A couple of weeks back I wrote the praises of The Changeling , saying it takes all the tropes and stereotypes of the haunted house movie, but does them right, thus creating an effective story. However, for every Changeling, there are a dozen other films that do the same thing, only not as well. Malicious is one such flick.

After weeks of checking out the latest in mainstream, comic-book entertainment, it was refreshing to go back to what The Basement was built on -- the little-seen, B-grade horror movie. And what better flick to dip the wick into than The Hallow. Not a question, a statement. The Hallow is a 2015 Irish horror movie about a family that is forced to fight demonic creatures after moving into a remote mill house. It puts a modern spin on old Irish myths, while planting an infant child smack dab in the middle of the mayhem.