Review of Malignant

Malignant (I) (2021)
5/10
Not great - not horrible.
14 September 2021
This was a throwback to the 'good' old 80's horror flicks AFTER they became more comedy than horror. You have some sporadic bad music, some cheesy exposition and dialogue, some, "Don't go in there," moments, and some laugh out loud moments - at least for me.

A few things to note:

A) It isn't scary - not in the least

B) The first 3/4 of the film is basically crap

C) The last 1/4 of the film while a bit predictable is what had me laughing, but was more entertaining than the previous parts

D) This is a good 'group watch' movie, as you can all sit there and yell at the screen about how stupid everyone is in the movie without fear of missing important dialogue because most of the dialogue is predictable and not important

Just to make it clear - this takes numerous tropes from various other movies and combines them into a not so original mix, adds an 80s veneer, and then wishes like hell you won't notice just how cheesy and shallow it is. It actually plays more like a TV special than an actual feature length movie, but is typical for what passes as entertainment these days - especially with all of the 'you can't do or say this' crowd now despite there being some domestic abuse depicted that didn't ultimately add to the story.
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