Review of Malum (2023) by Arbo2K9 — 11 Jun 2023

I actually really liked the original movie and when I saw the trailers for this one, I was really excited. This movie started off great! I was hooked at the beginning but midway it really does fall off the deep end.

It is too heavy on the jumscares, some were awful and you can see coming from a mile away. There were a few moments that were unexpected and those were quite good. The movie also relied a ton on practical effects and give them an A for effort but a D for execution on them.

They looked extremely fake at times and it's sad to see. Once the climax starts everything just goes all over the place, and it just ends in a terrible way. I do get that the first movie ended in a way not everyone would like but this one just made me wish I only watched the first half of the movie.

So it gets a 5 from me. First half was good and the second half was borderline awful.