Malignant (2021)Movies

The name James Wan appears all over “Malignant,” but it defies logic and reason that he actually directed this debacle.

Wan, the horror maestro behind “Insidious” and “The Conjuring,” is one of genre’s surest bets. So how could this clunker, bad from the very first seconds of screen time, spring from his imagination?

We need more proof. Eyewitness accounts. Sworn affidavits. This critic saw a few stills of Wan on the “Malignant” set from the studio, but you know what Photo Shop can do, right?

Cue the conspiracy theorists!

The only saving grace for “Malignant?” The third act is so gonzo it could emerge as a cult classic. For now, it’s just an awful film.

Annabelle Wallis (“Peaky Blinders”) stars...