Bad Land (film)

Badlands are a type of terrain with clay-rich soil, and are found in regions with arid climate.

Badlands, Bad lands or Badland may also refer to:

Places

Canada

* Municipal District of Badlands No. 7, Alberta, a former municipal district

United States

* Philadelphia Badlands, a section of North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* Badlands National Park, South Dakota
** Badlands Observatory, an astronomical observatory named after the South Dakota Badlands
** Badlands Wilderness, a wilderness area located entirely within the national park
* The Badlands (California), a mountain range

Arts and entertainment

Films

*''In the Badlands'', 1909 film with Hobart Bosworth, Betty Hartem and Tom Santschi
* '' The Bad Lands'', a 1925 film starring Harry Carey
* ''Bad Lands'' (1939 film), an American western film starring Robert Barrat
* ''Badlands'' (film), a 1973 Terrence Malick film
* ''Into the Badlands'' (film), 1991 Western horror film
* ''Badland'' (2007 film), a German-American drama film directed by Francesco Lucente
* ''Bad Land: The Road to Fury'', UK released title of the 2014 film '' Young Ones''
* ''Badland'' (2019 film), an American western film starring Kevin Makely
* ''Bad Lands'' (2023 film), a Japanese drama film directed by Masato Harada

Music

Bands

* Badlands (band), an American hard rock band formed by Jake E. Lee
* Badlands, a British band formed by John Sloman

Albums

* ''Badlands'' (Badlands album), a 1989 album by the band of the same name
* ''Badlands'' (Dirty Beaches album), a 2011 album by Dirty Beaches
* ''Badlands'' ( Peter Erskine), a 2001 album
* ''Badlands'' (Halsey album), a 2015 album by Halsey
* ''Badlands'', a 1978 album and song by Bill Chinnock
* ''Badlands'', a 2013 album and song by Trampled Under Foot

EPs

* Badlands (EP), a 2013 EP by Australian group Bad Dreems

Songs

* "Badlands" (Bruce Springsteen song), a Bruce Springsteen song from the 1978 album ''Darkness on the Edge of Town''
* "Badlands", a song by AC/DC from ''Flick of the Switch''
* "Badlands", a song by Metal Church from '' Blessing in Disguise''
* "Bad Lands", a song by Zion I & The Grouch from '' Heroes in the City of Dope''

Other

* Badlands (Swedish musical act), a Swedish semi-electronic music project formed by producer Catharina Jaunviksna

Publications

*'' Bad Land: An American Romance'', a 1996 travelogue by Jonathan Raban
*''Badlands'', a comic book mini-series by Steven Grant
*''Badlands'', a 1975 novel by Robert Kroetsch about the Red Deer Valley of southern Alberta

Television

* "Badlands", an episode of ''Jewel Riders''
* "Badlands", an episode of '' Generator Rex''
* ''Into the Badlands'' (TV series)

Video games

* ''Badland'' (video game), released in 2013
**''Badland 2'', a sequel of the mobile game
* ''Badlands'' (1984 video game), a 1984 laserdisc video game by Konami
* ''Badlands'' (video game), a 1989 arcade game published by Atari Games
* ''Badlands'', a playable map in '' Team Fortress 2''
* ''Badlands'', a zone in '' World of Warcraft''

Other

* Badlands (''Star Trek''), a location in the fictional ''Star Trek'' universe
* ''The Badlands'', one of the six sectors of Mars in '' Red Faction: Guerrilla''

People

* Annette Badland (born 1950), English actress
* Badlands Booker (born 1969), American hip hop artist and competitive eater

Other uses

* Operation Badlands, part of the Iraq War that began in 2003
* Battle of the Badlands, fought in Dakota Territory in 1864 between the US Army and several Native American tribes
* Badlands Motor Speedway, a dirt track racing complex in Brandon, South Dakota
* Badlands (San Francisco), a former gay bar in San Francisco's Castro District
* Badlands brand fishing and hunting gear, made by the W. C. Bradley Co. subsidiary Zebco Brands

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