It's cool when a director is a virtuoso and effortlessly blends genres so effectively. James Wan is arguably the reigning king of the modern spook, and with Malignant he only seems to be getting better. It's a nice blending of things (slasher, supernatural, even a giallo feel).

There are shortcomings in the character dept, but the slasher kills and bloodshed are the stuff of pure spectacle.