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Review: Gory, goofy ‘Malignant’
a wild ride for horror faithful
By Adam Graham
The Detroit News
G
ory, inventive and delight-
fully ludicrous, “Malignant”
is a surprisingly fun blood-
splattered thrill ride that keeps
taking new and twisty turns.
Director James Wan, the
“Saw” writer and director who
also started the “Insidious” and
“Conjuring” franchises, returns
to his B-movie roots here with
the story of a woman who is
haunted by grisly visions. The
reason for those visions is a
late-in-the-film revelation that
turns the film on its ear and will
have horror fans howling with
delight in all the right ways.
Annabelle Wallis (“Anna-
belle”) plays Maddie Mitchell,
who was adopted as a child
and has always yearned for
a blood connection to family.
She’s pregnant when the movie
‘MALIGNANT’
Grade: B
MPAA rating: R (for
strong horror violence
and gruesome images,
and for language)
Running time: 1:52
opens, and loses her baby after
her abusive boyfriend sends
her to the hospital. (Don’t
worry, he pays.)
In flashback we visit a re-
search hospital in 1993, where
doctors are trying to control
an out-of-control monster who
speaks through tech devices
like old radios in a horrify-
ing, electro-pitched scowl. In
modern-day Seattle, this
creature — clad in all black and
with long black hair covering
its face, like a Norwegian Black
Metal boogeyman — is on a
rampage against those docs,
Warner Bros. Pictures
Madison (played by Annabelle Wallis) is haunted by a mysterious fi gure in “Malignant.”
using a sword fashioned out
of a trophy awarded for excel-
lence in surgery. Talk about
personal.
Just as Akela Cooper’s
script begins to grow tedious,
everything comes together and
goes gleefully over-the-top.
Wan, untethered and having
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a blast, uses all sorts of fun-
house tricks with his camera,
giving “Malignant” the feel of a
ghoulish merry-go-round. By
the time it stops, you’ll be ready
to take another spin.
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