Bad Kids of Crestview Academy

"It's time to break stereotypes, not reinforce them!" Headmaster Nash says at one point. Alas, not in this movie.

Why does this movie exist and how does it succeed in failing on every level?

In the end, Bad Kids of Crestview Academy squanders its mystery on telling a joke it has told several times already, and all tension leaves the film, making it hard to care for the remaining survivors.

Bad Kids Of Crestview Academy is bright, obnoxious, over the top and super silly but it's far from the worst way to spend a couple of hours.

Bad Kids of Crestview Academy is certainly a film aware of how inherently daft it is, but it's nowhere near good enough to praise, nor does it reach the levels of endearingly bad in the way a legion of cult movies have remained popular.

Amid all the gory visual gimmicks, it's impossible to sympathize with any of these spoiled brats or their attempts to survive the carnage.

Despite its lively origins as a graphic novel, the film is hopelessly dull.

The film sorely misses the kinds of cheesy character tics and attributes that make low-budget gems sing with self-awareness, la the best of Roger Corman.

Ben Browder's follow-up to Bad Kids Go To Hell is less stylized and more generic, even with the same private-school mean streak.

A genuinely ugly and misguided attempt at merging dark comedy with gore.