Review of Bad Influence (1990) by John E — 16 Jun 2007

Superb. Chilling. Psychologically unsettling and includes the always wonderful James Spader/.

This review of Bad Influence (1990) was written by John E on 16 Jun 2007.

Bad Influence has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Bad Influence

Review of Bad Influence (1990)

By Chris C (2,693) on 24 Nov 2014

Smart and thrilling, Bad Influence is an indie thriller that delivers a solid, creepy charismatic performance by Rob Lowe…

Read Review

Review of Bad Influence (1990)

By Michael Upchurch (49) for The Seattle Times (964) on 30 Jun 2009

Bad Influence will do in a pinch if you're starved for intrigue. For a while, it's nasty fun watching Michael sink into depravity…

Read Review

Review of Bad Influence (1990)

By Sam M (1,488) on 03 Feb 2016

Spader and Lowe are well worth watching. This is an otherwise unremarkable erotic thriller…

Read Review

Review of Bad Influence (1990)

By James S (2,117) on 09 Sep 2010

In Scream, Skeet Ulrich's character hypothesised that it was scarier if a psycho never had a motive for their evil doings…

Read Review

Review of Bad Influence (1990)

By Kristy P (519) on 13 Apr 2011

Two of the hottest actors of the 80s finally star in a movie together! I was so excited to see this on TV that day, it was so awesome…

Read Review

Review of Bad Influence (1990)

By Jeffrey M (946) on 25 Aug 2011

It's not bad, ending is predictable but still good…

Read Review

Review of Bad Influence (1990)

By Kas G (44) on 14 Oct 2008

Sottovautato, ma sorpendente. Suspence e fino all'ultimo minuto. Bravi I due protagonisti maschili…

Read Review

Review of Bad Influence (1990)

By Chazzyc . (237) on 05 Jun 2015

Rob Lowe is perfect as the seductive, diabolical antagonist. A fun movie that holds up…

Read Review

Review of Bad Influence (1990)

By Nicholas P (312) on 05 Mar 2009

Atmospheric, yet predictable. Rob Lowe is not intimidating nor does he really come across as clever…

Read Review

Review of Bad Influence (1990)

By Jason Y (278) on 31 Aug 2009

Surprisingly this movie does not have any cult status, especially so since it was ahead of its time with the celebrity sex tape furor and its…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of RoboCop 2 (1990)

By Tristan P (635) on 24 Jun 2016

Robocop 2 begins with a lot of promise, and its satire has its moments, but by the end it becomes a mess of ideas and feels more like a parody…

Read Review

Review of Le Samouraï (1967)

By Geonard Y (52) on 08 May 2007

Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville Starring Alain Delon, Francois perier, Nathalie Delon, Cathy Rosier, Jacques Leroy DelonÕs Jef Costello could…

Read Review

Review of Best Seller (1987)

By Cskocypec . (1) on 22 Mar 2015

Really bad (and just plain weird) acting. Complete waste of time even for James Woods and Brian Dennehy fans…

Read Review

Review of Carlito's Way (1993)

By Mark S (2,772) on 07 Aug 2009

I know I saw this but can't remember if it was all that good... if I can't remember it…

Read Review

Review of 13 Tzameti (2006)

By Jenna G (1,046) on 06 Mar 2008

While the film itself is good in the sense of cinematography and writing, the subject is so perverse and so thouroughly documented that I will…

Read Review

Review of Kiss of Death (1995)

By Stephen L (620) on 22 Apr 2015

There's good over the top Cage then there is this slop,add in thinking this is the star vehicle Caruso left NYPD Blue for and this bomb is lit…

Read Review

Review of The Getaway (1972)

By Levi N (37) on 24 Jul 2011

The only redeeming quality of this movie was its shootouts…

Read Review

Review of Layer Cake (2004)

By Kevin S (2,121) on 16 Jul 2017

I fell sleep three times during the movie. Movie is difficult to follow. Little to no action…

Read Review

Review of Final Analysis (1992)

By Bubbajack (2) on 11 Oct 2005

Thumbs down to the Director's Cut. Adding the dream sequence is just as bad as Lucas adding Greedo's arm or Luke's scream…

Read Review

Review of Kontroll (2003)

By Tomek S (237) on 21 Sep 2009

What starts as an interesting character-based movie in a pretty unique setting becomes something quite different as the film progresses…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Split

2017

71%1,218 Reviews

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

2014

79%1,167 Reviews

Mad Max: Fury Road

2015

83%1,378 Reviews

War for the Planet of the Apes

2017

78%1,656 Reviews

Babylon

2022

68%144 Reviews

Past Lives

2023

84%62 Reviews

Ford v Ferrari

2019

81%171 Reviews

Upgrade

2018

76%696 Reviews

The Voyeurs

2021

58%19 Reviews

Blade Runner 2049

2017

80%2,332 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Bad Influence

1990

63%70 Reviews

Cocoon: The Return

1988

51%139 Reviews

Bright

2017

61%1,573 Reviews

Final Score

2018

52%46 Reviews

Orphan

2009

66%909 Reviews

Singles

1992

68%501 Reviews

Talk to Her

2002

83%628 Reviews

Crazy Rich Asians

2018

71%1,318 Reviews

Fatal Attraction

1987

71%495 Reviews

The Assassin

2015

63%208 Reviews