It constantly alternates between being a really heavy, grounded horror film, and an over-the-top, clichéd one.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Oct 4, 2024

“Malignant” is not a good movie yet it still managed to impress me. It ended strong, embraced the madness and showcased some genuine talent that the average bad movie could not do. I even got some genuine laughs, which some comedies cannot coax out of me

| Jun 10, 2024

Malignant is saved by an audacious, stunningly mounted third act, clearly a vintage James Wan in its glorious lunacy.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 20, 2023

Wan does a great job in choreographing his ballet of blood but by that point the movie has lost all of its terror elements.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Aug 10, 2023

A throwback to early campy 2000s horror is a bold move, one I feel pays off in a gruesomely fun fashion.

| Aug 9, 2023

BONKERS BRILLIANT. An insane brutal gore fest that took me back to watching horror films all through October with my dad when I was younger. Campy,unique, & original! It won’t be for everyone but if you embrace it all you’ll love it

| Jul 26, 2023

The talented director picks up a thematically rich, mysteriously intriguing narrative written by the feature film debutant Akela Cooper, and lets himself get inspired by the giallo genre.

| Original Score: B+ | Jul 25, 2023

Go into Malignant knowing it’s a travesty of delights; it slowly builds into its own unhinging chaos. And just because the characters take their dilemma seriously does not mean audiences have to.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 23, 2023

Wan has cemented his position as a horror auteur who can reinvent narratives that are beyond what we have seen in previous cult horror classics.

| Jul 20, 2023

Malignant is easily the most fun I had at a movie theater this past year.

| Feb 10, 2023

This is horror cinema produced with a sense of reckless, gleeful abandon, and if you fail to gel with its style and sensibilities, be certain it is not the film; it’s you.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Oct 27, 2022

James Wan returns to form.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 15, 2022

I laughed so hard I gave my self a headache

| Aug 4, 2022

Wan is a master of horror, and he shows that he can still scare people without needing to rely on jump scares with "Malignant."

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jun 21, 2022

As with much of Wan's work, no one is ever going to accuse Malignant of being a “good” film. But at times, it is a bloody great one. Have fun.

| Mar 8, 2022

Malignant...left us speechless, unable to process what the we just watched, or who pitched this...

| Original Score: C | Feb 22, 2022

Malignant aims for a sensory overload, but not in the delightful ways of Argento or Mario Bava.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Feb 12, 2022

Malignant is a horror movie that seeks to be a good time while offering loads of atmosphere, and it succeeds on both fronts.

| Feb 12, 2022

Malignant is wacky, but never wack. I laughed, I cried, I often struggled to tell the difference.

| Jan 28, 2022

A fun B-horror with neat prosthetics and a generally slick look, this is a moody if wildly daft entry in the horror canon.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 13, 2022