“Bad Things” is an intimate thriller about the haunting power of trauma and four women whose messy interpersonal relationships and “history” aren’t done any favors by being in this spooky place.

The place is an empty suburban hotel Ruthie (Gayle Rankin of “The Greatest Showan” and TV’s “GLOW”) just inherited. The messiness is packaged in the fact that she’s here with her lover Cal (Hari Nef of “Barbie”), whom she’s cheated on with Fran (Annabelle Dexter-Jones of “Succession”).

But Maddie (Rad Pereira of HBO’s “Betty”) brought Fran with her. Maddie crushes on Cal, and Fran, who just survived a cancer scare, still has a thing for Ruthie.

Ruthie’s here to “sell this place,” but Cal is all atwitter over “the life” she can imagine here, running the Comley Suites with Ruthie, whom she’s pretty sure “is going to propose this weekend!” To that end, Ruthie is watching Youtube tutorials on running such a business, “Methods in Hospitality,” which we gather Cal has already viewed.

The tutorials on how hotels are “not just a space, but an experience,” are delivered by an expert in the field (Molly Ringwald).

What nobody seems to want to hear, especially the dizzy/bubbly Cal, is that Ruthie didn’t want to come, doesn’t want to hang onto the hotel and only recently reconnected with her (unseen) mother, who only wants a share of the cash. And the random deaths associated with this hotel (most motels/hotels have a few) aren’t the only trauma Ruthie remembers there.

“I don’t feel right here. I never have.”

What ensues is a waking “Shining” Overlook Hotel nightmare of visions of the dead and figures from the past, more cheating, hysteria and violence as this place brings back “Bad Things” and only a couple of these characters are conscious of the threat.

The love quadrangle is barely interesting by itself, despite the lived-in performances and the presence of transgender actress Nef. The visions — of joggers who were murdered, a child, a full dining room for the continental breakfast when no one is staying there — are more promising.

The place is an empty suburban hotel Ruthie (Gayle Rankin of “The Greatest Showan” and TV’s “GLOW”) has just inherited. The messiness is packaged in the fact that she’s here with her lover Cal (Hari Nef of “Barbie”), whom she’s cheated on with Fran (Annabelle Dexter-Jones of “Succession”).

But Maddie (Rad Pereira of HBO’s “Betty”) brought Fran with her. Maddie crushes on Cal, and Fran, who just survived a cancer scare, still has a thing for Ruthie.

“Messy.”

Ruthie’s here to “sell this place,” but Cal is all atwitter over “the life” she can imagine there, running the Comley Suites with Ruthie, whom she’s pretty sure “is going to propose this weekend!” To that end, Ruthie is watching Youtube tutorials on running such a business, “Methods in Hospitality,” which we gather Cal has already viewed.

The tutorials on how hotels are “not just a space, but an experience,” are delivered by an expert in the field (Molly Ringwald).

What nobody seems to want to hear, especially the dizzy/bubbly Cal, is that Ruthie didn’t want to come, doesn’t want to hang onto the Suites and only recently reconnected with her (unseen) mother, who only wants a share of the cash. And the random deaths associated with this hotel aren’t the only trauma Ruthie remembers there.

“I don’t feel right here. I never have.”

What ensues is a waking “Shining” Overlook Hotel nightmare of visions of the dead and figures from the past, more cheating, rising hysteria and violence as this place brings back “Bad Things” and only some of them are conscious of the threat.

The love quadrangle is barely interesting by itself, despite the lived-in performances. The characters have a distance that suggests each is in her own world with her own agenda that makes the quartet unsympathatic.

Was Fran “really sick?” Is Ruthie really as bad as all that? Is Cal deaf to Ruthie’s constant “I don’t want to be here” complaints? Is Maddie just an opportunist?

The visions — of joggers who were murdered, a child, a full dining room for the continental breakfast when no one is staying there — are more promising. But there’s little in the way of building suspense or a rising sense of dread.

Actress-turned-writer-director Stewart Thorndike puts more effort into keeping this elusive and obscure than in making the almost pre-ordained path the “horror” takes anything wholly satisfying or understandable.

Whatever the dynamics of this troubled, narcissistic same-sex quartet, “Bad Things” feels creepier than it is and promises frights or shocks and explanations it never quite pulls off.

Rating: unrated, violence, profanity, alcohol abuse

Cast: Gayle Rankin, Hari Nef, Rad Pereira, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Jared Abramson and Molly Ringwald.

Credits: Scripted and directed by A Shudder release.

Running time: 1:27