‘Malignant’ on HBO Max has social media weighing in on ’90s-inspired horror film

A new movie on HBO Max is generating a lot of buzz on social media. Released both in theaters and on the streaming platform on Friday, September 10, just before the official October debut of the Scary Season, the ’90s-inspired horror film. Smart serves up a lot of scares and turns out to be a must see horror movie for Halloween.

Marking director James Wan’s return to the horror genre – Wan is also the mastermind behind popular horror titles like Conspiracy, Insidious, and Seen- Smart follows Maddison, a woman paralyzed by shocking visions of gruesome murders. These daydreams, however, turn out to be reality. The film stars Annabelle Wallis (The Mummy and Annabelle) in the lead role alongside Maddie Hasson, George Young and Michole Briana White. The film is heavily influenced by the horror of the 90s.

“When people ask me: ‘how would you describe Smart? ‘ And I would say, I would describe it best because this is the kind of movie, if we lived in the 80s or early 90s we would go to the local video store, go down to the bottom, until the very end , where would be the horror or sci-fi section. And we would go even further in the back shelves. And we’d pick a movie that we’d never heard of before, but it would have the coolest poster on it. It would be like Evil 9-9-9, or 6-6-6. And then that was the movie you can go to, ‘Oh, that’s cool. Let me take you back and see what it is, â€Wan said at a press event, according to ComicBook.com. “And that’s how I sort of describe Malignant if it came out in the late 80s or early 90s. But of course I would try to elevate it beyond exploitation type. , the scary level of these movies and actually, and try to rate it a bit. “

Smart is now available to stream on HBO Max on the ad-free plan, which costs $ 15 per month. The film will be available on the platform for the next 31 days before its departure on October 10. It is also in theaters. As the film arrived on HBO Max in early Friday morning, many viewers took to social media for weight, with many applauding the film as a must-see title. Keep scrolling to see what people had to say.