On Halloween night, two malevolent children terrorize a young and innocent couple in their home, subjecting them to an evening they will never forget.
BAD APPLES is written, produced and directed by Bryan Coyne (Utero; Infernal). The movie stars Andrea Collins (The Hospital), Brea Grant (Dexter), and Graham Skipper (Beyond the Gates). Coyne's work thus far seems to favor evil and babies. In Inferno when a girl starts acting strangely, unexplained phenomena starts happening. For Utero Coyne will be exloring the world of pre-partum madness as an agoraphobic unwed mother finds her psyche unraveling as she becomes convinced that her unborn child is more monster than human. BAD APPLES is a familiar story as on Halloween night, two “bad apples” decide to play some wicked tricks on the one house in a suburban cul-de-sac that is not celebrating Halloween. They also kill a few other non-holiday friendly people along the way. In keeping with his current theme, Coyne starts us off with the murder of a pregnant woman. Fast forward to our two girls in masks and then let Halloween festivities commence.
BAD APPLES is a true independent, low budget horror. You can tell by the production quality that not a lot of money was behind the film. Despite some audio issues, and the lapse in actingor over acting, the overall outcome was not horrible. We tend to gauge lower budget horrors on a different scale, looking more at the overall quality of the work rather than the episodes of lapse in production and acting. As previously mentioned, it is a well known story, so the storyline isn't hard to follow. If you let yourself you can even forgive Coyne for sticking safely to a tried and true pattern. If you let the film carry into its world you can even appreciate the slight tweeks. It helps that Richard Riehle cameos as the girls Principal, and that Brea Grant and Graham Skipper's portrayal, though slightly over the top, is actually believable and the characters likable. The masks are sufficiently creepy. Especially after being worn for awhile and splatters of blood added to their effect. The setup for a sequel is obvious, and when we learn the history of the house through exposition it probably wasn't needed. But in the end one tease I have for you should be enough to make you want to see it... pumpkin chest.
Distributor Uncork’d is the champions of ultra low budget horror these days. BAD APPLES was released on VOD via Uncork’d Entertainment on February 6, 2018.
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