Malevolent is a British made Netflix original horror title starring Florence Pugh and is more than a little of a let down.
It tells the story of a brother and sister who run a sham medium racket where they pretend to exorcise houses of spirits but come across something real.
It's been done before but it started promisingly enough, Pugh is a fantastic little actress who I hope goes far, veteran Celia Imrie is on point, the soundtrack/atmosphere works wonders and they even manage to get James Cosmo in for a cameo appearance.
The stars were aligned for this to be a great little film but sadly the creators decided to take the Hollywood horror route of cliches, genericism and lack of originality. It became apparent about half way through that this was going in direction I'd seen too many times before and I was sadly correct.
Malevolent isn't bad it's just exactly the same as hundreds that have come before it.
The Good:
Great soundtrack
Florence Pugh
The Bad:
Mostly recycled
Questions left unanswered
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
Horror as a whole needs a reboot
It tells the story of a brother and sister who run a sham medium racket where they pretend to exorcise houses of spirits but come across something real.
It's been done before but it started promisingly enough, Pugh is a fantastic little actress who I hope goes far, veteran Celia Imrie is on point, the soundtrack/atmosphere works wonders and they even manage to get James Cosmo in for a cameo appearance.
The stars were aligned for this to be a great little film but sadly the creators decided to take the Hollywood horror route of cliches, genericism and lack of originality. It became apparent about half way through that this was going in direction I'd seen too many times before and I was sadly correct.
Malevolent isn't bad it's just exactly the same as hundreds that have come before it.
The Good:
Great soundtrack
Florence Pugh
The Bad:
Mostly recycled
Questions left unanswered
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
Horror as a whole needs a reboot