Four people and a chainsaw spend a weekend at an abandoned hotel in Stewart Thorndike's 'Bad Things,' starring Gayle Rankin and Hari Nef.

Paranormal events spring on internal emotional conflicts in Stewart Thorndike’s study of psychic disturbance

Bad Things juggles too many elements with too little focus.

Writer-director Stewart Thorndike's "Bad Things" premiered at 2023 Tribeca and stars Hari Nef, Gayle Rankin, and Molly Ringwald.

On three genre films from the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival, including an Australian stand-out.

"Bad Things" is an intimate thriller about the haunting power of trauma and four women whose messy interpersonal relationships and "history" aren't done any favors by being in this spooky place. The place is an empty suburban hotel Ruthie (Gayle Rankin of "The Greatest Showan" and TV's "GLOW") just inherited. The messiness is packaged in…

It’s noteworthy that Bad Things features two relationships with trans people, including a relationship between a cis woman and a trans woman. More noteworthy is how authentic their various experiences feel.