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Malignant is an homage to giallo spaghetti slashers that hits the right spot

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  For horror fans, Malignant might remind you of those classic Giallo films and that's because that was always Wan's intention. (Image courtesy of Imdb.com) Despite being directed by James Wan, Malignant received very little exposure outside the normal horror movie circles, so we decided to keep our expectations at their lowest considering the movie description was kept pretty vague. Now after watching it, we understood why. You couldn't talk further about the movie and its plot without spoiling it. Heck, even the title was a huge spoiler, but for the most part, the studio, the director and the promotional sources actually kept the storyline pretty close to the chest.  One of those symmetrical shots James Wan loved to drop in his movies. (Image courtesy of slashfilm.com) Malignant stars Annabelle Wallis (Tag, The Mummy), Maddie Hasson (We Summon the Darkness), George Young and others.  The movie starts out with a flashback of sorts that is revealed towards the end to be ver