Number Rolled: 74
Movie Name/Year: Bad
Kids Go to Hell (2012)
Genre: Thriller
Length: 92
minutes
Rating: R
Director: Matthew
Spradlin
Writer: Matthew
Spradlin, Barry Wernick
Actors: Judd
Nelson, Ben Browder, Amanda Alch, Marc Donato, Augie Duke, Roger Edwards, Ali
Faulkner, Cameron Deane Stewart, Jeffrey Schmidt, Chanel Ryan, Collin Cole, Eloise
DeJoria, Ice Mrozek, Rodney Johnson
Have you ever seen The Breakfast Club? Eighties children, I
know you have, and I’m fairly certain the rest of you have, too. In case I’m
wrong I’ll tell you about it. It’s a movie about a group of kids from different
cliques that get stuck in a Saturday detention and find common ground to become
friends. It’s really very heartwarming and filled with hope. Take that movie,
put in a vengeful ghost and you have Bad Kids Go to Hell.
It’s really very interesting to see what a single change in
base plot can do to a movie. They took an amazing classic movie, added that one
extra ingredient, and came up with a vastly mediocre horror/thriller that had a
relatively decent ending. Although it was mediocre, I found that I really
enjoyed watching it. I might even watch it again someday.
Mostly, I wasn’t impressed with the actors, but one of them
did make a fan out of me. Cameron Deane Stewart, who played the main character
(Matt Clark) was really good. I think part of the reason I found the movie had
so much entertainment value, despite the many flaws, was because of his acting.
He took a part that could have easily been portrayed just as cheesy as the film
and made it actually seem believable. I was impressed. I don’t see anything
else on Netflix that he’s been in, and a simple visit to IMDB revealed that
there isn’t much anyway, but if I come across anything later on I’ll be quick to
add it to my instant queue.
Even though I’ve labeled the movie as mediocre, I’d still
recommend it to people. Provided they consider it more of a Breakfast Club
parody than a serious attempt at horror.
Overall Opinion – 3/5
Addendum – This movie
was based off a graphic novel (with the same name) by Matthew Spradlin. I have
not yet read it, but I would believe this storyline could be more successful as
a graphic novel than a movie. http://badkidsgotohell.com/