to “On the Waterfront,” “Bad Things” follows a group of friends as they go to a hotel for a weekend.
Continue reading ‘Bad Things’: Director Stewart Thorndike Talks Shooting Horror In Daylight, Finding The Right Scary Hotel & More [Interview] at The Playlist.
Read More: 14 Movies To See In August: ‘Passages,’ ‘Blue Beetle,’ ‘Bottoms’ & More
Drawing on inspiration from films such as “Alien” to “On the Waterfront,” “Bad Things” follows a group of friends as they go to a hotel for a weekend.
Continue reading ‘Bad Things’: Director Stewart Thorndike Talks Shooting Horror In Daylight, Finding The Right Scary Hotel & More [Interview] at The Playlist.
- 8/21/2023
- by Ally Johnson
- The Playlist
If you are a cinema enthusiast who gets antsy when you hear someone say “remake”, then Bad Things, the new Shudder horror-thriller, might just change that. I myself am not particularly a fan of movies that already exist being redone, but a lot of times, it actually works out really well. And some other times, like when Christopher Nolan gave his own spin to the Norwegian original Insomnia or when James Mangold revitalized the iconic 3:10 To Yuma, remakes become kind of a necessity. Bad Things is obviously director Stewart Thorndike’s homage to Kubrick’s The Shining. Thorndike, who was, in fact, a part of the legendary director’s final film Eyes Wide Shut, has given a very interesting queer makeover to The Shining in her Bad Things. Let’s dig a little deeper.
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As a child, Ruthie was heavily neglected by her mother,...
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What Happens In The Movie?
As a child, Ruthie was heavily neglected by her mother,...
- 8/20/2023
- by Rohitavra Majumdar
- Film Fugitives
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
Circus Maximus
Before their collaboration Aggro Dr1ft heads to the fall festival circuit, Travis Scott and Harmony Korine’s Utopia album companion Circus Maximus is now available to stream for free. Also featuring segments directed by Gaspar Noé, Nicolas Winding Refn, Valdimar Jóhannsson (Lamb), and music-video maestro Kahlil Joseph, the release follows a brief theatrical run a few weeks back.
Killer Joe (William Friedkin)
Somewhere between greasy leftover fried chicken and stale half-finished beer cans sits Killer Joe, filmmaker William Friedkin’s fresh adaptation of Tracy Letts’ 20-year-old play. Young Chris (Emile Hirsch) has an idea: have his mother killed and collect on her insurance in order to pay off a batch of drugs that’s gone missing. Chris’ father Ansel shrugs in agreement,...
Circus Maximus
Before their collaboration Aggro Dr1ft heads to the fall festival circuit, Travis Scott and Harmony Korine’s Utopia album companion Circus Maximus is now available to stream for free. Also featuring segments directed by Gaspar Noé, Nicolas Winding Refn, Valdimar Jóhannsson (Lamb), and music-video maestro Kahlil Joseph, the release follows a brief theatrical run a few weeks back.
Killer Joe (William Friedkin)
Somewhere between greasy leftover fried chicken and stale half-finished beer cans sits Killer Joe, filmmaker William Friedkin’s fresh adaptation of Tracy Letts’ 20-year-old play. Young Chris (Emile Hirsch) has an idea: have his mother killed and collect on her insurance in order to pay off a batch of drugs that’s gone missing. Chris’ father Ansel shrugs in agreement,...
- 8/18/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Gayle Rankin, Hari Nef and Rad Pereira in Bad Things Photo: courtesy of Shudder. A Shudder Release
Nine years ago, Stewart Thorndike burst onto the scene with her début feature Lyle, the story of a young woman recovering from a tragedy who becomes convinced that somebody is trying to harm the child she’s carrying. It was intended as part of a trilogy, and it has taken a long time for her to be able to bring the second part, Bad Things, to the screen, but it’s here at last. It follows four friends who travel to a remote hotel which one of their number, Ruthie (Gayle Rankin) has inherited, and where, unfortunately for them, what was intended to be a fun couple of days before the place is sold turns into a fight for survival.
When we meet, Stewart is delighted to learn that I live in Paisley,...
Nine years ago, Stewart Thorndike burst onto the scene with her début feature Lyle, the story of a young woman recovering from a tragedy who becomes convinced that somebody is trying to harm the child she’s carrying. It was intended as part of a trilogy, and it has taken a long time for her to be able to bring the second part, Bad Things, to the screen, but it’s here at last. It follows four friends who travel to a remote hotel which one of their number, Ruthie (Gayle Rankin) has inherited, and where, unfortunately for them, what was intended to be a fun couple of days before the place is sold turns into a fight for survival.
When we meet, Stewart is delighted to learn that I live in Paisley,...
- 8/17/2023
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
This week is a bit of a “calm before the storm” situation, as the new horror releases are about to pick up big time on the road to Halloween. You can expect both September and October will be Packed with new horror, including to-be-announced titles that aren’t even on our radar at this time. But first we’ve still got a few more weeks left of the summer movie season.
Here’s all the new horror releasing August 15– August 20, 2023!
And don’t forget: the biggest new release of the week isn’t a movie but rather a video game. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Game (read our review) is available this Friday!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
Set on Halloween 1938, the new movie from Dracula Untold director Gary Shore is titled Haunting of the Queen Mary, and the horror movie officially sets sail on Friday,...
Here’s all the new horror releasing August 15– August 20, 2023!
And don’t forget: the biggest new release of the week isn’t a movie but rather a video game. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Game (read our review) is available this Friday!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
Set on Halloween 1938, the new movie from Dracula Untold director Gary Shore is titled Haunting of the Queen Mary, and the horror movie officially sets sail on Friday,...
- 8/15/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
If there was one thing that I took away from being at a film festival last week it was it is good to watch movies with your friends and/or like-minded folk who are there for the same reason, to have a good time. Shudder clearly understands the value of community watching and they're doing their part, launching a new monthly series at the IFC Center in New York called Shudder Showcase at IFC Center. Catchy. The series kicks off one week from next Monday, on August 15th at 7pm. The first screening of the series will be Stewart Thorndike's Tribeca title, Bad Things. Shudder subscribers get free popcorn and Thorndike will be in attendance for a Q&a after the screening. Event and...
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- 8/4/2023
- Screen Anarchy
Where has time gone? August is officially here, bringing with it a slew of new titles arriving on streaming. This month also edges us even closer to the Halloween season, which means you can expect the horror programming to start ramping up in earnest.
August offers brand new streaming exclusives and recent releases that’ll give you a chance to catch up on 2022 and 2023 horror.
Here are ten noteworthy horror titles available for streaming in August 2023 on some of the most popular streaming services, along with when/where you can watch them.
Ghastly Brothers – Screambox
It’s Ghostbusters meets Beetlejuice in this gateway horror comedy. In the Screambox exclusive, “Lilith is sent to boarding school where she meets the Ghastly brothers, a pair of strange ghost hunters. Together, they need to rid the school of the demons who have made it their home!”
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August offers brand new streaming exclusives and recent releases that’ll give you a chance to catch up on 2022 and 2023 horror.
Here are ten noteworthy horror titles available for streaming in August 2023 on some of the most popular streaming services, along with when/where you can watch them.
Ghastly Brothers – Screambox
It’s Ghostbusters meets Beetlejuice in this gateway horror comedy. In the Screambox exclusive, “Lilith is sent to boarding school where she meets the Ghastly brothers, a pair of strange ghost hunters. Together, they need to rid the school of the demons who have made it their home!”
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead...
- 8/2/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Following Montreal’s 2023 Frontières Market, New York sales agent Visit Films has scooped world sales rights to “Booger,” headlining “Strawberry Mansion” star Grace Glowicki and exec produced by Ley Line Ent. and Neon Heart Productions, behind “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and “Shiva Baby” respectively.
A sometimes excruciating genre bending and blending body horror comedy about intense early adult friendship and grief at its loss, “Booger” is wrapped in a tale of supernatural transformation. Marking the feature debut of Mary Dauterman, it world premiered July 24 in the Underground section of Montreal’s Fantasia Film Festival, the biggest genre fest in North America.
“Booger” is produced by Lexi Tannenholtz (Shudder’s “Bad Things”) and executive produced by Neon Heart Productions (“Cora Bora”), Ley Line Entertainment (A24’s “Everything Everywhere All At Once”), Sanctuary Content, One Two Twenty Entertainment (Oscilloscope’s “Joyland”) and Lizzie Shapiro (Utopia’s “Shiva Baby”).
Written by Dauterman,...
A sometimes excruciating genre bending and blending body horror comedy about intense early adult friendship and grief at its loss, “Booger” is wrapped in a tale of supernatural transformation. Marking the feature debut of Mary Dauterman, it world premiered July 24 in the Underground section of Montreal’s Fantasia Film Festival, the biggest genre fest in North America.
“Booger” is produced by Lexi Tannenholtz (Shudder’s “Bad Things”) and executive produced by Neon Heart Productions (“Cora Bora”), Ley Line Entertainment (A24’s “Everything Everywhere All At Once”), Sanctuary Content, One Two Twenty Entertainment (Oscilloscope’s “Joyland”) and Lizzie Shapiro (Utopia’s “Shiva Baby”).
Written by Dauterman,...
- 8/1/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
"Bad Things answers the call for female Jack Torrance types to air their rage." Shudder has revealed the official trailer for indie horror film called Bad Things, the second feature made by queer American indie filmmaker Stewart Thorndike. After first premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier in the summer, the film is now set to debut on Shudder streaming in August if anyone is curious. A group of female friends end up at an old hotel for a weekend getaway and soon discover that "women do bad things here." This hotel trip for a weekend getaway might not turn out as this group of friends thought it would... The film is described in reviews as a "queer take on The Shining" and "a refreshing twist on slashers." This chilling psychological thriller stars Gayle Rankin, Hari Nef, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Rad Pereira, and Molly Ringwald. This certainly looks like a low budget indie,...
- 7/31/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Writer/director Stewart Thorndike made her feature debut with the 2014 psychological horror film Lyle, which showed what happened when “a mother’s grief over the death of her toddler leads to horror.” It was said that Thorndike was “developing two more female-driven psychological horror films” that would stand alongside Lyle to form a trilogy “about the power of motherhood”. Now the second chapter in that trilogy is making its way out into the world. Thorndike’s new film Bad Things will be released through the Shudder and AMC+ streaming services on August 18th, and a trailer can be seen in the embed above!
Bad Things has the following synopsis: 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 inherits the hotel from her grandmother and with bad...
Bad Things has the following synopsis: 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 inherits the hotel from her grandmother and with bad...
- 7/31/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Stewart Thorndike's Tribecas midnighter, Bad Things, is coming to Shudder and AMC+ on August 18th. That means, it's trailer time! Check it out, in all its weirdness below. Shudder is proud to share the official trailer for Bad Things, the chilling, psychological thriller by director Stewart Thorndike, starring Gayle Rankin, Hari Nef, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Rad Pereira and Molly Ringwald. See the film on Shudder and AMC+ August 18th! 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...
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- 7/31/2023
- Screen Anarchy
Writer/Director Stewart Thorndike’s 2014 film Lyle introduced a contemporary riff on Rosemary’s Baby. Thorndike’s latest, Bad Things, continues the filmmaker’s horror explorations of motherhood, this time through Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. A brand new trailer teases lead Gayle Rankin‘s channeling of Jack Torrance in the upcoming psychological thriller.
A snowy hotel weekend getaway with friends devolves in a psychological tailspin and ends in a bloody nightmare. Check out the new trailer below.
Bad Things is coming to Shudder and AMC+ on Friday, August 18th, 2023.
In the film, “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.
A snowy hotel weekend getaway with friends devolves in a psychological tailspin and ends in a bloody nightmare. Check out the new trailer below.
Bad Things is coming to Shudder and AMC+ on Friday, August 18th, 2023.
In the film, “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.
- 7/31/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
After watching “The Shining,” it’s clear that nothing good can come from staying in an abandoned hotel during winter. Seriously, ghosts eat that shit up. Alas, that’s what a group of friends does in the new horror-thriller, “Bad Things.”
As seen in the new trailer for the film, “Bad Things” tells the story of friends who spend the weekend at an empty hotel with its own creepy history.
Continue reading ‘Bad Things’ Trailer: A Group Of Friends Stay At An Abandoned Hotel With A Terrible History In New Horror Film at The Playlist.
As seen in the new trailer for the film, “Bad Things” tells the story of friends who spend the weekend at an empty hotel with its own creepy history.
Continue reading ‘Bad Things’ Trailer: A Group Of Friends Stay At An Abandoned Hotel With A Terrible History In New Horror Film at The Playlist.
- 7/31/2023
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
After world premiering at the Tribeca Festival in June, a trailer officially arrives for Bad Things, writer-director Stewart Thorndike’s follow-up to her 2014 debut Lyle. While her first film was a lesbian riff on Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby, Bad Things is overtly influenced by Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novel The Shining. In my interview with Thorndike out of Tribeca, I detail the film’s plot in an introductory paragraph: Ruthie (Gayle Rankin) is debating whether or not to sell the now-derelict hotel her mother used to run years prior. With a decisive real estate meeting only days away, Ruthie […]
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- 7/31/2023
- by Natalia Keogan
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
After world premiering at the Tribeca Festival in June, a trailer officially arrives for Bad Things, writer-director Stewart Thorndike’s follow-up to her 2014 debut Lyle. While her first film was a lesbian riff on Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby, Bad Things is overtly influenced by Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novel The Shining. In my interview with Thorndike out of Tribeca, I detail the film’s plot in an introductory paragraph: Ruthie (Gayle Rankin) is debating whether or not to sell the now-derelict hotel her mother used to run years prior. With a decisive real estate meeting only days away, Ruthie […]
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- 7/31/2023
- by Natalia Keogan
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
It’s a lot of bad things that one traumatized motel owner (Gayle Rankin) is wishing on her friends.
Stewart Thorndike’s slasher “Bad Things” upends the tropes created by Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” and gives an angsty queer twist to the horrors of staying in a deserted motel with those dearest to you.
Rankin stars as Ruthie who inherits a hotel ridden with bad childhood memories from her late grandmother. Ruthie’s partner Cal (Nef) encourages her to fix up the hotel and run the business, but Ruthie’s obsession with an Internet business guru (Molly Ringwald) inspires her to sell the company…and potentially kill anyone in her path. Oh, and did we mention the hotel just might be haunted?
Rad Pereira and “Succession” breakout Annabelle Dexter-Jones also star in the seductive lo-fi thriller.
“Bad Things” is written and directed by Thorndike, whose 2014 debut feature “Lyle” is...
Stewart Thorndike’s slasher “Bad Things” upends the tropes created by Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” and gives an angsty queer twist to the horrors of staying in a deserted motel with those dearest to you.
Rankin stars as Ruthie who inherits a hotel ridden with bad childhood memories from her late grandmother. Ruthie’s partner Cal (Nef) encourages her to fix up the hotel and run the business, but Ruthie’s obsession with an Internet business guru (Molly Ringwald) inspires her to sell the company…and potentially kill anyone in her path. Oh, and did we mention the hotel just might be haunted?
Rad Pereira and “Succession” breakout Annabelle Dexter-Jones also star in the seductive lo-fi thriller.
“Bad Things” is written and directed by Thorndike, whose 2014 debut feature “Lyle” is...
- 7/31/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Now, that’s a unexpected crossover — but we’re high-key living for it. Machine Gun Kelly performed at Mad Cool Festival on Thursday, and early in his set, he surprised fans by singing a cover of none other than Don Omar’s smash reggaetón hit “Danza Kuduro.”
“Spain, thank you so much for welcoming me to your country. I can feel all the love here today,” Mgk told the crowd in near-perfect Spanish. (He even used the vosotros verb conjugation used in Spain.) “In return, I’d like to sing...
“Spain, thank you so much for welcoming me to your country. I can feel all the love here today,” Mgk told the crowd in near-perfect Spanish. (He even used the vosotros verb conjugation used in Spain.) “In return, I’d like to sing...
- 7/7/2023
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Stewart Thorndike’s horror-psychodrama starts with the main character carrying a chainsaw, ominously trudging across an empty, snowy parking lot outside an abandoned building. The scene is like a giant sign reading: Horror Tropes Ahead.
And Thorndike knowingly piles them on. The chainsaw-wielding Ruthie (Gayle Rankin) has arrived with three other people at the isolated hotel she has inherited from her grandmother for a last weekend before she sells it. The film never reclaims the droll touch at the start, which reveals that Ruthie uses the saw to cut a log lodged under the tires of the Uber that brought them there. Instead, Bad Things is smoothly competent and uninspired — or, more accurately, inspired by The Shining, from the hotel setting to the tracking shots along a narrow corridor and a set of ghostly twins.
Thorndike’s major twist is that the four main characters are queer — three of them women,...
And Thorndike knowingly piles them on. The chainsaw-wielding Ruthie (Gayle Rankin) has arrived with three other people at the isolated hotel she has inherited from her grandmother for a last weekend before she sells it. The film never reclaims the droll touch at the start, which reveals that Ruthie uses the saw to cut a log lodged under the tires of the Uber that brought them there. Instead, Bad Things is smoothly competent and uninspired — or, more accurately, inspired by The Shining, from the hotel setting to the tracking shots along a narrow corridor and a set of ghostly twins.
Thorndike’s major twist is that the four main characters are queer — three of them women,...
- 6/15/2023
- by Caryn James
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The haunted halls of a defunct Catskills hotel wreak psychological violence on a group of young, queer city slickers in Bad Things, the long-awaited sophomore feature from writer-director Stewart Thorndike. Arriving nearly a decade after Lyle, Thorndike’s sapphic take on Rosemary’s Baby starring Gabby Hoffmann, Bad Things similarly tackles plot points and thematic fixations of another scary movie staple—Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining—through a thoroughly queer and feminist perspective. Ruthie (Gayle Rankin) is debating whether or not to sell the now-derelict hotel her mother used to run years prior. With a decisive real estate meeting only days away, Ruthie assembles a […]
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- 6/14/2023
- by Natalia Keogan
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
The haunted halls of a defunct Catskills hotel wreak psychological violence on a group of young, queer city slickers in Bad Things, the long-awaited sophomore feature from writer-director Stewart Thorndike. Arriving nearly a decade after Lyle, Thorndike’s sapphic take on Rosemary’s Baby starring Gabby Hoffmann, Bad Things similarly tackles plot points and thematic fixations of another scary movie staple—Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining—through a thoroughly queer and feminist perspective. Ruthie (Gayle Rankin) is debating whether or not to sell the now-derelict hotel her mother used to run years prior. With a decisive real estate meeting only days away, Ruthie assembles a […]
The post Let Me Be Your Shelley Duvall: Stewart Thorndike on Bad Things first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post Let Me Be Your Shelley Duvall: Stewart Thorndike on Bad Things first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 6/14/2023
- by Natalia Keogan
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
On paper, there’s a lot to like about “Bad Things.” The premise is intriguing and creepy. The cast is full of quality actors. The filmmaker, Stewart Thorndike, has already earned acclaim for her previous feature, “Lyle.” And the film is filled with LGBTQ characters, which is refreshing for any film, let alone a horror feature. But even with these promising elements, “Bad Things” is not only bland, poorly written, and visually drab, but it breaks the cardinal rule of horror films—it’s just not scary.
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In “Bad Things,” Ruthie (Gayle Rankin) finds herself as the new owner of a hotel that has seen better days.
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In “Bad Things,” Ruthie (Gayle Rankin) finds herself as the new owner of a hotel that has seen better days.
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- 6/14/2023
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Writer/Director Stewart Thorndike’s 2014 film Lyle introduced a contemporary riff on Rosemary’s Baby. Thorndike’s latest, Bad Things, continues the filmmaker’s horror explorations of motherhood, this time through Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. A psychological horror film set at an isolated, wintry hotel becomes ground zero for deeply flawed characters to explore their ghosts to mixed success.
Much like Jack Nicholson’s Jack Torrance, Bad Things introduces the lead character Ruthie (Gayle Rankin) as someone already a bit unstable from the outset. The idea is to spend a weekend with friends at the hotel Ruthie inherited, albeit an isolated hotel trapped in yesterday with outdated décor and a lack of guests. While Ruthie’s less enthused about staying at a place that holds traumatic memories, she’s distracted by her messy relationships with supportive girlfriend Cal (Hari Nef), Cal’s fiercely loyal pal Maddie (Rad Pereira), and...
Much like Jack Nicholson’s Jack Torrance, Bad Things introduces the lead character Ruthie (Gayle Rankin) as someone already a bit unstable from the outset. The idea is to spend a weekend with friends at the hotel Ruthie inherited, albeit an isolated hotel trapped in yesterday with outdated décor and a lack of guests. While Ruthie’s less enthused about staying at a place that holds traumatic memories, she’s distracted by her messy relationships with supportive girlfriend Cal (Hari Nef), Cal’s fiercely loyal pal Maddie (Rad Pereira), and...
- 6/13/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
“Bad Things” is a great amount of fun as a lo-fi slasher with a killer cast. Writer-director Stewart Thorndike’s sophomore feature, following the 2014 breakout film “Lyle,” is a queer take on “The Shining,” centered on a deserted motel in a sleepy snow-filled suburb. Gayle Rankin (“Glow”) leads the film as Ruthie, the heir to the Comley Suites, who also has a traumatic tie to the hotel itself.
Ruthie and her three pals, including girlfriend Cal (Hari Nef), hole up for a weekend getaway at the campy motel, which has been in disrepair ever since Ruthie’s grandmother died. Ruthie’s mother is somewhere roaming the property, but she keeps dodging both Ruthie’s texts and her hook-up handyman, Brian (Jared Abrahamson). Tensions mount as Brian lingers around and Cal waits for Ruthie to propose, despite her being unfaithful with Fran (a delicious Annabelle Dexter-Jones), who is Maddie’s (Rad Pereira) friend with benefits.
Ruthie and her three pals, including girlfriend Cal (Hari Nef), hole up for a weekend getaway at the campy motel, which has been in disrepair ever since Ruthie’s grandmother died. Ruthie’s mother is somewhere roaming the property, but she keeps dodging both Ruthie’s texts and her hook-up handyman, Brian (Jared Abrahamson). Tensions mount as Brian lingers around and Cal waits for Ruthie to propose, despite her being unfaithful with Fran (a delicious Annabelle Dexter-Jones), who is Maddie’s (Rad Pereira) friend with benefits.
- 6/10/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
For a group of friends in the Northeast, a weekend getaway at a snowy resort sounds like just what the doctor ordered. An opportunity to reconnect, relax, and recuperate among serene, snow-capped mountains and trees. But peace doesn’t last long as the ghosts of guests past and relationships long buried come to light. Soon enough, their trip transforms into a psychological tailspin and bloody nightmare, as both long-deceased guests and the space itself come to life, and the group turn on each other in a race to stay alive. A fresh new still from Stewart Thorndike's upcoming queer thriller Bad Things has arrived. Bad Things will have its world premiere at Tribeca this Friday, June 9th! Written and directed by Thorndike, their film stars Gayle...
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- 6/7/2023
- Screen Anarchy
The Tribeca Festival is nearly here, taking place June 7 to June 18, and it brings a packed slate of screenings and premieres.
The festival’s 22nd edition offers a hybrid experience of virtual and in-person, with notable genre programming dedicated to repertory screenings that include Re-Animator to upcoming premieres. In other words, Tribeca’s bringing the horror this year.
Here are five titles we can’t wait to see at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival.
Bad Things (United States) – World Premiere
In this haunting thriller, a new variation of psychological horror invites audiences to question the limitations of our contemporary relationships with people and spaces, and the implications of undealt trauma.
Written/Directed by Stewart Thorndike. Gayle Rankin, Hari Nef, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, and Rad Pereira star.
Why we’re excited: Haunted hotels and fragile minds pair well together in horror, as The Shining classically demonstrated.
Perpetrator – North American Premiere
Teenager...
The festival’s 22nd edition offers a hybrid experience of virtual and in-person, with notable genre programming dedicated to repertory screenings that include Re-Animator to upcoming premieres. In other words, Tribeca’s bringing the horror this year.
Here are five titles we can’t wait to see at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival.
Bad Things (United States) – World Premiere
In this haunting thriller, a new variation of psychological horror invites audiences to question the limitations of our contemporary relationships with people and spaces, and the implications of undealt trauma.
Written/Directed by Stewart Thorndike. Gayle Rankin, Hari Nef, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, and Rad Pereira star.
Why we’re excited: Haunted hotels and fragile minds pair well together in horror, as The Shining classically demonstrated.
Perpetrator – North American Premiere
Teenager...
- 6/6/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
With Cannes done and dusted and the heavy-hitting autumn quartet of Venice, Telluride, TIFF, and NYFF still a few months off, what’s a film festival fan to do during the dog days of summer? With New York City’s own Tribeca Festival now firmly ensconced in the summer months after moving off its traditional spring dates in 2021, movie lovers both in the city and beyond can enjoy the annual event’s prodigious programming, thanks to a combination of in-person and virtual programming.
The 2023 edition will kick off June 7 with the North American premiere of “Kiss the Future,” a documentary following the story of a community of underground musicians and creatives throughout the nearly four-year-long siege of Sarajevo, as well as the 1997 U2 concert celebrating the liberation of the Bosnian capital.
A special 30th-anniversary screening of “A Bronx Tale” will close the fest on June 17. After the movie, the film...
The 2023 edition will kick off June 7 with the North American premiere of “Kiss the Future,” a documentary following the story of a community of underground musicians and creatives throughout the nearly four-year-long siege of Sarajevo, as well as the 1997 U2 concert celebrating the liberation of the Bosnian capital.
A special 30th-anniversary screening of “A Bronx Tale” will close the fest on June 17. After the movie, the film...
- 6/1/2023
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Law & Order Season 24 Episode 21, “Bad Things,” and Organized Crime Season 3 Episode 21, “Shadowërk.”] Just when you think people can’t get worse. That’s one way to sum up the first two hours of the two-week crossover event to end the current seasons of Law & Order: Svu and Organized Crime (which brings back Kelli Giddish as Amanda Rollins). To recap the case that brings the two squads together, it’s simple: Women are raped as part of a “revenge for hire” plot, leading them to a website (Shadowërk) where anyone can pay anyone to do anything to someone. One of the rapists is an inmate who has used furlough to continue to commit crimes, already on Stabler’s (Christopher Meloni) radar when Benson (Mariska Hargitay) reaches out to her former partner. Their first meeting after their almost kiss starts out with “Detective, thank you for meeting me,” and “...
- 5/12/2023
- TV Insider
Get ready for another intense and thought-provoking episode of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” titled “Bad Things,” airing on NBC at 9:00 Pm on May 11, 2023.
Find out everything you need to know about the Bad Things episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, including a full preview, videos, release date, cast information and how to watch!
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Bad Things Season 24 Episode 21 Preview
The Svu team must work quickly to find the culprit before they strike again. But when the DNA evidence doesn’t match up, they are left scratching their heads. Can they find a way to connect the dots and bring the perpetrator to justice?
Meanwhile, Muncy believes Elias Olsen has struck again and is determined to prove it. Will her instincts prove to be correct, or will she lead the team down the wrong path?
The episode stars Mariska Hargitay as Olivia Benson,...
Find out everything you need to know about the Bad Things episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, including a full preview, videos, release date, cast information and how to watch!
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Bad Things Season 24 Episode 21 Preview
The Svu team must work quickly to find the culprit before they strike again. But when the DNA evidence doesn’t match up, they are left scratching their heads. Can they find a way to connect the dots and bring the perpetrator to justice?
Meanwhile, Muncy believes Elias Olsen has struck again and is determined to prove it. Will her instincts prove to be correct, or will she lead the team down the wrong path?
The episode stars Mariska Hargitay as Olivia Benson,...
- 5/10/2023
- by News
- TV Regular
Hey, "Law & Order: Special Victim Unit" fans. We're back at you with this new article to let you know that NBC will indeed be serving up another new episode of Law & Order: Svu next Thursday night, May 11, 2023. This next, new episode will be episode 21 for Law & Order: Svu's current season 24, and we've got new spoiler scoops for it. We were able to track down a couple of new, official teaser descriptions for this new episode 21 via NBC's official episode 21 press release synopsis. So, we're going to see what it has to say right now. Let's get to it. First off, NBC gave us the official title for this new episode 21 of Law & Order: Svu season 24. It's called,"Bad Things." It sounds like episode 21 will feature some very scandalous, intense, dramatic, interesting and action-filled scenes as a series of assaults take place. Grace Muncy looks to prove something and more.
- 5/5/2023
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
Shudder has acquired “Bad Things” ahead of the thriller’s debut at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. The film is written and directed by Stewart Thorndike, best known for “Lyle,” and tells the story of a group of friends whose trip to a snowy resort for a weekend getaway devolves in a psychological tailspin and ends in a bloody nightmare.
“With ‘Bad Things,’ I wanted to create a world of women and non-binary people who shake off polite conditionings and finally roar,” Thorndike said in a statement. “Where are all the female Travis Bickles and Jack Torrances? ‘Bad Things’ answers that.” She went on to say that “at the heart of ‘Bad Things’ is a dark celebration of motherhood and all its splendid viscera. Shudder was the perfect partner for this tale of female rage.”
Sam Zimmerman, vice president of programming at Shudder added, “We’ve wanted to see...
“With ‘Bad Things,’ I wanted to create a world of women and non-binary people who shake off polite conditionings and finally roar,” Thorndike said in a statement. “Where are all the female Travis Bickles and Jack Torrances? ‘Bad Things’ answers that.” She went on to say that “at the heart of ‘Bad Things’ is a dark celebration of motherhood and all its splendid viscera. Shudder was the perfect partner for this tale of female rage.”
Sam Zimmerman, vice president of programming at Shudder added, “We’ve wanted to see...
- 4/20/2023
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Tribeca Festival has announced the lineup of its 2023 festival, which includes new films from actors Chelsea Peretti and David Duchovny and documentaries about Rock Hudson and news anchor Dan Rather.
This year’s event, which takes place from June 7-18, will feature 109 feature films from 127 filmmakers across 36 countries. There will be 93 world premieres, one international premiere, eight North American premieres, one U.S. premiere and six New York premieres.
Among the lineup, there are offerings from 43 first-time directors and 29 directors returning to Tribeca with their latest projects. For the first time, more than half of feature films in competition (68%) are directed by women, while 41% (45) of all feature films are directed by women. Additionally, 36% (39) of feature films are directed by Bipoc filmmakers, including two indigenous filmmakers.
This year’s festival also spotlights a number of films directed by actors, such as “First Time Female Director” by Peretti; “Maggie Moore(s)” by...
This year’s event, which takes place from June 7-18, will feature 109 feature films from 127 filmmakers across 36 countries. There will be 93 world premieres, one international premiere, eight North American premieres, one U.S. premiere and six New York premieres.
Among the lineup, there are offerings from 43 first-time directors and 29 directors returning to Tribeca with their latest projects. For the first time, more than half of feature films in competition (68%) are directed by women, while 41% (45) of all feature films are directed by women. Additionally, 36% (39) of feature films are directed by Bipoc filmmakers, including two indigenous filmmakers.
This year’s festival also spotlights a number of films directed by actors, such as “First Time Female Director” by Peretti; “Maggie Moore(s)” by...
- 4/18/2023
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
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