Our Malignant review looks at James Wan's return to horror, which ends up being a truly bonkers movie.

From the bonkers opening scene, James Wan establishes his return to horror will easily become his most polarizing yet. Channeling the spectacle of late

Director James Wan has two modes: The over-the-top ridiculous excess he brought to Aquaman and Furious 7, and the terrifying horror sensibility of Insidious and The Conjuring. His new horror movie Malignant definitely comes from silly James Wan, not scary James Wan: It’s hilariously bizarre and not particularly scary, but still deeply enjoyable. In theaters and on HBO Max Sept. 10.

There’s something thrilling about watching a movie so rabidly batty let off its leash.

The thing about James Wan's "Malignant" is that it's utter nonsense, until that moment it isn't. All becomes clear. Ish. And the damned monstrosity that it was up until now abruptly becomes even worse. Who knows what Wan, who finally graduated from his lucrative and critically-honored horror ghetto to direct "Aquaman" into blockbuster status, was…

Say what you will about James Wan's latest demented cinematic horror trip, Malignant, but run-of-the-mill it's not. Harrowing and bland, ridiculous and terrifying, inspired and corny, the film is built on contradictions, falling somewhere between Cronenbergian body horror, a Stephen King psycho-study, and Frank Henenlotter's grisly exploitation. Yet, amongst all the groan and yawn-inducing parts, truly

James Wan's latest horror movie Malignant is quite possibly the single most insane movie you're going to see this year.

James Wan's latest horror flick is influenced by the Italian Giallo genre, but forgot about adding the suspense element in "Malignant."

Malignant is the type of movie that requires viewers to strap in and shut up from the onset.

The Conjuring and Saw director James Wan’s latest is a curious combination of plodding thriller and spectacular body horror

The movie, which has some unexpected twists, is a mess before a final stanza that reminds you why Wan is a genre master.

The latest from James Wan has a wonderful trick up its sleeve that's worth waiting around for.

A horror movie that is as long as it is underwhelming.

The "Insidious" and "The Conjuring" creator's new original concoction delivers jump scares, slashing, and eye-rolling in equal measure.

A woman is tormented by horrific visions of murders that turn out to be real in 'Malignant,' the new horror film from director James Wan.

James Wan returns to the funhouse with the nutty, gnarly Malignant

Homage to giallo is fun, but is it good?

Though visually engaging, Malignant can’t overcome the genre identity crisis at its core.

Annabelle Wallis and Maddie Hasson star in James Wan's original horror movie. Read the Empire review.

Most of James Wan's latest horror outing, "Malignant," feels uninspired. Then comes the twist, which is anything but.

James Wan's “Malignant” journeys from horror trope to horror trope as it rambles and roams from one scene of carnage to another.

The "Conjuring" director sucks viewers into his mad monster vortex of sketchy ideas and viscera

James Wan's return to horror is a triumph of craft, bad taste and go-for-broke lunacy.

There is no doubt that James Wan knows his way around the horror genre. The man behind “The Conjuring,” “Insidious” and “Saw” franchises has not had many misses.