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Malevolent

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A brother-sister team that fabricates paranormal encounters for cash gets more than it bargains for when it takes a job in an estate with real paranormal activity.
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Brian Tallerico RogerEbert.com It's not going to be anyone's favorite new horror film this holiday season, but it's a solid enough start to the month when temperatures drop and it becomes cooler to tell ghost stories. Rated: 2.5/4 Oct 5, 2018 Full Review Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com "Malevolent" is based on the novel "Hush" by Konstantopoulos, although you'd never guess that this lightweight ghost story/slasher pic was based on novelistic source material. Rated: TWO STARS Oct 5, 2024 Full Review Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies Several smart decisions turns it into a surprisingly effective genre movie. Rated: 3.5/5 Aug 23, 2022 Full Review Alix Turner Ready Steady Cut Jackson and his reluctant sister Angela offer a fake ghostbusting service to "cleanse" the homes of gullible Scots. But when Angela starts to see and hear things, is she losing it, or are there really ghosts? And if there are, what could they want? Rated: 4/5 Feb 2, 2021 Full Review Jordy Sirkin Jordy Reviews It While the premise of Malevolent might not be all that different than other general haunted house films, it still pulls you in as a viewer. Rated: 3/5 Jan 2, 2021 Full Review Charles Koplinski Reel Talk with Chuck and Pam A pleasant surprise as this horror film proves to be an uncommonly smart entry in the genre. Rated: 3.0/4.0 Nov 14, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Tom L I just created an account specifically to review this movie. As a long time fan of horror movies I can get enjoyment out of some of the cheesiest horror movies *cough* Tarot im looking at you *cough*. However, this is one of worst movies I have ever watched in my life. The beginning starts out slow. Not an issue right? Well that beginning consists of 6/8 of the movie. My wife got up to use the bathroom when stuff started to finally happen about an hour in and I thought “man, they must wrap it up in the last hour.” There were 20 minutes left… I can name two of the characters after watching it. Jackson, because they say his name every five seconds and Ethan (who my wife just told me is actually named Elijah), because of the ungodly amount of damage that man took and lived. Then there was Black haired girl who was the main protagonist and her mom died or something and Blondie who I forgot existed until the end of the movie where she became relevant for two minutes. Cant forget the antagonist, Norman Bates… I mean Hermon… Henry? In conclusion. This story was an absolute slog. Like walking through knee deep viscous mud trying to steal your boots. By the end of this we were praying the protagonist would go supersaiyan or that the Koolaid man would bust through the wall accidentally killing the antagonists. Don’t waste your time. Seriously don’t! Ps. Why the heck did the grandma use a bone saw as an axe on Ethan? Like wtf people? They make axes. Did you waste the budget on shots following black hair girl walking? PSS. There were ghosts a few times. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 08/02/25 Full Review Dantez G. This film could’ve been good, even great if it wasn’t for the poor execution and cheesy dialogue. High pitched screeching every other scene can’t make this film scary. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/29/25 Full Review Andrei D Pugh's charm cannot save this, it's underwritten and doesn't deliver any scares Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/21/25 Full Review Kitkat M Pretty good for a movie like this. The acting wasn't bad either. Although I don't think it was the best, compared to other movies out there, this deserves a better rating. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/25/25 Full Review Noneyo B Well, if you only watch the last 20 minutes of the movie, it's OK. If you watch the whole thing you're wasting a lot of your time. Most of the movie is strung together in 2 minute scenes of buildup to nothing. I wanted to like it... but wow is it bad. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 05/30/25 Full Review Michael B Worst movie ever. The title is pronounced male-volent that’s so stupid. I’ve had enough Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/23/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A brother-sister team that fabricates paranormal encounters for cash gets more than it bargains for when it takes a job in an estate with real paranormal activity.
Director
Olaf de Fleur Johannesson
Producer
Brian Coffey, Danny Sherman
Screenwriter
Ben Ketai, Eva Konstantopoulos
Production Co
Thruline Entertainment
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 5, 2018
Runtime
1h 28m
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