MALIGNANT is the Best Comedy of 2021 | Explained

[@AmandaTheJedi]

Legends say I'm still laughing

[@milktea6676]

Turned out to be true

[@agent_w.]

lol

[@jaylaalle5827]

so am i!

[@gavinhenderson7250]

Aye and the legends be true

[@OrgXIII4U]

Don't know about the movie, but is it weird that I really like that 'where's my mind' remix? I think I need to find it...

[@xlifeintoartx]

Can’t stop thinking about this Dwight quote from the office 😂: “When my mother was pregnant with me, they did an ultrasound and found she was having twins. When they did another ultrasound a few weeks later, they discovered that I had resorbed the other fetus. Do I regret this? No. I believe his tissue has made me stronger. I now have the strength of a grown man and a little baby.”

[@The_CyrusC]

YEAH SAME HERE

[@fool_uto3545]

That's one of the funniest quotes , I forgot all about that. Dwight shrute is a gold mine

[@emilywitt7175]

This is the exact KZbin comment I needed this morning! You made my day better!!

[@moxiemaxie3543]

That last sentence on his strength always confused me. Can someone help

[@turanskamiska]

Idk why but it creeps me out

[@anthonynicholas8688]

Gabriel’s physical performer, Marina Mazepa, did all of the backwards movement and fighting herself, she’s a contortionist who was on AGT, she mastered the choreography of fighting all of those prisoners and cops completely backwards, she wore a cast of the main actress’s face on her face, and a animatronic Gabriel mask on the back of her head

[@JustDinsgirl]

👀 What

[@pablozenteno7913]

They did her dirty. The police station scene was shot SO BAD

[@astoldbynickgerr]

Amazing.

[@astoldbynickgerr]

@@pablozenteno7913 I disagree. I thought it was amazing! It kind of reminded of some of the fight scenes from Upgrade.

[@ChaoticVampire]

@@pablozenteno7913 did we watch the same movie, that shit was smooth and punchy as hell.

[@HurricaneDDragon]

When people say “You’ll never guess where Malignant is going” I don’t think they’re talking about the plot being a good mystery or anything, I just think they’re talking about the glorious absurdity of the third act

[@Social_Pugatory]

Yes it’s the utter ridiculousness of it all that makes it hilariously entertaining 😂

[@astoldbynickgerr]

Yes

[@daddyteddy85]

That is the point of the movie ....It was never made to be like Conjuring

[@Social_Pugatory]

@@daddyteddy85 The Director said he wanted to do what he wanted and have fun with it and I appreciate that because this shit was like nothing I’ve ever seen…in a good way 😂

[@tokyotourist]

the police station scene was one of the best horror scenes i’ve ever seen in a while

[@ceilinh6004]

"That is Waterfront Castle Property!" The best kind of property. 10/10 would not abandon.

[@peterkottke2570]

The theory I came up with is they had to abandon it because cliff erosion was going to result in it crashing into the sea as it was built ridiculously close to that cliff.

[@sewerpeople346]

10/10 Would Haunt.

[@peterkottke2570]

One thing that impressed me is that the Gabriel scenes were actually done by a dancer/contortionist. There's actually someone out there who can move like that backwards. That's pretty impressive. That said I didn't figure out the twist ( in retrospect I suspect I was being lazy ) so I enjoyed it a bit more but every one of your criticisms are spot on. I'll add one more criticism. There is no way that story should have a happy ending. She's got superpowers, a psychotic alter ego, and dozens of murders. She's either going to be locked up for life, turned into a lab rat, or killed on sight by SWAT.

[@chantel4405]

Right?! When it ended I immediately thought... oh so they're not gunna show her being arrested? ok..

[@KP-ki8ws]

@@chantel4405 lol same I was like this is gonna be complicated for her lawyer

[@vikkidonn]

Not gonna lie I jokingly told my mom “wow this random white lady just killed this whole police department and not a single shot was fired into her head. she has white privilege ....”

[@chantel4405]

@@vikkidonn white privilege and plot armor on her side 😂

[@lemonoujia4534]

I was disappointed by the ending. I really thought Gabriel was going to permanently become the dominant twin and the movie ends with him escaping into the night

[@michaelporter2627]

Movie almost felt like an origin story for a comic book villain

[@redsands1001]

Yes I agree with that. Parts felt like Sam raimi smashing together evil dead/dark man/ Spiderman in terms of camera and actio

[@peachy_lili]

@@redsands1001 James Wan is absolutely the new Sam Raimi and I'm here for it. there were legit Darkman references too

[@Clifjummper]

Well this is actually a loose adaptation of James Wan’s own graphic novel Malignant Man which, if I’m not wrong, is a weird superhero like comic. Loved how they never mentioned that in the marketing.

[@michaelporter2627]

@@Clifjummper did not know that. I'll have to look into it

[@Clifjummper]

@@michaelporter2627 I didn’t either until after I watched it

[@bonacloud]

When she started backwards punching I cackled. I glad I’m not the only one

[@Ramsey276one]

Excuse meWUT

[@Ramsey276one]

15:50 OH O_o

[@lemonoujia4534]

I was so brought out of the movie with the scene where the old man gets stabbed to death. All I could think about was why was the stabbing done so weirdly

[@SDCDIABLO]

The theatre was all like wtf haha that movie was amazingly inconsistent and hot garbage

[@Ramsey276one]

Seriously! Voldo Xiaoyu There’s fight choreography for that!

[@Kairos0x]

Fun fact: The forensic investigator lady who's simping over the asian-ish detective is actually James Wan's wife who shares a writing credit on this movie.

[@Kris-wo4pj]

Explains why she didnt die

[@akshaydalvi1534]

did u also found that out from the RLM review?

[@jayyswrld2464]

I was so dead when Gabrielle said "that bitch didn't even know i was up there"😭🤣

[@matxalenc8410]

You saying this has convinced me to see the movie - just to hear Gabriel say this.

[@astoldbynickgerr]

@@matxalenc8410 its worth it

[@xavierwolf4827]

It had the whole theater laughing when I went

[@3star4life]

Lol my siblings and I cracked up 😭

[@3star4life]

“Dumb bitch didn’t even know I was nesting in her house” 😭I can’t

[@RaviBMaharaj]

A murderer who fails to kill a child and gets banished for years returns to finish the job, while killing anyone else who gets in the way, and is ultimately revealed to be growing out of the back of someone else's head... Basically Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone without magic.

[@kg.2271]

I mean he can control magnetic fields, electricity, and manipulate his thoughts into radios, so at least *some* magic

[@peachy_lili]

@@kg.2271 also pretty damn immune to bullets and all that nasty physical damage I guess

[@riakun]

My best friend and I kept making memes with that very same reference, so I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that xD

[@theanonsisters]

there's even a castle

[@chugs6817]

That’s exactly what I was thinking with the face on the back of the head. It’s fuckin Voldemort lol

[@tmarie69]

When he threw that fucking chair at the detective me and my friends SCREAM laughed. Like we had to pause the movie. We could not breathe! 🤣🤣🤣

[@mechinate]

He actually took out both detectives with one chair flung from the other side of the hall. I laughed so hard I needed my asthma inhaler.

[@andreacinefilo]

The prison scene is one of the best set pieces I've seen so far this year. Zoë Bell with an 80s mullet, throwing other prisoners at that thing, was hilarious.

[@lunacouer]

Thank you! She looked so familiar but I couldn't place her.

[@ChaoticVampire]

The prison scene was the exact moment when I went from "eh, this is an ok movie" to "holy shit, this is my favorite move now, gotta rewatch."

[@nicolerae594]

Yeah, I definitely think it was deliberate to have the two different tones as a way to symbolize how Emily/Gabriel share a body. The production design and costumes also often felt off to me until I realized, "oh they're doing this to make the viewer feel like two disparate things are trying to share a whole." I think it maybe could have worked, but the "serious" parts didn't work on their own (the sisters' relationship definitely needed some reworking) so the entire movie did end up feeling like a mess.

[@neptunianmoon6285]

Interesting thought, if only they had better writing, this could have been an awesome twist.

[@hollyro4665]

Either way I think when asked, the people who made this should say that’s what whey were doing

[@rx500android]

This feels like the essays I write last minute when I have a clear picture of what I want it to be like, but it ends up a mess on paper because I was a bit too ambitious for the time frame I had

[@rx500android]

@Agent Bubble aww thank you 💃

[@linc131313]

Just remember that James Wan didn't direct that last Conjuring, so we can give him a pass on that one 😆

[@astoldbynickgerr]

agreed 👀

[@tomlawal7991]

This felt very Sam Raimi, a goofy horror movie that didn’t take itself too seriously. Props to James Wan for being at a point in his career where he can make movies like this because it is very risky

[@toddhollen]

I didn't see anything that looked like Rami at all. It all seemed like it took its self very seriously. It was only "silly" because it was fucking dumb, but it definitely didn't have the crazy fun energy of a Rami movie.

[@Mandingy24]

@@toddhollen this movie absolutely has Raimi vibes. Just look at Drag Me to Hell for a good side by side

[@meggy0]

I get what you’re saying but I think James Wan couldn’t make this movie until it wasn’t risky, he made WB a billion dollars, so I’m pretty sure making this movie was a part of the deal for them getting him for Aquaman 2, so he wasn’t really going to lose anything.

[@avanishdutta2658]

This guy gets it. Bravo my friend.

[@moxiemaxie3543]

Funny horror doesn't equal raimi. Horror comedy is a genre not a style. This didn't have his style. You can tell James directed this movie because of the style unique to him. Hes good at "action" scenes

[@clarkispotamia]

Glad someone other than Starkid takes advantage of the face on back of head bit.

[@aplayfullife5250]

Had to reread that a few times because my brain couldn't compute why Starkid would be on this channel 😅

[@twentywordsorlessYT]

Saw this last night with the partner and we had a fucking _blast_ the whole way through. Still convinced that this was basically what James Wan wanted _Dead Silence_ to be without all the executive meddling. I am also convinced that this was the result of Wan watching his buddy Leigh Whannell's _Upgrade_ and thinking, "hmm, how can I make this with less tech and more skull eruptions?"

[@Luvandrockettes]

omg! the upgrade comparison is so funny, i also loved this movie cause it was fun, the plot is all over the place

[@Pantheragem]

There's no way that Wan killed it with bonkers, uproarious ending, yet completely failed his intentions leading up to that point. We got the movie he wanted, and viewers are doing now, exactly what he wanted. I left 'Upgrade' hoping that Wannell wrote a sequel at the same time. If you think about it, there's a pretty awesome revenge/continuation story in there. I think he left little nuggets with the 'Stem not being able to operate low-tech equipment' angle.

[@AmandaTheJedi]

Okay I really liked Upgrade and felt it worked better. For me this just needed more, OR I needed alcohol and a group of friends to make the parts I felt were slow work better

[@royald9469]

@@AmandaTheJedi agree Upgrade way way better

[@cielohuerta295]

@@AmandaTheJedi don't let anybody push you around your cool ✌❤🙂

[@societycrumbles]

Gabriel had some sick parkour moves.

[@iDongu]

legend says Gabriel's first word was "parkour!"

[@TheDreamerExtreme]

I love that Gabriel's voice actor is Ray Chase; he's in a lot of anime and video games, like Final Fantasy 15, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and, just recently, Tales of Arise

[@caithenry8429]

I'm surprised they went so overtly with Gabriel being named after an avenging angel and her savior from abusers yada yada yada for them to give Emily a regular, non-religious name...like imagine how many theories could be made or went askew if Emily's original was Mary.

[@lemonoujia4534]

Yeah they just sorta dropped religion stuff in there and I personally felt like it went nowhere or contributed to the plot

[@caithenry8429]

@@lemonoujia4534 agreed. Absolute waste of potential and felt like a hollow emotional grab.

[@akshaydalvi1534]

Who even named him Gabriel? Was there a birth certificate?

[@thomashudson6234]

Also spoiler alert... why was there an industrial size fan in the attic of her house?

[@wintertrooper7918]

Why not lololol

[@romangodfreyswife135]

To throw the viewers off that of where the basement is

[@pyranomics7229]

Thank you! I wondered this too 😭😂

[@nicoleg6284]

No wait that's a good question wtf?! Lol

[@solitud3is_bliss]

and from the outside shots of the house there was just a small window 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@SamwiseRichardson]

Before I understood what I was watching I was like wow this is bad but when the gigantic reveal happens in the third act I just starting laughing my ass off until the movie ended. Genuinely the wildest, fucking insane movie I’ve seen.

[@itsybitsyblondie457]

Good description for that movie lmao. It was wild from start to finish- I’ll give them that.

[@gnocchidokey]

My all-time most unexpected WTF ending was in the Nicolas Cage movie Knowing. It's just a regular action/suspense movie with hints of horror throughout, and then that ending... ha! Holy crap.

[@chrisberm]

I instantly connected Gabriel being in the back of her head when she was talking with him on the phone in the police station and she turned to show her face and the back of her head in the mirror. Also all the, behind me puns.

[@aurawolf664]

after Emily locks away Gabriel, you can hear the lamp in the last scene still being affected somehow by electricity. this leads me to believe that her saving her family and jailing Gabriel, was actually an inception-like 'waking dream' created by Gabriel to make Emily think she won. Just a theory.

[@lemonoujia4534]

I like that theory! My personal interpretation was that Gabriel wasn't as sealed away as she thought and he was going to get out later

[@TheRileymckee]

The underground tour of Seattle is much less cool then it sounds. It's basically just a mildew smelling walk through some random tunnels. 🙂

[@AmandaTheJedi]

Thanks for removing my fomo

[@fuzzycatbutts]

I thought it was super neat. I liked learning about the history and construction of the city.

[@monicaenns9967]

I took a ghost tour that was pretty cool. In a night time historical kind of way 😱🌃

[@Lady-Lilith]

@@AmandaTheJedi It's way cooler to just look into why these tunnels exist. The Pioneer Square area has a lot of weird underground passages called "areaways" that were created when the area had to be raised to build on top of the ruins after the fire. There's some cool history. But yeah, it's just a dank mess when you go on the tour. I heard it used to be cooler but a lot of the areas have become unsafe so the tour covers less ground.

[@nekograce7914]

@@AmandaTheJedi one of the reasons it dank is they had as flooding problem at high tide…so they raised the street level. Build smarter I guess.

[@grapeshot]

A lot of people are comparing this to Basket Case and I can see the similarities. And the actual contortionist they got to play the role of Gabriel was on America's Got Talent showing off those contortionist skills.

[@jasper1431]

I thought this reminded me of Basket Case. I was looking for a comment that said it.

[@Driden]

Totally thought this myself as well. Also, thought of the video game Beyond Two Souls

[@chloepainter4064]

Oh yeah, the little glass tiles in the boardwalk are there to let light into the old city under Seattle. They still give tours for a couple bucks.

[@sabihrashid252]

I disagree, I thought it was hilarious throughout. Not as over the top all the time but there were a lot of subtle funny moments like Gabriel calling the first doctor and repeating her 'cancer' line, only for her to not have any idea what he was talking about. Or the sister driving to the asylum and parking her car literally half a foot from the edge. Or the blonde woman in the holding cell continuously throwing other prisoners at Gabriel to protect herself. It's easy to make a film that's farcical throughout but this one rode the line between taking itself seriously while still having funny, campy moments.

[@moxiemaxie3543]

She liked the movie but not everything stuck the landing. Its okay to like something and critique it. Having cons doesn't require hate

[@keithlamontdavis8047]

Mostly everything did stick the landing, especially on a second viewing. It's a bit of a "cheat", but so much of the film was intentionally ridiculous which inoculates it from most criticism. Unless a viewer take it seriously, in which case, they're missing the point.

[@akshaydalvi1534]

It seems to me, that Amanda was too preoccupied in predicting what the movie was going to do - instead of actually enjoying it. Its not really that deep but its fun once you know where its gonna go.

[@kingkiller5325]

2 Years too late. But I don't understand how anyone can say this movie takes itself too seriously when you literally have a scene of the main character looking straight at the Camera and say in the most dramatic fashion "I'm adopted" and loud music blaring in the background like it was the most serious shit ever. 😂😂😂 I couldn't stop laughing at the sheer ridiculousness of it.

[@bofadeez8480]

I personally loved it but I could definitely see why people wouldn't enjoy it

[@ashleyhernandez9155]

Same!

[@gelitrippingkiddo5907]

Me too, haha. I love Sam Raimi movies and this.. felt pretty similar in many ways

[@wildfoxfire2080]

yes. I'm easy tp entertain. I loved this movie too.

[@rociotrombert]

same here

[@xxxmelissatacionxxx]

yeah ngl it’s my fav horror movie now

[@brittneym.3125]

Tours of the Seattle underground are an actual thing and they are amazing. There's old set pieces from the Darkman movie from 1990 because some of it was filmed down there and when they wrapped up filming, they just sort of left it. Plus the tour ends at a pub and you get a drink ticket for a free beer

[@m1ssw1z61]

Somebody watched the final act of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and was like "I could make a movie on this concept alone!"

[@gnocchidokey]

Doncha know it's plain to see, when you look at you and me, we're different -- different as can be!

[@kdisley]

I've heard you mention "VelociPastor" before, but this is the first time I've actually seen you flash up the poster... seeing it written down makes more sense than what I had in mind, which was a movie about fast-moving macaroni.

[@abbypierce4196]

When the male cop just yeets himself onto a full on metal dumpster three stories up I cackled. I loved this movie 😂💕

[@lefton4ya]

Underground Seattle tour is legit. They turned the entire ground floor “skid row” into the first city-wide sewer by adding a street above and moving the entrances to all the old buildings to the second floor.

[@Barnowl65]

Being a twin myself, I find stories about twins that get reabsorbed like that absolutely horrifying. But this was not the way to do it. Not even slightly.

[@novakrabby]

This movie puts the "back" in backstory... My expectactions were put on backwards... This movie should be seen "back-to-back"... I have puns people, from my toes to -head- back

[@avanishdutta2658]

If you ever see a woman's foot backwards, just run back.

[@SaRENRampaiger]

@@avanishdutta2658 And I'LL BE RIIIGHT BACK for this comment!

[@avanishdutta2658]

@@SaRENRampaiger He'll be back.....i don't know when though.

[@Victoria-uv4ym]

I watched Malignant last week and was hoping to hear your thoughts on it. I felt the base idea for the story was good but it going back and forth between trying to be campy and trying to be serious just kept throwing me out of it. Though for me the only part that I truly hated was the apparent lack of knowledge about conjoined twins can only be identical twins; Fraternal twins merging is a Chimera.

[@keithlamontdavis8047]

To me, it was all campy and not at all serious. I thought it was brilliant.

[@miyu1960]

The jail scene, not only was he mad but like those women started beating them for no reason! Id be mad too! 😅

[@Eruanne]

So based off the trailer I thought this movie was going to be another supernatural horror film about an actual imaginary friend that turned out to be an evil entity or something in a similar vein. That was the only expectation I had and uh...welp LMAO. However if you want to see the imaginary friend thing done in a non-campy actually scary way, then do check out the film I referenced, it's 2019 unrated title called simply Z and was - Imo - rather good but in any case way better than Malignant.

[@finnwoodward6706]

Legends say I'm still laughing

[@ivanao7703]

I hate horror movies but absolutely love Amanda's reviews of them.

[@jennivamp5]

Same

[@Lexivor]

I think the reason that the crime scene tech with the ponytail survived was that she was played by James Wan's wife.

[@daesgatling1345]

I was only meh for it because the main actress was so bad but the twist had me hooked and inwas creeped out at how Gabriel moved. I loved it.

[@lunacouer]

I seriously couldn't tell if her and the sister were being bad on purpose, or if they were just bad at acting 😂

[@UltimateLegoFan324]

Yeah they were both Walmart versions of better actors

[@astoldbynickgerr]

I believe the acting was bad on purpose. Literally while I was watching the movie, I kept thinking about how I felt like I was watching a soap opera? Because of how the lines were being said. Soap operas (the ones I’ve seen at least) tend to have over the top acting to where it’s kind of bad? Plus, there were a few people in this movie that I’ve seen in other movies and their acting wasn’t as “bad” as it was in Malignant. Knowing this movie was meant to not be serious, I want to say the acting was intentional.

[@GoCody]

Aquaman is the scariest film ever made

[@EatinPaste]

I know. It was that psycho hell-spawn creature Amber Heard in it.

[@wintertrooper7918]

@@EatinPaste tbh I wouldn't be surprised if we found out that it was all a publicity stunt by them

[@fewwiggle]

Definitely. Especially for those afraid of drowning....

[@johnsensebe3153]

The TV version of Showgirls is scarier, with all the women wearing cartoon underwear.

[@Kiddo_williams]

I had fun with the movie especially that third act.

[@BurnMoneyBeats]

The story of Edward Mordake meets M Nights "Split" style superhuman with a sound track inspired by AHS 1984 and a pinch of psi-paranormal that never really develops past a plot device to give the monster a voice. Wasn't a fan of it as a whole. Its like Wan wanted to do Camp but wasn't willing to own it. Cinematography was great though. I also really enjoyed the sound design and soundtrack. The story for me just seemed uninspired though. I was ahead of the movie, for the remainder of the movie, only after the first act.

[@redsands1001]

Felt like a fun throwback. Sometimes felt like Sam raimi for camp and motion. The opening hospital and credits sequence felt like it was telling us what it was going to be. Doesn't feel like a twist in regards to monster but agree could have used more camp throughout

[@MoonWerewolfAir]

I loved the campy parts though because it's definitely more of a "wtf did I just watch" type movie above all else. I honestly thought they were conjoined twins where one was separated and used electricity to mind-control and give Madison super strength while in a jar or something, remote controlling her. I didn't fully expect a Cancer Voldermort reverse-bodying people, but lost it laughing at the prison scene.

[@ambergardner5223]

I watched this one last weekend with my 18yr old daughter and I definitely called most of the "twists" early on. But that jail cell scene...I was cheering at all the cheesy gore. It was great as far as entertainment goes. Definitely watch with others, it makes it way more fun.

[@kendramckay2225]

I watched this with friends on the couch and we had so much fun with it! I don’t know if I would have had the same experience with it if I had seen the full trailer, though. I went into it without knowing almost anything and also wasn’t being super observant of all the little details that Amanda is pointing out here, so I didn’t see the twin thing coming until the medical records were found. In all, I loved it and genuinely had a good time watching it with my friends! Also, if you’re even in Seattle I HIGHLY recommend doing the underground tour, it’s so cool!

[@saraf5455]

Man, I was scream-laughing at that reveal in the prison! And everything that came after that was the best Basketcase/John Wick crossover I never knew I needed. Also, the underground Seattle tour is fascinating! If you ever get to Seattle, definitely check it out.

[@hughnguyen9831]

That scene in the police department was literally so fucking fun to watch. I can't describe the feeling of that scene, but I loved it so fucking much

[@mari.art1999]

No bcs I was so confused with that woman that worked as a tour guide! I thought she WAS Maddison and somehow the demon thing split her in two???? I only realised it was another actual person when the cop literally said "This is her mother" lmao they looked too much alike for me

[@rhatmakesvideos]

I am absolutely in love with this movie. I watched it with my sisters and we were laughing, gasping and screaming the whole time. And it only gets better on the second watch when you finally see all the hilarious foreshadowing James wan littered through the whole thing.

[@marveludus]

going back to watch your older videos, and with every one I regret not having found you sooner... I would have loved to hear you talk about "Soul Reaper" (2019)

[@patjacksonpodium]

I love how the end of the movie seems to think that Madison isn't going to serve like 583 years in prison for literally butchering like 32 cops. Best case scenario she pleads insanity and lives the rest of her life strapped to a bed in a nuthouse. This movie BLEW hahaha. 😂

[@peterkottke2570]

She wouldn't be so lucky. She clearly has superpowers. If they don't kill her on sight then they lock her in isolation a lab/prison for the rest of her life.

[@Ebi.Adonkie]

Lol.. she can obviously plead insanity due to parasitic infection. The cop and the medical files clearly show it. If it's a real case then she'll most likely be put in a ward

[@solitud3is_bliss]

oh let's just wait for the sequel

[@fannyboni472]

She can prove that she have her evil twin in the back of her head....

[@fanofaction2364]

Security footage from the prison cell and records from the hospital should be able to clear things up.

[@aluth727]

Fun fact that Underground Seattle tours are real and a lot of fun I went while I was living in Seattle as a kid when my cousins were visiting they’re really spooky

[@bartrese]

Yo this movie was HILARIOUS. My friend and I were laughing so hard we couldn’t breathe, however the preview in no way prepared us for this level of camp

[@giantsentences]

next level "business in the front, party in the back"

[@rogergoza3180]

There are some theories that the father was actually some sort of demon which explains the electrical powers, the super strength is supposed to be Gabriel tapping into the strength of both Gabriel and Emily apparently

[@lm3341]

i remember the whole cinema hall laughing when they showed gabriel for the first time (the scene where her younger self sits in the doctor's surgery room and they move the camera around her to show her back while they "wake him up"). it was sooooo funny a few people even left when the police station fight happened. as someone who watches every single horror movie in the cinema, this is easily the most ridiculous movie i've ever watched

[@emilyainsworth4664]

I love the tone and the switching between. Because from the outside this whole story is hilarious and all the violence is completely over the top. But then you stop and put yourself in Madison's shoes and everything is terrible and traumatic. I'm really tired when people complain about some cliches in movies, where when you think about it the problem isn't exactly the action, but that whatever they are doing won't help them in the genre. Like are you a character in Scream or Scary Movie? The concequences are different not because of the actions, but because of the genre. And I watched this and it felt like Madison and her sister were doing everything right, because they took this seriously, this was their life, this was dramatic. But Gabriel is like "nope, this is my revenge fantasy and I will flip the script". I enjoyed that very, very much. tbf I hadn't seen the trailer, just read a description and seen two pretty gifs that highlighted the areal shots and showed that moment with Madison screaming in bed with the red lighting. So I knew I was in for a visual treat and that's it. I do think the film doesn't try to hide anything for a twist and conjoined twins was on my mind right away. But still when Gabriel fully reveals himself in the cell, that caught me by surprise. Even though we could clearly see Madison's frame when Gabriel was walking around in his nice coat. It's not a super-secret-twist-surprise, but it's still hilariously fucked up when it happens that I sat there "I knew it, but I didn't get that detail right". The backwards walk and contorted movements are nicely shown in that long chase scene, and of course that head injury is important - and I appreciate the fact that all the information was there. That is kinda daring these days and against the standard. Then again I remember watching Saw when it came out and being bored out of my mind with that. Everything else James Wan has done was more entertaining and this is something I would want sequels out. But well Gabriel can show up as a cameo, I need to know what else that cliffside horror hospital was hiding!! There must be a reason it's abandoned. Please, three more movies with creepy (former) patients.

[@matthewcrome5835]

I was dying maniacally laughing at the last act, after having taken the previous scenes seriously (with the exception of the first scene, which I found hilarious too). I especially found the scene you were talking about when she kills everyone in the county jail and in the precinct hilarious as well as when Gabriel was revealed on the videotape! It reminded me of Kuato from Total Recall LOL I'm glad I was the only one in the theater because I'm certain someone would have called the police on me. It's a shame, seeing that the poster made it look like Repulsion if it were directed by Dario Argento. And "Where is my Mind" only belongs at the end of Fight Club, I'm sorry.

[@shannonlouiseh.9316]

I guessed the twist early on. Her head constantly leaving blood everywhere was a dead giveaway he was prairie dogging out of the back of her head. Also backwards Gabriel, literally me when I flip my hair over pretending to be the grudge girl to scare my children 🤭 ( in a loving way, lol ) . We died laughing on the big raging kills they did. They were the saving grace of the whole film really.The superhuman strength with the infertility,abuse etc in the film seemed like multiple people wrote this. And it became a mess of different genres. Pretty hokey but I enjoyed the laugher it brought if nothing else.

[@lverac]

Amanda: *cry-laughing* CC: [music]

[@rainbowtrash3428]

Where is the interview with your friend who made Velocipastor? It'd be a dream come true! I mean that in the highest respect. Velicipastor is one of my favorite so bad it's good movies. I love it! I still envy you for having the shirt, just saying.

[@Amanda-ik1wv]

I definitely didn't think as much while watching this glorious joyride, I just let it unfold without trying to figure anything out and I loved every moment of it. I'm kind of glad it wasn't just 100% camp because it can get a little too much sometimes but this was perfect for me. Was wacky and out of pocket when it wanted to be and serious when it wanted to be. I don't think it needed to be one thing or another.

[@procrastinating_celery4994]

I had so much fun watching Malignant! It was a wild ride for sure and all hell breaks loose in the third act. It was so hilarious to see madison's sleeping face on the back (front) of the head while Gabriel is going to town with his killing spree.

[@m00nrac00n]

When...you showed the twin killing the guards...I started laughing so hard - This look like an "Epic Early 00's Mortal Combat Fatality" Montage. How is this a movie ? I- ...

[@timisithy6655]

when the “big twist” came i think i mentally cracked because i started laughing at how stupid it was

[@SCordova19]

The underground tours in Seattle are a thing! Ghost and historical based on your preferences! I’m from Seattle!

[@JustAViewer_I]

I watched it twice and I thought it was way better! Understanding everything while watching was more interesting. Also I highly suggest immersing yourself in a dark room lol. Nevertheless I would recommend it!

[@JustAViewer_I]

Btw, what does “camp” mean?

[@elisabetrouge]

@@JustAViewer_I "deliberately exaggerated and theatrical in style, typically for humorous effect." Basically over the top

[@yeahitsmikki5931]

I really enjoy it ^^ I found the campy moments refreshing. And it was nice to piece together the ‘mystery’ with my friend as we watched it. Great video as always!

[@masterpig5s]

Amanda recaps Seattle tour in the room after going. It’s a way to have that video idea for the format, as opposed to a vlog (even though that would be in the dark).

[@bourboneyes]

I cannot describe how hard I was laughing when the end credits started, I was crying.

[@deannadesire4828]

I was half watching this while my fiance watched it- midway through I said, "oh, he's still living in her brain, huh," and he said no. I've been laughing ever since

[@xBbymichelle101]

I remember going to the undeground seattle tour with a friend even though I'm from around here and I was still pretty interested! They even have an adult tour where you can I think drink? and explore the really cool 'secret underground' business life' tied to the same company but we only did the basic which was still decent. If you by chance catch this tour on a rare dry day, highly recommend because it was a bit musty down there but neat nonetheless.

[@meaganblack1529]

Water-front castle property! Very valuable.

[@friendofdragons763]

When you started hyping up how crazy it was I decided to watch it before watching this review, and I'm glad I did as I thoroughly enjoyed it. The cinematography was actually really good and it didn't move at a snail's pace like most horror movies which I appreciated most of all. I did absolutely cackle at some parts though, like the prosthetic with it's little baby arms and some of the acting. But I love terrible horror movies, if they're also interesting, which this one definitely was.

[@pepperpie9481]

Have you talked about Brand New Cherry Flavor? I'm really into it and it seems up your alley

[@pepperpie9481]

Update: I have finished Brand New Cherry Flavor and I no longer know how I feel. It got weirder and weirder

[@hamilpatel4025]

SO MANY Amanda the Jedi videos!! It's like a holiday miracle or something!

[@meverly4133]

I had a lot of fun watching it, but I also respect that the execution was all over the place. It almost felt like it had two different directors.

[@catalinacalico]

I was given a heads-up by a podcast I was listening to that this movie was going to be "somewhat similar to cabin in the woods." That was it, no other hints were given to me when my friend and I went to see this. So I was expecting to be surprised, but my god am i so happy I didn't know anything else. My friend and I were laughing almost the entire time. We were in an empty theater so we could make jokes out loud about how stupid it all was. One of the best movie experiences I have ever had. I understand that the abuse themes make the movie a lot darker than it should be, but I think that in a lot of horror movies, especially super old or camp movies, female characters are given the battered woman archetype as the default personality/backstory. It was trying to be a commentary on how filmmakers use DV as a plot device and a lazy excuse for not giving a female character any other depth, but then they never actually say anything meaningful about the abuse. Maybe there was a way Wan could have conveyed this more clearly, but the movie only using it when convenient for the plot is also very on theme.

[@thomashudson6234]

I enjoyed it but it was way to easy to figure out when they called it malignant.

[@mizstories9646]

I would ALSO love to go on that underground Seattle tour. I *love* anything historic. I can at least thank this movie making me aware of this fact.

[@MalevolentDivinity]

Ah, yes, Aquaman, my favorite horror movie.

[@jjjjj4787]

I watched this movie super stoned (it’s legal here, Colorado) and I strongly recommend I was living for it 😂😂 I’ll never watch it sober, you’re strong😂🙌🏻

[@ryanpooley]

I loved this movie! 😂 The twist was so bizarre My boyfriend didn't like that there was no explanation for the supernatural aspect but the movie was dumb enough that I could forgive it lol

[@greyr9305]

the seattle underground tours are very dope. 10/10 recommend.

[@ashv9565]

So I was 100% here for this ridiculous story. I did figure out what was happening fairly early, when the cop first runs into Gabriel I was like oh he's coming out of her skull but I was still here to see how it all unfolded because like you said, camp! But like then he was also telepathic (or whatever you'd call the radio/cell phone thing). Then he was also a super strong ninja. Then the sister bursts out with oh he's the reason you're having miscarriages (which makes sense but we never see when or how she figured that out she just knows somehow?). Oh and now all of a sudden without even practicing first she can do all the same things to Gabriel that he's been doing to her and now also has super strength despite being a very tiny lady who has never noticed this. Then we get that whole I love you and you're my real sister monologue and like, their relationship was always shown as being supportive and loving (yeah she said she wanted a blood connection with someone but it's not like she treated her sister poorly because of that) so...we didn't need this speech? TLDR: It's a lot bro. A lot.

[@werelemur1138]

I did the underground Seattle tour back in the 90s, it was really interesting, you should do it.

[@agent_w.]

movies like Malignant even if it’s hilarious when they didn’t intend it to be, at least it’s still entertaining. i’d much rather watch a movie that’s so bad it’s good then ever watch just another run of the mill mediocre movie.

[@AmandaTheJedi]

Oh I think it was intentional when it was the most funny - it was very intentional camp when you have women in prison pushing other women at Gabriel.

[@avanishdutta2658]

@@AmandaTheJedi And that my friend, is why i will support james wan for making movies like these. He is always intentionally campy. He makes it like that. This is more of a passion project for him, and i hope he keeps doing it.

[@AmandaTheJedi]

AVANISH DUTTA yeah I just wanted him to steer into that way harder. I loved the tone the intro set and that prison scene is gold

[@avanishdutta2658]

@@AmandaTheJedi When i remember campy horror, i always remember Sam raimi. His evil dead movies are the omni present fact that where does james wan's inspiration comes from. Although sam raimi doesn't make movies, he produces them, he had that silly horror feel throughout his movies, and then there is ash williams with his 'Groovy'. At least sam raimi and james wan make you know, that there are still some directors who stay away from that hollywood idiocracy and sequel bating, and make movies they wanna make. I understand why francis ford coppola, terrence malick, and geroge lucas decided to stay away from hollywood limelight. Salute them for following a true visionary journey.

[@uprightape100]

I LOVED Malignant.......also love the 80s horror by Frank Henenlotter (Brain Damage, Frankenhooker, Basket Case) that inspired this.

[@Advent3546]

I'm still kind of riding the high of that massacre in the jail.

[@uncletimmy6092]

I enjoyed this movie a lot. I actually liked the weird tonal shifts. I liked that it wasn't quite right, and that it didn't quite fit. I also totally didn't pick up all the information during the opening credits; I always tune out during that part so the twist was super fun for me.

[@AntonisTsagaris]

It sounds like you were *backed* into a corner by the tone of the movie. I'll get my coat.

[@tashastonesofficial]

When I first started this movie, I fell asleep and found it a bit boring but on my second attempt I loved it. It just gets batshit crazy and I think it's important not to take it too seriously. I absolutely love it. One of my favourites from last year. Also the camera angles were really cool.

[@boxtears]

Just a side note, he didn't direct this year's The Conjuring so I think we can breathe easier knowing that at least.

[@user-di1po5bn5k]

I personally loved the film, or at least enjoyed watching it. And that scene where Gabriel turns the reward into a weapon reminded me that scene where the Red demon from Insidious whas sharpening his "nails"