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Bad Kids of Crestview Academy is a 2017 American action adventure dark comedy thriller film directed by Ben Browder.
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Directed by | Ben Browder |
Screenplay by | Barry Wernick James R. Hallam |
Based on | Bad Kids Go 2 Hell by Barry Wernick and Matthew Spradlin |
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Distributed by | Momentum Pictures |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
The screenplay was written by Barry Wernick and James R. Hallam. It is based on Wernick and Matthew Spradlin's best-selling graphic novel Bad Kids Go 2 Hell. The film stars Sammi Hanratty, Drake Bell, Sean Astin, Gina Gershon, Ben Browder, Sufe Bradshaw, Colby Arps, Sophia Taylor Ali, Erika Daly, Matthew Frias, Ali Astin, Ashlyn McEvers, and Cameron Deane Stewart.
Wernick and Hallam had written the 2009 graphic novel Bad Kids Go to Hell, which was turned into the 2012 film Bad Kids Go to Hell, both telling the story of Matt Clark, a student at prestigious Crestview Academy who is the only survivor of six students serving a weekend detention.
The story in Bad Kids of Crestview Academy takes place five years later, when another group of detention students are slaughtered. In a cameo, Cameron Deane Stewart reprises his role as Matt Clark, protagonist of the original film. Browder reprises his role as Max the janitor, in addition to serving as director of the film.
- Sammi Hanratty as Siouxsie Hess ("Undercrust")
- Colby Arps as Blaine Wilkes ("Mr. Clean")
- Sophia Taylor Ali as Faith Jackson ("Preacher's Daughter")
- Erika Daly as Sara Hasegawa ("Cat Lover")
- Matthew Frias as Brian Marquez ("Latin Spice"}
- Ben Browder as Max (school janitor)
- Sufe Bradshaw as Dr. Knight (Dean of Students)
- Ashlyn McEvers as Alyson Hess (Siouxsie's dead sister)
- Alexandra "Ali" Astin as Ethel Balducci
- Sean Astin as Headmaster Nash
- Drake Bell as Ben aka "The Naked Wizard"
- Gina Gershon as Senator Wilkes
- Cameron Deane Stewart as Matt Clark - accused in the 2011 killings