Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Dorathen Better Late Then Never

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

TheLittleSongbird 'Bad Apples' drew me into seeing it, with a cool poster/cover, an slightly intriguing but very derivative premise and as someone with a general appreciation for horror. That it was low-budget, which from frequent personal experience is rarely a good sign due to that there are so many poor ones out there, made me though apprehensive. It is sadly however yet another film seen recently, hence some reiteration because the exact same strengths and flaws those films are present here, that to me was incredibly disappointing considering its potential which it doesn't do anywhere near enough with. 'Bad Apples' is terrible, with a plethora of problems (huge ones too) and doesn't do enough with its potential, which was hardly small. There is next to nothing to recommend and it is a sleeper.Lets start with the sole positive. The scenery is atmospheric and spooky.Unfortunately, it is not done justice by the rather direct to video schlocky way it's shot and edited, it was very clear that the film was made in a rush with no care or enthusiasm. Going on further to the negatives, the story does feel paper thin, disjointed and over-stretched and some of it feels vague, under-explained in the last third where the film especially became duller, more predictable, more senseless and less scary. Too many characters are too sketchy and with nowhere near enough to make one want to endear to them. Their annoying and illogical decision making and behaviours frustrates.Making the film feel bland and forgettable with not enough heart put into it. The effects are ropy at best, the sound quality is obvious and utilised cheaply (being too loud in the build ups and people's reactions) and it's best not mentioning the uniformly lumbering and histrionic acting.Dialogue can be stilted and rambling, with lots of clichés and no depth whatsoever, while the pace goes to a standstill very quickly and drags on forever with very little going on worth caring about, never recovering. Found too many the supposedly shocking moments not surprising or scary and the supposedly creepy atmosphere dreary, due to the excessive obviousness, a lot of dumb and vague moments and explanations and the lack of tension and suspense. Would not have minded the lack of originality (the film is extremely derivative and in a dumbed and watered down way) if the story and atmosphere were at least alright in execution, in reality they were both dreadfully done. Not to mention a whole novel's worth of inconsistencies and continuity errors.A lot of 'Bad Apples' has underdeveloped plot elements and often nonsensical and confusing character motivations, while too many of the things to make you jump or shocked are far from creative or scary and are pretty tame. The ending makes the film finish on an incomplete and confused whimper.There is not enough threat here and what there is of it tends to be used poorly, it is completely unimaginative and more odd than creepy, completely failing to show any sense of horror. Some badly sagging momentum too. The direction is leaden, inexperience seems to be all over the film, and the music doesn't really fit.Concluding, near-irredeemably awful. 1/10 Bethany Cox

klewis-02530 Anyone who was a part of this movie should be ashamed. No chemistry between any of the characters. HORRIBLE dialog and no attention to detail. I want my $1.50 back.

seektodream I think Bad Apples is a great time and I recommend! I enjoyed the opening, which gave way for the rest of the movie to occur. The main couple was very likable and I believed all of their interactions. They had great onscreen chemistry and made me laugh quite a few times! Keeping the girls in the masks but seeing them in action was something I loved. It kept a mystery to them throughout. I think the dialogue was great. The kills were fun. And the special surprise gore effect at the end was AWESOME!! I won't spoil that part ;) I also enjoyed how the movie wrapped up. It gave a very urban legends type feel of "did you ever hear the story...". Plus is leaves the door open for another film which I wouldn't mind at all. Long story short, I think if you take the film for what it is; a fun little horror flick, then you won't be disappointed! HaPpY eArLy HaLLoWeEn!

zanty For fans of low budget trash, in sure they will welcome this, but without giving anything away, it's obvious from the first few seconds of the opening scene, that this film was :- Badly shot, filmed on a budget, with terrible music to boot. The reason I say about feeling like your intelligence has been insulted, is because, the cover art for this film looks intriguing. However, I will save you the wasted time you would have spent enduring the pain of this film. Bad cinematography, bad dialogue, bad accompanying music, this film is just plain awful, I'm sorry to say.