retraces killing grounds so old and familiar that at times it seems little more than a fan boy's compendium of favourite moments from the last half century's worth of slash-and-dash mayhem.
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Malevolence (2004)
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Reviews Counted:17
Fresh:6
Rotten:11
Average Rating:4.6/10
Theatrical Release:Oct 29, 2004 Limited
Synopsis: Paying homage to films such as HALLOWEEN and THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE, MALEVOLENCE aims to return to the gritty, unironic style of those horror pictures. The film begins as a crime thriller,... [More]
Starring: Brandon Johnson, Samantha Dark, Heather Magee, Keith Chambers
Director: Stevan Mena
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Apesar da trilha de filme barato e dos dez minutos finais de projeção, que escancaram a falta de experiência do diretor-roteirista, o longa é bastante eficiente em seu segundo ato.
09/11/06
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02/09/06
Malevolence is the result of a film lover that spent their entire life striving to be the best they can.
01/30/06
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01/09/06
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08/21/05
...certain sections of Malevolence are far more engaging than others, with most of the second act a complete write-off.
05/13/05
Basically, you begin to tick off all of the standard horror gags as they come. And they all come exactly as expected.
05/12/05
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04/17/05
Many scenes on their own show some great promise. But Mena can’t get his film to work as a whole.
04/16/05
For a presumably heartfelt homage, Malevolence is surprisingly low-key and almost lethargic.
04/14/05
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03/29/05
If ever a movie deserved to go directly to DVD, it's this dreary horror treatment.
03/24/05
Top CriticDiehard horror fans may want to weigh in. The rest can see it soon at the video store.
01/21/05
Top CriticThe fanboy approach to filmmaking is always the same: Take a typical slasher-movie premise and copy all the things that impressed you when you were on the verge of puberty.
11/17/04
There's much more left to the imagination than spelled out with digital artifice.
11/01/04
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10/30/04
Top CriticThe performances are better than one might expect from a cast of first-timers and lightly employed professionals, and Mena's characters rarely do the sort of spectacularly stupid things that provoke derisive laughter from seasoned horror-moviegoers.
10/29/04
The acting and dialogue is as silly as the potato sack the killer wears on his head.
10/29/04
Top CriticStevan Mena's debut film carves up body after body in a ritual homage to the serial-killer genre.
10/28/04
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