Malignant

— This is just not very good, resorting to every overused contrivance to try to shock us, but the rain can only pound so hard against the window, the lights can only flicker so often, the blood can only splatter so far, the creepy music can only play so long, and the main character can only be stupid enough to keep heading alone into dark rooms so many times before you have to say enough is enough. Did I mention we can only be shocked by an evil twin or cringe at a shot of an asylum perched high on a hill so many times? [HBO Max streaming.]

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[2021. 111 min. Directed by James Wan. Starring Annabelle Wallis, Maddie Hasson, and George Young.]
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