Where to Watch Malignant

Australian director James Wan “conjured” up yet another bone-chilling, blood-curdling horror movie that will keep you up at night hearing every creak and groan of the floorboards and every eerie whistle of the wind through the tree branches. Learn where to watch Malignant — but don’t watch it alone!

James Wan, co-creator and director of The Conjuring, Insidious, and Saw, has a feel for fear and a heart for horror. He delivers big once again with the movie that returns him to his roots with obvious relish after he ventured (successfully) into other genres with films like Aquaman and Furious-7. Malignant is everything horror fans love, with plenty of suspense, scares, and a sense of brooding menace building to a shocking climax with a truly jaw-dropping twist.

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Gloom, Gore, and Goosebumps Galore

Many people have an imaginary friend as a child, but how many people grow up with an imaginary fiend, instead? Odd camera angles and Joseph Bishara’s unusual music choices such as haunting strings, and stirring female sopranos on top of the dark, rainy Seattle setting all combine to add to the mysterious mood of building intensity as we follow Madison — a woman missing a large chunk of her past into a terrifying journey of discovery.

Madison — beautifully played by Annabelle Wallis — doesn’t know if she can trust her own judgment about what’s real in her past, as she’s plagued by visions of gory murders. What is Madison’s connection to the brutal murders and a run-down psychiatric hospital where her records have been hidden away in a damp basement?

The sense of encroaching menace and lingering horror in damp hallways may lead you down twisted paths of imagination, but it’s unlikely that your mind is dark enough to take you to the twisted truth. Instead, you’ll have to learn how to watch Malignant from beginning to end to find out something only the mind that brought us Insidious could bring to frightening life in Malignant.

Where to Watch Malignant

Who is the mysterious Gabriel? Is he a figure of dark imagination and a sick symptom of early childhood trauma, or is Gabriel something more? Learn the truth about the paralyzing visions haunting a terrified young woman suffering the trauma of a forgotten past and pregnancy loss. With Director and co-creator, James Wan’s signature blend of dread, drama, and carnage combined with just the right amount of campiness, you won’t want to sleep alone after you watch Malignant. Get a blanket to pull up around your ears when the jump scares start coming as soon as you stream Malignant with your HBO Max subscription.

Watch Malignant on HBO Max