For the first 60 minutes, while derivative of other such ghost story flicks, Malevolent is reasonably entertaining, with some creepy moments. While not wholly original, I also like the idea of scam artists faking the ability to rid houses of ghosts, but then running into the real thing.
After the first hour, Malevolent pivots, and becomes awash in physical bloodshed - a boring psycho-killer movie, with shades of torture porn.
Thus, the movie is the worst kind of failure, because it starts out as one thing, and with a certain amount of promise, and then, through a complete breakdown of writing and story conception, becomes doubly disappointing for moving so far off the mark. Malevolent is based on a novel, which I will never read, but I'm nonetheless curious as to whether the novel itself suffers the same failng. I am betting it does because the novelist co-wrote the screenplay.
After the first hour, Malevolent pivots, and becomes awash in physical bloodshed - a boring psycho-killer movie, with shades of torture porn.
Thus, the movie is the worst kind of failure, because it starts out as one thing, and with a certain amount of promise, and then, through a complete breakdown of writing and story conception, becomes doubly disappointing for moving so far off the mark. Malevolent is based on a novel, which I will never read, but I'm nonetheless curious as to whether the novel itself suffers the same failng. I am betting it does because the novelist co-wrote the screenplay.