Bad Things

Bad Things is a 2023 horror-thriller film written and directed by Stewart Thorndike. It stars Gayle Rankin, Hari Nef, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Rad Pereira and Molly Ringwald. Plot Ruthie has recently inherited her grandmother's abandoned hotel, and has returned to stay in it for a few days with her girlfriend Cal and their friend, Maddie, and tagalong Fran. Despite feeling uncomfortable there, Ruthie is hoping to fix her and Cal's troubled relationship, and reluctantly entertains the idea of running the hotel at Cal's insistence. She watches several hotel management videos on her phone, including those featuring a woman, Ms. Auerbach. The groundskeeper, Brian, arrives, expressing his disappointment that Ruthie's estranged mother, who had been staying at the hotel, has ended things between them before leaving town. Ruthie informs Cal that her mother arranged a meeting for her with a buyer, which upsets Cal. Privately, Maddie discusses their distaste for Ruthie, questioning why Cal is still with Ruthie after she cheated on her. Ruthie becomes increasingly agitated with Fran's presence, having secretly carried on an affair with her before attempting to end it. The next morning, Fran encounters disturbing visions of former guests. Hysterical, Fran pleads with the others to all leave, but the group believes Fran is merely seeking Ruthie's attention and they abandon her at the train station. Ruthie begins to hallucinate that Ms. Auerbach is speaking to her in her videos. Cal and Maddie, noticing Ruthie's gradual mental decline, are wary when she insists that Fran has returned and is a murderer. Brian returns and is murdered by a chainsaw-wielding figure in another wing of the hotel. Maddie is later attacked by the figure, who she believes is Ruthie. Unable to get a rideshare to pick them up, and finding videos of Ruthie and Fran together, Maddie and Cal lock the unhinged Ruthie out of the hotel.