MALEVOLENT

Malevolent Movie Review

A group of scam artists posing as paranormal investigators get more than they bargained for when they accept a job at a house that is actually haunted. Yes, we have seen this general idea in films prior, and this movie brings nothing new to this whole notion. After what seems forever, the investigators finally arrive at the haunted house, where our lead character, Angela (Florence Y'all Pugh), sees the ghosts of dead children.

Here they are now!

This movie is set in the 1980s, but other than maybe some of the equipment used, you really can't tell that, and in fact, may even forget it as you watch--I sure did. The attempt to make this point is so halfhearted that one wonders why they even set it during this time. The scares are little in this movie--that is not to say they didn't at least try, but the attempts were largely jump scares that fail to jolt. The acting is rather poor across the board--it's not the worst acting you will ever see, but it is certainly bad enough to be noticeable and distracting. The blood and gore is higher than I expected, which is nice, but they don't come from who we expect. The film goes for a twist ending, and I guess it does sort of qualify as that, but this part of the movie is as uninteresting as the rest of it. When you come across Malevolent while searching through the horror section of Netflix, just keep scrolling.

On A Scale Of One To Ten: 4

Malevolent Movie Trailer