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Malignant (2013/ModernCine/MVD Visual DVD)


Picture: B- Sound: B- Extras: C Film: C



The concept behind Malignant is simple. A grieving alcoholic named Allex (Gary Cairns) falls prey to a mad scientist's (Brad Dourif of Lord of the Rings and Child's Play fame ) experimental - and maniacal - treatment. The film's premise seems like an interesting turn for Dourif, to whom is a respected actor in the horror community and is very expressionistic and spot on with work. Here, however, we hardly get enough screen time with him and mostly hear his voice over phones and etc. That leaves us with our boring lead and a cookie cutter plot that doesn't quite raise the stakes enough to garner the attention that it craves.


After he drinks a drink at a bar that he shouldn't, Allex soon realizes that a chip was implanted within him that has turned him into a mass murder and out of control maniac being controlled by the Mad Scientist Dourif. While the film has decent production value and the creepy moments featuring Dourif are scene stealing it proves as being a mediocre fare. I will commend the cinematographer though as the film looked great.


Presented in standard definition with a 16 X 9/1.78 X 1 anamorphically enhanced widescreen aspect ratio and a lossy 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround track, the presentation is fine for the DVD format but could obviously benefit from a Blu-ray upgrade/presentation.


Extras include:


- Exclusive Interviews with Gary Cairns and Brad Dourif

- Never Been Seen Behind The Scenes Footage


It's nice to see that the Mad Scientist genre isn't completely dead but it's still lacking that film of Re-Animator or The Fly caliber to get it back on the map and out to a wider audience.



- James Harland Lockhart V

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