zondag 24 juli 2022

20s Movie Review - Malignant

Director:
James Wan,
Genre: Horror
Runtime: 111 minutes
Year: 2021
Starring: Annabelle Wallis, Maddie Hasson, George Young, Michole Brianna White, Jacqueline McKenzie

Description: Madison (Annabelle Wallis) is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities.

Review: James Wan is one of the best current horror movie directors. Because after “Saw”, ‘Insidious” and “The Conjuring”, he shows with “Malignant”again how well this genre suits him.

When the pregnant Madison loses both her husband and her inborn child in an unexplained attack one night, her life falls apart. Yet things don’t get much better after that, when she starts having visions of similar killings, which are completely consistent with what is happening in reality at the time. And I’m stopping here, because it’s best to not know too much about the film before you watch it.

From the very first shot it is clear that “Malignant” is a horror film, but Wan leaves the viewers guessing to what kind of horror movie is exactly is. These days it’s somehow very difficult for director to create an original horror movie that is unpredictable. But James Wan did it. “Malignant” is one of the most original and surprising horror movies I’ve seen recently. With an ending you could never predict.

Rating: 4/ 5

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