Moderately so — Malignant mixes scares with other modes. As a whodunnit film, it scored 6.5/10 for fear, 7.5/10 for atmosphere, and 7.1/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 2 ratings.

How many jump scares are in Malignant?

Malignant has 18 jump scares, based on Watch Darkly's per-film jump-scare count.

What are some films like Malignant?

Malignant is tagged as whodunnit, police procedural, body horror on Watch Darkly. The film's page lists similar horror films selected by curated scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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Malignant

2021 · R · 1h 51m

A new vision of terror.

Madison is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities with a mysterious tie to her past.

Plot summary via TMDB

Curator Score

7.1

Overall

Based on 2 curator ratings

Strongest on gore and atmosphere.

Jump scares

Malignant has 18 jump scares. Compare counts

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7.1Overall

Fear6.5

Gore8.0

Atmosphere7.5

Genres

mysteryhorrorthriller

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Details

Budget$40M

Box office$34.9M

Directed by

James Wan

Written by

Akela Cooper, James Wan, Ingrid Bisu

Cinematography

Michael Burgess

Music

Joseph Bishara

Starring

Annabelle Wallis as Madison Mitchell · Maddie Hasson as Sydney Lake · George Young as Detective Kekoa Shaw · Michole Briana White as Detective Regina Moss · Susanna Thompson as Jeanne · Ingrid Bisu as Winnie · Jean Louisa Kelly as Jane Doe · Jake Abel as Derek Mitchell

Production

Atomic Monster, My Entertainment, New Line Cinema, Starlight Media

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