Review: Malignant
Annabelle Wallis gets beaten up yet again by her douchebag husband (Jake Abel) and miscarries. Now she’s somehow seeing visions of horrific killings – including that of her husband - by a shadowy figure. Wallis and her sister Maddie Hasson (who is also seeing these visions) suspect this is a figure from their past long believed to be dead. Jacqueline McKenzie plays a doctor from an asylum who knew Wallis as a child. Outside of “Insidious” , I get the feeling I’m just not a James Wan ( “Saw” , “The Conjuring” ) kinda guy. This 2021 horror film is seemingly pretty popular in horror circles, and is as well-shot and well-lit as you’d expect from a Wan film. The camerawork in particular is dynamic in a wannabe Argento way. Sadly, the film itself is tedious, slow-moving, often silly, and really messy. Slow-moving jump scare movies ain’t my horror bag. If we were given a more charismatic or interesting lead actress than Annabelle Wallis this might’ve had half ...