Review of Very Bad Things (1998) by Bradley C — 19 Mar 2008

Recently bought this on DVD. One of my favorites, a cult classic! You have to love the fast paced, excruciatingly seat-edged plot!

This review of Very Bad Things (1998) was written by Bradley C on 19 Mar 2008.

Very Bad Things has generally received mixed reviews.

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It never makes you laugh that hard. Not even close. And so the thing becomes a bloody assault on the senses that commingles atrocity with tedium…

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