Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 26, 2026
Metascore
65

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 22
  3. Negative: 2 out of 22

Critic Reviews

  1. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Mar 26, 2026
    30
    Camila Morrone’s compelling performance in Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen isn’t enough for us to get past the cartoonish supporting characters, the foreboding with little payoff, and a plot that just seems to consist of little more than tense moments.
  2. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: John Anderson
    Mar 26, 2026
    30
    There’s a lot going on, including a spinning of wheels. It may not be “very bad,” I hasten to add, but the “something very bad” in “Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen” is the pumping of 10 gallons of horror into a 5-gallon vehicle, which never really catches fire and whose wheels fall off.