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After Halloween, there were 5,000 rip offs and not many of them came close to the brilliance of that film, but Malevolence finally gets the homage right and also manages to do its own thing and stand out on its own.A group of bank robbers hold a mother and daughter hostage, steal their car, and hide out at a seemingly abandoned farmhouse that's inhabited by psychotic killer with a fetish for Jason in Friday the 13th Part 2.With its droning synths, silent killer, lack of blood and guts, and creepy blue moonlight, Malevolence channels the original Halloween the best it can while also borrowing from a few of the Friday the 13th and Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies.The characters aren't always the most defined or interesting, but there's more suspense and scares than expected, especially in this kind of movie.

A bank robbery goes wrong & the offenders plus a couple of hostages find themselves at a country hideaway, only to be stalked by a maniac who looks like the killer from "The Town that Dreaded Sundown", or Jason Vorhees from Friday the 13th pre hockey mask. Apart from an horrific opening the first half hour plays like a crime thriller but after that, once the killer starts going about his grisly business the film then turns gradually into an effective slasher. The relatively low body count may not go down with more hardcore slasher fans but this film does pack in a fair amount of suspense. Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th & Halloween are obvious influences, but that's no bad thing. No complaints about the acting either. Well worth seeing alongside it's superior prequel "Bereavement" (2010).

I almost paid to see this at the theater. After renting it last night I'm glad I went with the latter.After a bank robbery doesn't go quite as planned, some thieves end up at the hideaway where they were to divide the cash. Only problem is, the hideaway is very close to a slaughterhouse where a sadistic killer lurks. Not only are the criminals in danger, but also a couple of innocent bystanders being held captive.While watching this movie you might see things that remind you of Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Friday the 13th Part 2 while it sounds a little like Halloween at times.If this movie ever makes it way to cable then you might want to check it out, but I wouldn't recommend buying it.