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Bad Kids Go to Hell (2012)

Bad Kids Go to Hell poster
Directed by
Matthew Spradlin
Genre
drama film, fantasy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
R
Rating
4.6 of 10 from 104 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Six prep school students serve detention in a school library that seems to be haunted. Strange and threatening events unfold as they wait out the punishment.

tensedarkly comicunsettlingmoodysuspensefulcampyfast-paced

What happens

Bad Kids Go to Hell is a 2012 American black comedy thriller film directed by Matthew Spradlin, who co-wrote it with Barry Wernick. Based on Spradlin and Wernick's graphic novel of the same name, the film stars Amanda Alch, Marc Donato, Augie Duke, Roger Edwards, Ali Faulkner, and Cameron Deane Stewart as six prep school students, who serve detention in a seemingly haunted school library. It had a limited theatrical release on October 27, 2012. On December 7, 2012, it was released nationwide. The film was also screened at various public destinations across the U.S. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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