Review of Malevolent (2018) by Wakenarrative — 14 Jan 2019

Phony film with Phony Ghostbusters: Angela and Jackson, the story of two sibling scammers running a "fake" paranormal removal business from supposedly haunted houses. Their mother possessed the gift of seeing supernatural beings, before scratching her own eyes out.

The sibling duo would never think that this power would be passed down to them, until Angela starts seeing visions that keep her up at night. The team of "ghost hunters" begins their normal process at an old foster home or orphanage (thanks IMDB for that piece of knowledge, the movie failed to mention this or if it did we both missed this piece altogether), said to be haunted by young girls who were tortured and had their mouths sewn shut.

Angela starts to see these creepy girls. Queue the creepy twins from the Shining. The cinematography was decent, but the filmed lacked a stable plotline. Did this crazy orphanage lady really torture and kill children over the years because they wouldn't stop screaming? Was that before or after the torture? There were more questions than answers and some obvious parts of the story that were missing.

The only redeeming factor that this film held was that it actually made us flinch a few times. The torture scenes were graphic and made our lips quiver. Best Seamstress: Old Lady Susie - sewing mouths of humans since the beginning of time (by the looks of those wrinkles) Best Smile: No one - can you even smile with your mouth sewn shut? Most drawn out near death - Elliot, man you lasted way longer than expected, kudos.