Malicious [Movie Review]

It is the month of October, the month of the ghoul (according to our friends in the across the seas) and the month of Halloween celebration.

As for us in Malaysia, it is the month for horror movies (here are the list) So, when I received the invitations from Neyra and Rane for the movie Malicious, I was ever eager to accept them because I love to get spooked every now and then.
SYNOPSIS The movie starts with a husband killing his wife by saying 'What I should have done a long time ago' by banging her head with a fireplace poker.

Malicious Trivia

• Directed by: Michael Winnick

• Running time: 90 minutes

• Budget: $3,500,000

Then the movie shifts into a couple of happy-to-be parents driving up to their new home. When they enter the house, a home warming gift from her sister awaits them. 
The husband, Adam tries to open the gift, an antique box but it won't open. They just leave the box on the fireplace mantel and goes around the house, checking out the entire house. 

I wonder if I could fit into the crib

Why is the lighting here sucks? It seems that a house with very bad lighting prone to have its own hauntings

After settling in, the next day, Adam goes to his teaching university leaving Lisa, the expecting wife behind, but not before reminding her not to run and to not do any heavy lifting, especially setting up the baby crib. Ignoring Adam's advise, Lisa goes on and set up the crib before she suddenly sees the antique box in the nursery. Her curiosity gets to her and to her astonishment, the box opens.
During her run, she met a distressed and blood-covered woman who told her that she is not well. Spooked by that experience, she called Adam to share the incident.
Meanwhile, Adam got a visit from the head of his department, Dr. Clark who not only teaches Math but also a study of the spiritual (can't remember the term). Adam laughs when he learns that Dr Clark believes in such matters because to him, life is just like Math, logical and nothing more.

Did you not get the memo about dressing up for dinner? 

Then suddenly, the lives of the to-be parents start to get weird and eerie. They heard voices, see people and come to a point, touched by people who are not around them. 
What or who is messing with their lives? How will they deal with it?
MY REVIEW Plot: 3.0/ 5.0. I have to give credit where its due. The movie has a twist about the ghost where it latches on the hopes of the young parents - their instinct to protect their youngs. Was I spooked? Not really as the ghosts have a very little appearance in the movie (almost like a second thought). And when they mentioned the box as an Aztec relics, I was actually expecting a more aged and a bit rustic box, but the box was very new. Perhaps because the previous owners took very good care of the box, throughout the centuries. Hahaha.
Cast: 3.4/ 5.0. Just ok to me. Nothing worth getting awed over. 
Will I watch it again: No. The movie is suitable for those who want to get scared, just a tiny bit. 
All pictures are taken from Google. Thank you.
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