Malignant: a review

Continuing my duty of reviewing mid to bad horror movies, I watched Malignant with a very special someone last night anyways here's my review.

It's very…James Wan? Idk how to explain it other than “white woman terrorized by horror” which seems to be his thing. I feel like I figured everything out pretty quickly in relation to the monster but most people would.

The monster was good and interesting looking. To be honest I would have preferred if the entire movie was centered on the woman while she was in the hospital with the thing growing out of her back because it looked creepy. The horror was a bit toned down when it just became “dude in trench coat doing sick tricks” but I was still quite entertained so I have no complaints.

My biggest gripe with this movie was the sister. Her superfluous relationship with the cop was really random and I feel like it was a cut piece of the movie.

Also I feel like this movie wanted to be like Smile, where it had a bit of a philosophical piece where it talked about how family through bonds is stronger than family through blood but it fell really flat because 90% of the movie doesn't touch on it at all.

Okay movie, 3.5/5