Malum: It's a reboot/remake of Last Shift which ties in a more interesting tale. Jessica is a rookie cop, she volunteers to take the last shift at a police station which is effectively already closed. A year ago her father also a cop went crazy at that station, killing other cops and then taking his own life. This was just after he had rescued three girls from a cult which worshiped a Demon, the Low God, they had already sacrificed another girl. Three cult members die in odd circumstances in the station. A strange night passes at the station, Jessica is visited by other cops, a homeless man and a streetwalker. Someone also abandons a pig outside the station, it has a pentagram painted on its back, What is really happening and what Jessica imagines starts to blur. The cult seem to be back, spreading chaos on the streets, abducting girls again. Plenty of jump scares and gore. What's more impressive though is how the back story is related through found footage. The cult leader John Malum was indeed a scary person and it looks as if a ritual is taking place place in real time, Malum does contain some elements of Folk Horror. Heads are bashed in, people shot and decapitated as narrative unfolds. This is not a film for the squeamish, Some secrets are also revealed. This film can be confusing at times especially in the final act but it's certainly worth watching not least for it's old building setting which provides so many opportunities for surprises. Shades of Assault On Precinct 13 also creep in. Directed by Anthony DiBlasi, who co-wrote the film with Scott Poiley. 7/10.
