Malevolence (film series)

Malevolence
Official film series logo
Based onCharacters by
by Stevan Mena
Release date
2004–2018
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3,800,000
(3 films)[a]
Box office$391,084
(3 films)

The Malevolence film series consists of American slasher-horror crime films, written, directed, and produced by Stevan Mena. The series center around various groups of people who come into contact with a serial killer named Martin Bristol, who was kidnapped as a child and raised in an abusive upbringing by a murderer named Graham Sutter. The series explores the investigations surrounding his crime scenes, and attempts made by law enforcement to put an end to his murderous pattern.

Though the series as a whole lost money at the box offices,[2][3][4] and were met with a mixed critical reception at the time of their release,[5][6][7] the films have earned a more positive modern-day analyses while being deemed indie-cult classics of the horror genre.[8][9][10][11] Contemporary reviews have favorably compared the first film to John Carpenter's Halloween, and the prequel to Friday the 13th; while Mena acknoweldged his fandom of the Carpenter's work.[10][12][13] Ross Hughes of HorrorCultFilms.Co.UK praised the film series, stating: "...his is a franchise that is up there with the likes of Halloween. …a Slasher trilogy made by a slasher fan for the slasher fans…Unmissable."[14]

  1. ^ Aguiar, Joe (July 9, 2018). "[Exclusive] Director Stevan Mena Updates On 'Malevolence 3'; It's Finished and Trailer is Coming Soon!". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
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  8. ^ Miska, Brad (August 15, 2011). "Behind-the-Scenes of 'Bereavement' Slaughter House". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
  9. ^ "Malevolence (2004)". Effed Up Movies. 15 December 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
  10. ^ a b Hughes, Ross (June 11, 2011). "Stevan Mena Talks to HorrorCultFilms: An Exclusive Interview with the director of cult classic Malevolence!". Horror Cult Films. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
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