Review of Malignant (2021) by Theredsky — 09 Oct 2021
A film that I would like a lot more if it didn’t feel like it wanted to be a serious horror film. That’s my biggest issue with this. Sometimes it feels like it’s homaging the shock value horror films of the 70s and 80s and sometimes it feels like it’s trying to be a serious horror film.
If it was going for that first one, then they did a terrible job at trying to present it that way. If it had just stuck with that tone, then the score for this would be much higher. James Wan’s visual style is definitely on point here.
The camerawork is great and the transition of visual effects between scenes looks great. It’s the story here that is the problem. It’s incredibly nonsensical and I can’t tell if it’s trying to be like that or not.
The performances are fine. No one is doing anything outstanding although you can tell that some performances are very over the top which I did like. I didn’t think there was an awful performance though.
The use of gore is kind of cool sometimes but the action scenes are hilariously nonsensical. There is one Police Station action scene that is hilariously bad. The film being enjoyable is another compliment I can give it.
I was definitely having a blast watching this one. The plot twist at the end is what showed me the two conflicting ideas for this. It’s hilarious and awkward and I think that’s what it’s going for but the rest of the film takes itself so seriously that I can’t tell if that’s what it was trying to do.
If you want a weird, campy, and hilariously bad horror film then I would definitely recommend this but I would suggest watching it with friends like I did.
This review of Malignant (2021) was written by Theredsky on 09 October 2021.
Malignant has generally received positive reviews.
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