Malignant (film)
Sep. 3rd, 2022 08:55 pmMy flatmate Evelyn and I watched this movie tonight, as recommended by ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
rachelmanija. Thank you Rachel for this experience, which we both enjoyed! I had read in her post that it was very strange; I read the summary of the early part with a villain who drinks electricity, and that there were further twists. This sure is true! This post is not so much a review (read Rachel's for that) as a list of things that are strange. In fairness, while watching I often hopped up from my chair to stir risotto, so it's entirely possible I missed normal explanations for several of the more batshit ones. Minimal spoilers above the cut.
After someone shouts "He's drinking the electricity" in the intro, and then the villain takes control of all the electrical items in the hospital ward, there is still a bit in the opening credits sequence - surrounded by gruesome medical imagery - where doctors' reports appear on the screen and a pen highlights the words "He appears to be able to control electricity".
In the next spooky object scene, once we've moved to a more sedate haunted-house pace in the present day, the three objects taken control of are a blender (ominous), a fridge (possibly the least ominous appliance to take control of, also, why do electrical powers let you open a fridge door?) and... a sofa cushion. This does have an explanation later, but at the time we looked at each other and said "Okaay, um... Is the cushion electrically warmed?"
The camera loves to swoop from strange angles. There's a wonderful weird shot looking down on the protagonist, Madison, moving through the house from more than a full story above. There are also many other points when a camera is rotating which normally would not be rotating, some also work really well, others are just... there.
Then, suddenly, this isn't a slow sedate haunted house film! There are police on the case!
Detective: "I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to ask you a few questions"
My flatmate Evelyn, who went to fashion school: "I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to ask you a few questions about the horizontal stripes on your shirt"
( spoilers )
rachelmanija. Thank you Rachel for this experience, which we both enjoyed! I had read in her post that it was very strange; I read the summary of the early part with a villain who drinks electricity, and that there were further twists. This sure is true! This post is not so much a review (read Rachel's for that) as a list of things that are strange. In fairness, while watching I often hopped up from my chair to stir risotto, so it's entirely possible I missed normal explanations for several of the more batshit ones. Minimal spoilers above the cut.After someone shouts "He's drinking the electricity" in the intro, and then the villain takes control of all the electrical items in the hospital ward, there is still a bit in the opening credits sequence - surrounded by gruesome medical imagery - where doctors' reports appear on the screen and a pen highlights the words "He appears to be able to control electricity".
In the next spooky object scene, once we've moved to a more sedate haunted-house pace in the present day, the three objects taken control of are a blender (ominous), a fridge (possibly the least ominous appliance to take control of, also, why do electrical powers let you open a fridge door?) and... a sofa cushion. This does have an explanation later, but at the time we looked at each other and said "Okaay, um... Is the cushion electrically warmed?"
The camera loves to swoop from strange angles. There's a wonderful weird shot looking down on the protagonist, Madison, moving through the house from more than a full story above. There are also many other points when a camera is rotating which normally would not be rotating, some also work really well, others are just... there.
Then, suddenly, this isn't a slow sedate haunted house film! There are police on the case!
Detective: "I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to ask you a few questions"
My flatmate Evelyn, who went to fashion school: "I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to ask you a few questions about the horizontal stripes on your shirt"
( spoilers )
