Malum a psychological horror film from director Anthony DiBlasi. It is a shot for shot remake of his own 2014 film Last Shift. What I find particularly interesting is DiBasi obviously had a bigger vision for story. This has compelled him to make a slightly more in depth bigger budget remake. It’s quite a rarity a director goes for this over creating a completely new narrative and concept.
I’ll start by stating the film is around four minutes longer than the original. Clocking in at 93 minutes. Malum is a slightly less ambiguous version of Last Shift. The story is presented in more depth, giving the viewer a better clue to what is going on. It still unfolds through hallucinations and ghostly images.
A rookie police officer Jessica Loren haunted by a brutal shooting her father committed, decides to follow in her fathers footsteps and become a cop. She chooses to serve a shift at the police station at which the shooting occurred. She is looking for clues and answers as to why her father murdered his fellow colleagues some years earlier. Left alone in the eerie old police station throughout the night, Jessica begins to see visions and nightmarish hallucinations. It all leads to her uncovering the demon worshiping cult which was lead by John Malum and how they link to her fathers death.
This film generates some fiendish and gory imagery any horror fan should love. The bigger budget benefits this movie greatly. Enabling DiBasi to truely realise his vision for the demonic tale. The creatures are menacing, looking like something straight out of hell. The sets are creepy and the atmosphere is bleak, you can feel Jessica’s isolation. One death in particular is eye popping and absolutely blood soaked. Don’t listen to some of the bad reviews and see this one for yourself. I loved it and felt like it truly captured what horror is about. It’s a film made by a man with a good eye for demonic horror for fans of the genre. If you don’t like horror, cults or demons? Go watch The little Mermaid.
Malum a psychological horror film from director Anthony DiBlasi. It is a shot for shot remake of his own 2014 film Last Shift. What I find particularly interesting is DiBasi obviously had a bigger vision for story. This has compelled him to make a slightly more in depth bigger budget remake. It’s quite a rarity a director goes for this over creating a completely new narrative and concept.
I’ll start by stating the film is around four minutes longer than the original. Clocking in at 93 minutes. Malum is a slightly less ambiguous version of Last Shift. The story is presented in more depth, giving the viewer a better clue to what is going on. It still unfolds through hallucinations and ghostly images.
A rookie police officer Jessica Loren haunted by a brutal shooting her father committed, decides to follow in her fathers footsteps and become a cop. She chooses to serve a shift at the police station at which the shooting occurred. She is looking for clues and answers as to why her father murdered his fellow colleagues some years earlier. Left alone in the eerie old police station throughout the night, Jessica begins to see visions and nightmarish hallucinations. It all leads to her uncovering the demon worshiping cult which was lead by John Malum and how they link to her fathers death.
This film generates some fiendish and gory imagery any horror fan should love. The bigger budget benefits this movie greatly. Enabling DiBasi to truely realise his vision for the demonic tale. The creatures are menacing, looking like something straight out of hell. The sets are creepy and the atmosphere is bleak, you can feel Jessica’s isolation. One death in particular is eye popping and absolutely blood soaked. Don’t listen to some of the bad reviews and see this one for yourself. I loved it and felt like it truly captured what horror is about. It’s a film made by a man with a good eye for demonic horror for fans of the genre. If you don’t like horror, cults or demons? Go watch The little Mermaid.