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The Bad Shepherd

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The Bad Shepherd

R

Released Feb 23, 2024

1h 31m

Mystery & Thriller

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In remote wilderness, a group of friends embark on a fateful hunting trip that takes a dark turn when they unintentionally take the life of a mysterious stranger carrying a bag brimming with illicit cash. As guilt and paranoia consume them, their loyalties are pushed to the brink. However, their nightmare intensifies when the bag's mysterious owner begins a relentless pursuit, forcing the friends into a treacherous game of survival where their bonds are tested, secrets unravel, and the desperate quest for redemption takes an unforgiving toll on their once unbreakable friendships.

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Dennis Schwartz

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Absurd psychological wilderness survival thriller.

Rated: D

Mar 4, 2024

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Frank Swietek

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[A] threadbare excuse for a thriller... it’s not a good idea to put the word “bad” in your title when it’s so perfectly descriptive of your movie.

Rated: D-

Feb 22, 2024

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Lilicana E

Couldnt get through The beginning of the movie up til the guy pulls out a gun on the cop... horrible... they couldve said they just pulled over because they thought the car at the side of the road needed assistance... they said their new truck cut off....wack...

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/13/25

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Barbara D

It definitely won't be everyone's cup of tea, but I enjoyed it, mainly because of Geo Santini, who is the still centre of the storm in this movie. His voice, appearance and movement is always restrained but always menacing. Clever plot which doesn't strive too hard to be believable: an act of violence, followed by some awful revelations, leads to betrayal, murder and, well, more murder.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/01/25

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Allison N

Despite the criticism of this film I think it was very edge of my seat thriller with unexpected twists and turns keeping my ADHD attention!!! Sadly the world is greedy and will be bad shepherds but there’s good people too. I loved the vampire twist at the end!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/25

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Jeffrey P

The initial set-up is okay and then the cheesy, badly portrayed gangster shows up and it just becomes less and less interesting before an ending that isn’t as surprising as it thinks. Maybe a good origins story, but an origins to what?

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/20/25

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Dominic D

It starts off typical enough and the plot is good , but then wanders like a man lost in the woods. It doesn’t make sense until we realize this is a horror film where anything is possible. It was mildly entertaining and I did want to see the outcome.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/25

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Lizbet B

Already did dark shadows and not even close. Unbelievably bad

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/14/25

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In remote wilderness, a group of friends embark on a fateful hunting trip that takes a dark turn when they unintentionally take the life of a mysterious stranger carrying a bag brimming with illicit cash. As guilt and paranoia consume them, their loyalties are pushed to the brink. However, their nightmare intensifies when the bag's mysterious owner begins a relentless pursuit, forcing the friends into a treacherous game of survival where their bonds are tested, secrets unravel, and the desperate quest for redemption takes an unforgiving toll on their once unbreakable friendships.

Director: Geo Santini
Producer: Michael Chuney, Ryan David Jahn, Christos Kalabogias, Andrew Pagana
Screenwriter: Ryan David Jahn
Distributor: Saban Films
Production Co: Yellow Tape Media Group
Rating: R
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 23, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 23, 2024
Runtime: 1h 31m

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