Malicious

I have tried my best to enjoy this B grade horror movie but I can't..it's very mediocre, movie too slow, not really scary and the ending is lousy.

"You know it's bad when we both laugh"- my boyfriend part way through. I usually scare easily but this movie didn't scare me and I laughed at a few things. It's literally all been done before. I was not scared of the made-in-China dollar store jewelry box. I missed the very end as I fell asleep. I won't be re-watching.

I liked the story. Even though I think the characters ultimately unraveled at the end and behaved in a way that is inconsistent with the setup, the villain was original and the story was new.

This movie borrows from the Dybuk Box legend and mixes in some Rumplestiltskin mumbo jumbo, but I think the story works. I also think that the setting really adds to the isolation and the story, so that was a good story and direction choice.

The acting and character writing is where I struggled with this movie. I didn't buy the development of the character of either the wife or the husband. The occultist friend was pulled right from every other horror movie. If these characters had been likeable or believable, I think this story would have been really good. They weren't, though.

Malicious has it all... Crying babies, melodrama, boring math lectures, a blind parapsychologist, a visit from a witch in the shower, a haunted painting, ghost incest, and some tight outfits! This was pretty dull and routine for the first hour, solid. The only thing that got me through it was, literally, wondering what foxy number Lisa's slutty sister (Melissa Bolona) was going to wear next. Things pick up in the last half hour, where they do a paranormal investigation. There are actually a couple of good scares to be found in this. So, I don't know, read the synopsis and begin with chapter 5 on the DVD.

Typical cheesy and predictable horror flick, watched because was bored at least the time passed well..