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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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Malevolent (2018) | Rotten Tomatoes (1) 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 Malevolent (2018) | Rotten Tomatoes (2) 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 Malevolent (2018) | Rotten Tomatoes (3) 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 Malevolent (2018) | Rotten Tomatoes (4) 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 Malevolent (2018) | Rotten Tomatoes (5) 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 Malevolent (2018) | Rotten Tomatoes (6) 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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David D Not awful but not good. My biggest peeve is near the end. When faced with 2 threats and you eliminate one, you don't ignore the second threat (who is in the same room) so you can hug and console your sister thereby getting bushwacked from behind. As former military, I would clear a room before I make any secondary assessments. Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 10/08/24 Full Review Pamela G Malevolent is one of the best horror movies I’ve seen in the last year and I watch a lot of them. Florence Pugh is amazing, the movie works because her face is so interesting. Fantastic balance between character/backstory and pure horror (supernatural & torture horror genres combined). Nearly a perfect movie. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/01/24 Full Review Sammer A what's wrong with people, this is a good movie. Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/10/24 Full Review Kevin M The two best cast are Florence Pugh (Oppenheimer) and Scott Chambers (Winnie-The-Pooh BLOOD and HONEY 2). The horror atmospheric isn't the best, other characters seems forced too much, the killers mother and son duo are definitely the worst killers, the three triplet girls are trying to stop the killers. That is why they're helping instead of investigating. The mothers ear drums were positively the weakest kill. Scott Chambers and Florence Pugh are two best cast. This is a one-time pass and won't watch this again. Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/26/24 Full Review Desyane M Horrible. Don't waste your time Rated 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 11/14/23 Full Review Frderique A I liked the ending, was not as bad as horror movies usually are. But overall, not the best movie out there. Nothing else to say Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/05/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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Olaf de Fleur Johannesson Director Florence Pugh Angela Celia Imrie Mrs. Green Ben Lloyd-Hughes Jackson Scott Chambers Elliot Georgina Bevan Beth
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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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