Malevolence 3: Killer

Cheap story. The funny thing is nothing can hurt the killer seriously.

KILLER is the third installment in Director, Stevan Mena's "trilogy". Opening with the finale of MALEVOLENCE, it shows the escape of Martin Bristol into an unsuspecting town. Elle (Katie Gibson), a struggling college student, and her two housemates are about to find out that they have bigger problems than just inconsiderate boyfriends and the world's slimiest landlord. Martin is on a singular mission, and only future corpses stand between Martin and a big reunion.

Definitely the lesser entry in the series, it's not bad, although some of the acting is surprisingly wooden, and the ending is less than satisfying.

THINGS NOT TO DO, EVER: #1- If you see someone being dragged into a dark garage, don't follow them! #2- If the murdering maniac is indestructible, don't lose track of him!

BEST HUMOROUS PART OF THE MOVIE: Adrienne Barbeau's character, Meredith telling an FBI agent about the result of her late husband's smoking habit! Pure gold!...

The first two relied more on psychological study, character development, intense brooding tension n the juxtaposition of tranquility (amazing photography) and underlying danger, this one is a straight up slasher filled with cliches. Saw this last nite n was disappointed.

So aft his lair gets busted n two people survive the harrowing nite, Martin while on the run from the FBI, somehow tracks the two survivors with their wallet. A big question. Why werent the survivors given ample security. How did Martin get hold of the wallet. Towards the end too, a survivor is left without any security inspite of the survivor's phone taken away by Martin while the same FBI guy is pursuing the case. Martin is shown as an introvert, illiterate, traumatized n homegrown boy but he manages to track down his original address while our FBI guy later realises that Martin's mother has relocated. The killings get lousy as none of the victims puts up a fight n it gets filled with cliches. This time the cinematography ain't that great n a sex scene with nudity is added to titillate. Generous with 7 for Mena's effort n his one man show with tackling different technical aspects of the films.

Malevolence 3 is a worth follow up to the first film (the second was a prequel). Once again we get way better acting than we normally do in these smaller independent movies, great photography, a good script, and a good continuation of the story. The gore quotient is upped in this movie (as is usually the case with sequels) but is still not completely over the top. Once again we rely more here on suspense than an "ick" factor. I really enjoyed this movie and will definitely return to these movies time and again. Highly recommend!

I would have given it a 5.5 if I could, but since we round up here on IMDB I went with 6. Many of the commenters are right when they say it has strong "Halloween" vibes. Sure it's a bit cliche at times, but it's a slasher, and an homage to 80s slasher films, so that's to be expected. It's apart of the genre. I liked it in general. The acting was good and certainly better than most 80s slasher casts. Story was solid enough. And as someone who's always liked 80s horror it was nostalgic. People giving it a 1 are just trying to manipulate the rating in my opinion, and if you like 80s slasher films, I think you'll like it.