Shudder is preparing a Blu-ray release of Stewart Thorndike's Bad Things (
2023), starring Gayle Rankin, Hari Nef, Molly Ringwald, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, and Jared Abrahamson. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on January 27.
Description: 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.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
New audio commentary with director Stewart Thordike and producers Lizzie Shapiro and Lexi Tannenholtz
New video interviews with director Stewart Thorndike, cinematographer Grant Greenberg and production designer Amy Williams
Archival interviews with cast members
BTS stills galleries featuring on set polaroids and film photos
New video essay by film critic Alexandra West
Booklet with new writing by film critic Alexandra Heller Nicholas