Especially with the brilliant acting in the beginning.....I haven't seen "Malignant" yet, but definitely will and everything those guys (or much more positive reviews by Chris Stuckman e.g.) are saying makes me more curious to do so. Wan has obviously taken a risk (which they let him do cause he made the studio a lot of money previously. This has happened before when they let Colin Treverrow make "The Book of Henry" after the success of "Jurassic World" and that pretty much ended his career...) and made a wild original movie that is not by the numbers. Well, isn't that we should see/buy and support? I always watch these new superhero movies and blockbusters with my kids (11 and 13) and I get really really bored and angry at this by-the-numbers approach where you see the same story told in exactly the same way every single time. I like the comparison to "Basket Case" which James Wan was inspired by or ripped off, because I loved that movie in the 80s and of course own the Trilogy Steelbook. That movie is also bonkers and makes no sense whatsoever, but you gotta admire and appreciate the audacity, creativity, atmosphere and surprise-factor. Criticizing a giant studio and a director for a movie, because it takes chances and surprises the audience (positively OR negatively) is a not a good idea, because it will result in more identical movies being made from now on and shared universes and franchise building replacing originality and creativity. I'll watch the movie and if I like it I will buy a steelbook, but not this one, cause it looks like V for Vendetta meets The Witcher or something