'Malignant': A Fun, Wacky Horror with Feminist Undertones
Malignant is a roller coaster ride of slow-build scares, moments of wonderfully absurd camp, and explorations of autonomy.

Young factory worker Mecky Berger doesn't believe in "true love." For him, his female acquaintances are just a pastime. In his eyes and those of his friends, romance is something a man should be ashamed of. But then he meets Christa, who is so different from the women he has had affairs with in the past. His feelings for her are also of a previously unknown, confusing intensity—Mecky has fallen in love. But he first has to learn how to deal with this feeling...
Malignant is a roller coaster ride of slow-build scares, moments of wonderfully absurd camp, and explorations of autonomy.
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