Malum Reviews
A modulation and expansion of Last Shift. [Full review in Spanish]
| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 13, 2024
One of the great satanic horror films of recent years. [Full review in Spanish]
| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 6, 2024
Malum does offer plenty of frights and thrills. It somehow manages the impossible of not only being a decent remake, but also doing something different as well.
| Original Score: 3/5 | May 21, 2024
[DiBlasi] doesn’t have much sense of how to parse this hackneyed occult screed into sequences with any true tension...
| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 24, 2024
I'm afraid the new version, despite a bigger budget and added scares, is not better than the old version-just more glossy.
| Original Score: B- | May 21, 2023
While Malum still offers plenty of frights, it struggles to get out of the shadow of Last Shift. Yet it undeniably features impeccable craft from beginning to end.
| Original Score: 6/10 | May 17, 2023
Malum is not very original, it can get repetitive, and some of the acting is amateurish from the supporting cast members. However, the movie excels at some terrific horror visuals, and the lead performances carry the movie during its weaker moments.
| Apr 6, 2023
From solid physical effects to some more unique creature designs in recent memory, Malum is awash in creeps and horrors. It may not be the most original or unique horror movie of the year, but it is a step above most of what is out there.
| Original Score: 7/10 | Apr 5, 2023
‘Malum’ is chilling, surreal, and serves up gruesome gore effects.
| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 5, 2023
"Malum" is [most] impressive when it turns its talented ensemble cast loose on material that was obviously a lot of fun to play with.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 4, 2023
Definitely midnight movie fare...
| Apr 3, 2023
Malum is a modern horror film that knows how to be genuinely scary, creating some of the most frightening sequences of the year.
| Apr 3, 2023
Malum is a horror film that delivers the goods in terms of both blood and lore.
| Original Score: B | Apr 3, 2023
It may be more blunt force more so than scalpel sharp, but Malum is one hell of a journey (pun very much intended), with more in common with Baskin than Assault on Precinct 13–and that’s certainly a reason to give praise to the dark lord.
| Apr 3, 2023
Apart from Jessica Sula’s immersive performance, the practical effects by RussellFX recall the work of Bob Keen from Clive Barker’s Hellraiser. The finale takes the viewer on a rapid descent to hell that signifies horror is alive and well.
| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 1, 2023
DiBlasi delivers what Last Shift fans will once again enjoy. That’s what’s slightly disappointing: Malum differentiates, but does it differentiate enough?
| Original Score: 6.5/10 | Mar 31, 2023
Malum has enough budget to be too glossy to be gutter fun, and adds little visually much beyond some very mediocre practical effects, often feeling that – yet again – its ambitions outstripped its grasp.
| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 31, 2023
Malum is a frightening reimagining of Last Shift that manages to deliver more plot and excess gore.
| Original Score: 7.5/10 | Mar 30, 2023
The "Last Shift" reimagining "Malum" is a thrilling, terrifyingly sadistic spectacle that proves sometimes you can fix what isn't broken. It’s leaner, meaner, grislier, more investing, more unsettling, and perfectly paced.
| Original Score: 5/5 | Mar 30, 2023
DiBlasi’s remake keeps the bones of his previous effort but ups the ante in every conceivable way.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 30, 2023