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5.0/10
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Ten years after the kidnapping of Martin Bristol, bank robbers hide in an isolated rural farmhouse where a serial killer lurks.Ten years after the kidnapping of Martin Bristol, bank robbers hide in an isolated rural farmhouse where a serial killer lurks.Ten years after the kidnapping of Martin Bristol, bank robbers hide in an isolated rural farmhouse where a serial killer lurks.
- Awards
- 2 wins
R. Brandon Johnson
- Julian
- (as Brandon Johnson)
- Director
- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaStevan Mena announced following the film's release that this was actually the middle film in a planned trilogy. The preceding chapter was eventually told in Bereavement (2010), with the finale Malevolence 3: Killer (2018) released 14 years after the first film.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Bereavement (2010)
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Forgettable slasher.
After a bank robbery doesn't go as planned, the criminals seek refuge in an isolated abandoned house. Soon the robbers and their two hostages find themselves terrorized by a madman. This movie is like a combination of two other horrors released around the same time: "Dead Birds" and "Toolbox Murders." Unfortunately, it isn't as effective as either of those films. The director and many reviewers have claimed this is a return to the gritty 70s style of horror film-making, but I found this to be more like your average 80s slasher. However, it doesn't have that ambiance that a film could only have by being created in the 80s. It isn't nearly as entertaining. I watched parts of the Director's commentary, and all of the things he pointed out as "homages" are things that have been done so many times that they most fans would probably take them as genre clichés and not homages. The most irritating part about this movie (besides the average acting) is the musical score. For the most part, it is eerie and subtle. However, whenever something scary happens, someone goes wild with the Casio, and the effects are grating. While "Malevolence" isn't a terrible movie, I'd honestly rather sit through an 80s slasher than a modern film that tries too hard to recapture that era.
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- Mar 11, 2007
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Злоумышленник
- Filming locations
- Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA(bank robbery scene)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $200,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $127,287
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $13,445
- Sep 12, 2004
- Gross worldwide
- $258,782
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1(original ratio)
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