Malignant’s Gabriel
You just knew James Wan had something up his sleeve. The man who directed Saw, Insidious, and The Conjuring wouldn’t put his time and energy into a brand new horror movie unless it was something special. And that something special was Gabriel, the twin brother of Malignant’s main character Madison, who just so happens to live in the back of her head. Whether you found the reveal to be surprising or not, Wan made it deliciously gruesome followed by exhilaratingly awesome. Once we finally see Gabriel come forward and he, using Madison’s body, decimates an entire jail cell full of prisoners followed by a carnage-filled run through a police station, it’s so wild and wacky you can’t help but feel the pure joy of cinema. It’s horror Cirque du Soleil. – Germain Lussier
