MALUM (2023) Ending Explained
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- čas přidán 27. 06. 2023
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In Malum, a rookie police officer takes the last shift at a newly decommissioned station in an attempt to uncover the mysterious connection between her father's death and a vicious cult. Throughout the night, she finds herself barraged by terrifying supernatural events while unveiling the truth behind her family's twisted past. We're breaking down the reality twisting story, as well as the major differences with Last Shift, as well as explaining the new ending.
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The thing I never get in these "you're the Dark Lord's chosen vessel" is why doesn't the person realize that means the Dark Lord's minions can't actually kill them? They always scare the person into thinking they're in danger so they do the very reckless things that fulfill the prophecy or what not. But they can't actually kill them. Just call their bluff.
LITERALLY, lol
I feel when it comes to cults that try to plan out events based on your reactions to things, you would have to be more careful. If you call their bluff, they might just say "okay" and kill you anyway.
just a thought though
Sometimes the ritual is to kill the vessel so they “lord of darkness” can consume their soul and body.
Not alway like in spoilers warning
Hereditary.
I want one of those types of characters to go full doom slayer on them
In last shift, it made sense that Jessica had to stay in the old station overnight but it doesn’t make any sense to have an officer work nights inside an abandoned police station. Cops who work that shift are either in the streets or working at an actual working station. I guess this was the best they could do with their premise
Sorry, I used to be a cop
Yeah the whole time I was trying to figure out why she was even there in the first place.
I agree it might have made more sense if the place had been getting broken into, and vandalized more an more as they moved over to the new station. Even the idea of maybe since so many were coming into the city the cells at the new station were overloaded, and someone above thought "why not use the cells at the old station." Yet they began to realize that they needed so many boots on the streets they could only put a single officer on duty at the old station both to keep an eye on those in the cells as well as keep anyone from breaking in. Even this is a thin premise, but abit more plausible to me atleast than the premise given.
@@elricengquist9989 I considered that it would make sense to have a manned abandoned police station if they were still holding prisoners in holding or they used it for storage or something
Yeah, especially when you know how easy it is to transfer phone numbers.... Lol it makes no sense at all.
@@sammeyphammey349 other things would be if they were still holding some dangerous or legal documents are. Like evidence that they couldn't get moved over or files from cases even police weapons or swat weapons.
Honestly I think I like the original better. Definitely the ending. But the main thing is the original you don’t know if it’s honestly ghost or just the trauma of working at her dads office where his murders died.
I think that's what I like about the original. I watched ir several times and it could be watched either way. I also liked the more low budget/low scale quality of the original movie.
I can respect that opinion, but I like when a creator of any kind can actually fully realize their vision.
@@nachgebenif only his fully realized vision was as good as his budgetary restrained vision.
Well, outside of the suddenly-stacked chairs, anyway.
I like when directors get a second chance to re do their movies and improve them
Profound statement. . .
There was Evil Dead and then Evil Dead 2, Terminator, and Terminator 2.
@@gamedrop3262 not really
Is this the remake of The Last Shift? I actually loved The Last Shift!!!
Whoops! I asked the question right after he said it was lmao
It's obvious that they had a bigger budget on this one but, I don't think the storyline is better....just different.
Both are good in their own way.
I’d say the first was so much better with the story. This is about the same with each scene, just more gory and ending wasn’t that good. Well that’s my opinion at lol
It's called diversity because they race swap the actress
@@773superprguysnowflake
I recently watched The Last Shift. And everytime I see Malum had "Bigger budget" I scratch my had.
This movie look a lot cheaper.
@@773superprguydiversity? Get real. The lead actress ethnicity was never even brought up or discussed. The lead actress could have been white, black, asian, whatever and it wouldn't have changed a thing. Malum is pointless anyways since it's just a worse version of last shift
Just once I would like to see a movie where the vicious demon cult gets what they want, but it turns out the demons lied and they aren't getting jack shit.
It would definitely make sense for a movie to end like that just a silent but chilling realization on everyone's faces that this demon will destroy them as well to get what they want
Satanic panic on shudder
Hellhole.
Ready or not is pretty similar especially the ending
Herritary
Malum certainly was better written with better production but I wasn't a fan of expanding the Cult to being all over town, with the symbols on telephone poles and walls and stuff and I certainly didn't like the family connection. Last Shift worked best cause it was isolated and she was just a victim of the entity, no Hereditary style link...Last Shift also had more scares, the girls in the mirror, officer Price with the hole in his head, the lockers being open...Also I liked the ending of the original, her killing the hazmat team was better than the suicide.
Yeah, I was thinking that too, I think I prefer the claustrophobic feel of "Last shift"
I will never forget officer Price walking away with that huge hole in his head. So simple yet horrifying
the scares on last shift are almost all jumpscares that not even justify themselves. In Malum there are a lot of subtle aparition, kind of in Hill house, where you can find things in the backround, and have also a lot less jumpscare, better made tension and more contextual horror. idk i think it is made in a very smart way. Eitherway, i end up the movie with a feeling of.. lack. I think there were a lot of lose ends that should have been adress and in the first one I end up with a similar feeling but much more subtle.
Yeah, the director clearly watched and loved Hereditary. Which is fair enough coz I did too, Hereditary is a fantastic film.
This show ruined the original what are u on about
I would tell the director 'mission accomplished'. My initial impression of Last Shift was it was a cool idea but lacked a lot of punch. This puts the punch in and I think it was pretty effective.
Exactly! Good idea, not enough going on for Last Shift. But great idea. Glad they remade it.
Wtf r u on the sucks compared to last shift way too obvious and bland feeling
There seems to be an uncanny valley in horror. Subtlety goes a long way in creating unease. The original Pinhead had an aura of horror, and there was not much gore, just hints of horrific body modification and promises of horror to come. You come at me with a demon covered in gore with his face turned into a starfish that flies around, and you've entered the valley where it loses all horror.
nah, second one had the tension momments made weeeeell better, and the gore give it a nice plus. in the first one you were in the dark and with a huge lack of information for way to long, idk i prefer the tension of this one.
Whattttt that demon was crazy looking nd it was cool asf he was literally the demon star his face then it jumped on hers 😭
It kinda has the exact opposite effect for me. Im used to seeing generic demon/demonic creatures and faces that seeing something that looks comedic in that setting makes it so weird and unsettling.
If you look at the pigs collar it says Betty, the name of the girl in the yellow dress. I think her spirit is in the pig, and that's why it called out to her father. I loved this remake but found the Mom being in a cult plot point the weirdest and hardest to follow.
Yeah it’s a shame because if the mom in the cult was a stronger plot point it might have made a potent real life counterpoint (cults preying on and psychologically breaking down desperate people) to the supernatural methods of psychologically breaking down her daughter. The human evil mirroring the supernatural evil, potentially making it feel a little bit more skin-crawlingly grounded
I really admired the clear love and effort behind this, but I still liked the original better. It’s one of my go-to horror movies. The actress who played Jess just resonated with me more in the original, and even with a bigger budget, Malum couldn’t stand up to TLS’s scares IMO. The scene where the dead girl crawls out from under the desk and up into Jess’ face in the original still freaks me out just thinking about it. I do think the ending was a bit of a mess in the original, but I’m not sure Malum did much to fix it. I always wanted Jessica to survive the night (and not kill all those people), and then we see her grocery shopping or something a few weeks later, and hear a woman next to her humming the girls’ song. That would have been my pitch for an ending. Maybe if they make it a third time!
Honestly, I agree. The original was better. But also, the film lacks clarity. And the usual, the evil uses illusion to trick you thing has its limits.
I watched another youtube video summarizing Malum and I was very confused. They didn't mention that it was effectively a remake of last shift so the whole time I kept thinking "this sounds like last shift I thought I saw this movie but I don't remember this much cult stuff."
FoundFlix is, without a doubt, my favorite film recap channel. I’ve tried watching the recap of this movie by someone who did it earlier, couldn’t finish because I was so bored (about the movie, not the presentation). Unfortunately, not even FoundFlix could make me interested in this movie.
FoundFlix is THE film recap channel imo.
That feeling when you start watching an ending explained just to be too intrigued by his opening and now you need to go watch it first and add this to watch later.
😂😂 guilty
Yeah I literally just did this lol
Last Shift deserved a sequel, it didn't look low budget at all - not so much as that a remake would be better. Also, The Void was an epic film done on a relatively roped in budget that was really good - would they rather remake that take by take or whatever that add to the lore? Surely they'd have more horror fans in seats by doing the latter?
The creators of The Void have gone on record to say there wouldn't be any follow ups to it bit I would be surprised if they didn't consoder making films using their existing lore
I think he already did the void
@@williamaldred335 would be cool to know just what on (not Earth) is going on where they are through that triangle, and that cult! ominous, but like... (not Squid game)
I gotta say dude
It’s a legit pleasure seeing new uploads from you
The higher budget and improved effects are very noticeable in Malum but I definitely prefer Last Shift. It did a lot with the budget it had, delivered some fantastic suspense and payoffs, and the story had a subtle mystery to it like I really liked. After it ends, you're left to ponder how much of it was supernatural and how much of it was Jess experiencing grief-induced hallucinations.
I'm glad that Malum is closer to the vision the creator always wanted but Last Shift was definitely not a lacklustre film by any means. A lot of its charm and uniqueness stemmed from the limitations they were working with. Think of it like this: the first Silent Hill game had a lot of fog as a means to obscure the abysmally small render distance of the PS1; monsters and buildings would pop into existence in a silly way without the fog obscuring it. That fog is now considered an iconic part of the franchise and it wouldn't have been there if it wasn't for that console limitation.
I like the idea of the director having a chance to re-imagine their vision with a bigger budget but I preferred the original. In the original, you didn't know if it was the supernatural, family-imposed delirium brought on by stress & grief *OR* that damn black mold making you hallucinate! Poor Biotech guys never had a chance.
What stress we don’t know anything in the beginning nd shii just go left it’s the same story just with less story
@@rontrej6973 I consider deciding to stay in a "haunted" police station because you want your deceased, murdering father to be proud of you, *stressful* . If you don't, good for you.
the mold was only in the remake
I feel like this would work better as a horror video game rather than a horror movie
I remember seeing the original movie. A building holding so much negative spiritual energy, like that hotel on that one movie where Jack Nicholson had a ax.
The Shining right?
@@Mr.SnekMeister Of course.
Oh ya you mean 1408 with John Cusack
@@zacfrancis6365 another good name for the band.
I missed u found flix😢😊😊😊😊 glad to have u back ❤ thanks for your work❤️
He never went anywhere he's been uploading consistently lol
@@187mrsmiththat’s cap
@@187mrsmith He didn't leave completely, but he used to always upload at least once a week. He did take a bit of a break and then was only uploading like every two weeks for awhile there.
As a painter, I frequently redo my older amateur stuff. Making this movie must've been so satisfying for the directors
As a writer I’ve done the same but I also admit sometimes I look at the new version and see that I kind of ended up overworking it, adding on unnecessary frills and messing some things up because it was hard to pull apart the original and the reworked in my mind and rebuild it cleanly from the bones up. But I sympathize with the director. I sometimes do it with old drawings too
Somehow the original with all its set backs was phycologically more scary (+ not bad jump scares). The whole premise of isolation, not knowing what you see is real or just an illusion...the feeling of being alone, confused and scared it's amazing actually. Plus the call count is ❤!
I watched both and knew this was a remake meant to fix and be the version the directory wanted. Honestly, this had more scares and gore and effects, but I preferred "The Last Shift" as it was more simplistic, and sometimes I think that's just better
03:17 "protect the innocent and all that crap" lmao the sarcasm is incredible 😂😂
The real horror is realizing 2014 is less than one year alway from ten years ago
Edit: Man this really feels like a case of less is more, especially with the dumb looking demon dude at the end.
MINECRAFT WAS MADE IN 1427
FEEL OLD YET?
That shot with his face flying off - big oof - Pretty sure that effect was made on like…a graphing calculator?
I love this. Make the same movie again, but different and more! There's entire franchises that essentially do the same lmao
The OG version was definitely lacking in special effects and monster-footage. Also, the cult was almost nothing.
I haven't seen this one, but i look forward to it!
Do not encourage this. . .
@@gamedrop3262I am all for it if done well. Some movies could have had much more potential but couldn't for whatever reason like budget.
Especially horror movies that couldn't expand the chaos from let's say a little house to the outer world.
Still waiting for 28 weeks later sequel.
Bro the 28 days later was good but i think not as much people watched the last one but i really do want to see another one though
@@kianabastillas3721 Yeah I didn't care for 28 Days later.
Weeks later was and still is the scariest movie I've ever seen due to the intense beginning! Still have nightmares of it.. Whole movie theater was laughing and joking when the movie started and once that intro hit no one barely breathed for the entire movie till it was over. Think one person even left the movie.
Don't know why it hit me and my friend hard. Maybe it was the weed that movie is stuck inside my sub conscience for sure. Not so much when awake but in dreams - zombies aren't terrifying to me usually but watching your son or mom turn sucks.
I like the concept of remaking things that you made originally. It is interesting to see the changes the creator would make. I think both have a place for sure.
I thought it was weird that this thumbnail looked exactly like the last shift, honestly that was one of my favorite low budget horror movies because of the seclusion to the location, the psychological aspect mixed with the paranormal, and the crazy ass ending, the twists, like maybe it’s rose tinted nostalgia glasses because it was almost a decade ago but from what I remember I loved it. That being said, the same directors and production studio going back to work on their original idea and reimagine it I’ll always be on board for. Bringing the practical effects to 11 and diving deeper into the story of the cult as well as the officers backstory felt really good because that’s what I wanted more of from the original. The fact that this is a reimagining though takes the originality out of it and even some of the authenticity of the scares that a few seem recycled from the original, even the ending was like well yeah of course it was going in this direction given the setup of the mother and premise of the movie. All that being said though I loved the concept and sentiment behind it and while it was entertaining, maybe even more than the first, it didn’t hit scare wise like the first did. I appreciate your breakdown and love the work you put into these videos❤
Even without the cult plot line that abandoned station had physical murders in it, marking it a prime location to be haunted
The mans gesticulates so wildly, he had to include a lot of space on the outside of his chair. I love this channel lol
I just checked your channel about an hour ago to see if you'd uploaded anything lmao, nice timing
My biggest pet peeve of supernatural/occult movies, you didn't really need to SEE the big bad.
His presence was enough in the movie but the reveal just felt...meh
Right when u we're describing the plot I was thinking of the last shift I wish they would make a sequel to the original that's what we need
I can tell you enjoyed making this review I was cracking up the whole video love your content btw
Was waiting for this
Thank you
It's crazy to me that The Last Shift is 10 years old already. I liked that movie, can't wait to view the reimagining.
Did not 10 years old yet since the movie came out in 2014 in it still 2023
loved this film so much man. I described it as Last Shift and The VOID having a baby
thanks for letting me watch it again without having to pay
Thank you for that breakdown right at the start; if not for that explanation, I'd have been bothered the whole time trying to remember The Last Shift!
Wow I sent him a request for this movie I didn't think he would 😅since he gets so many request thank you!!!
i would love to see you cover the movie "stay alive" it's definitely a underrated movie that most don't talk about or know of and i would love to see/have more people know of it
Last Shift really surprised me, a true great horror movie (and its not hyped as being great, like every Ari Aster clunker for example). Plus, the lead actress is totally lovely. I will need to give this movie a watch
Ari asters movies honestly suck. Too much hype. And just not good movies.
@@jillianpantano6461 Thank you! I honestly cant understand the hype. He is just the new M. Knight Shamblepants IMO
I'm guilty. I've loved every Ari Aster feature film so far. I haven't seen his shorts though. I was not a fan of Malum, but I do hope you enjoy the film.
@foundflix pleeeease do Maniac (2012)! i just watched it and i have a lot of questions that are always answered in your video style!
Glad to see them luscious locks growing back out! Thanks for another banger FoundFlix
I was literally just checking for a new video 😂
I was literally just in my recent videos
Same 😂
I dont even watch movies anymore I just Ending Explained and Kill Count my way through life.
Same
I hope you don’t comment that on Dead Meat videos because they would not enjoy ‘I don’t actually support or consume cinema anymore I just watch some CZcams out of context clip reels.’ They’ve explicitly said so in both podcast and Kill Counts.
(And yes, it’s still out of context if you listen to a youtuber or read a Wikipedia article list the preceding events lol. That’s not how storytelling works.)
Me too😂😂
Especially horror movies cause I DONT watch those at all but still want to know what happens without getting scared 😅
Dude, I just watched Last Shift for the first time three weeks ago. I know it was three weeks, because right afterwards I proceeded to watch and then comment on that FoundFlix ending explained video!
The vibrating creature reminds me of the vibrating man in the movie Jacob's Ladder.
The Last Shift was 10 years ago?! I need to go sit down.
I didn't know this was basically a remake of last shift until after i saw the movie and looked it up 😮
Hey I havent been getting notifications for your uploads
like it that more and more people putting real facts for input in stories, pushing writers to do better research and better stories results, good movie
Ah yes, because on a cops first ever shift they leave them all alone with no one to show them the ropes 🤔
Another great video as always.
Would love to see a video on the English film Possum.
Hard to believe someone really thought that monster design was a good idea.
I've been thinking of the movie called Blink about a woman who gets a cornea transplant. Or on Netflix I just watched one called Lavender with Justin Long.
Keep cranking out these super videos!
I've binge watched all your videos and this one I was like wait did I jump timelines and not watch this video movie break down before.
I'm not sure we watched the same movie.
The officer told Jessica to "Turn around".
She turns and starts walking away, then he shouts at her the he didn't ask her to walk but to 'turn around' only.
I feel like the time jump after the dad's death should've been 10 years and not just 1, that whole aspect didn't make much sense to me.
Especially bc the cult leader and his lady followers were dressed like they were straight outta the 1960s or 70s.
@@asdf-oq4zrit’s implied they didn’t age, at least the main leader. Director must be into Manson since the style fits
I love you . I binge watch all ur videos every day . Ur amazing 😍🤩😍🤩😍🤩
Was literally just thinking “hmm I haven’t seen a found flix video pop up in awhile”
The overall presentation is better, that comes down to the bigger budget and knowledge that Last Shift was a hit with horror fans and critics, but the ending was way more haunting in the original. Both are actually really good as introductions to horror though, this wasn’t a bad movie, it’s actually really good, I just prefer the gritty low budget original a tad bit more because of the ending only.
I like the ambiguity of the ending more in the original but things actually happen in this one and it feels less tedious and I like the new mystery of the cult and the main character’s involvement. Also like that they used (I think) their own original demon.
I realized it was similar to Last Shift a few seconds in but didn't know it was a re do.
The bodies that dropped really got me😂😂😂 even it was just being narrated.
So what is this director just gonna Remake the last shift every 4-8 years and just try to tell it better and better until he thinks it's perfect lmao
I think they should’ve really expanded on the universe. Maybe instead of redoing it, add to the aftermath of the incident. Leading to the big reveal of the low one. I feel like that would bring more suspense of the unknown and develop the story even greater.
I really wanted more on the cult
The second I finished watching the movie, I was like now I'm just waiting on a found-flix ending explained
I appreciate the wonderful effects and better composition of the story here. However I do feel that the low budget nature of The Last Shift really made it the suspension of disbelief a lot better.
lol she really busted out the glock for a lock.
the hooker did a great job of acting out that "zoned-out" scene. probably my favorite part of this movie.
but how about naked fat cop..
It is always unfailingly hilarious when someone just opens fire on some ghost like "this will definitely work!"
No way, The Last Shift is one of my favourite movies, the atmosphere is near unsurpassed imo. Will have to check this out.
I liked “The Last Shift” so I’d probably like this too.
this is better IMo
@@xoafallen6239I liked The Last Shift better 😂
I’m happy as long as it’s not boring. To me that’s the worst thing about movies/tv shows.
@@shanelorrison5224 it wasn’t boring but I just liked the first one better
Good to know. 👍🏻
I honestly prefer the first version, it was more subtle and had way more tension in it than this one. Plus I liked the cast more.
They did a terrific job.
Finally a video from my favourite CZcamsr❤️
As you did your intro I was like I swear you did this one before lmao
while i found the bagheaded minions scarier, i give the crew credit for trying something different with the weird symbol head they gave malum
@FoundFlix PLEASE DO AN ENDING EXPLAINED FOR THE WIND(2018) !!!!!!!!!!
I second this! I feel like no1 ever covers that movie
I was wondering why this movie sounded so familuar. Thanks for this ending explained!
The first 30-45 seconds of this video had me going, “Wait a minute” before you got to the explanation of it
I wanna see Ash from Evil Dead dropped into this movie. Get some!
most crucial rules on a farm: never alone in the pig pen, never let a child near a pig pen. the smell of blood will turn those things in landshark but worse. 9 minutes and the average man will be nothing but bones
How cool! I remember that previous movie! I loved it and it scared me so much but it was really so good even if it wasn’t high budget and stuff.
You got the definition of later right this time! Congrats!
Omnipotent and omniscient evil entity plays a bit with a not-so-smart police officer. Did she even have a chance? Did she make a bad choice? Could it have ended any other way? No, no, no. This isn't a horror movie, it's just torture porn.
Now that the Callisto Protocol DLC has dropped. You should do a ending explained for the game. It’s a actually solid psych horror story and I think you’d lay it out in a way people would enjoy 🙏
You should totally do run rabbit run. It's really good!
Lol as soon as he said the summary in the begin I as indeed like , "Wait didnt we already do this?" lol
Before watching this explanation, I was hoping that malum somehow tied into last shift, but now I know that they’re basically the same story I thank foundflix for existing
I mean "she didn't had a chance" - she could just leave
Hey glad you're ok.. I was legitimately worried
THATS why I've been getting Deja vu from reviews of this. Like I kept getting a 'reupload?' Vibe lmao
Hey mate, would love to see your take on Megan's missing. seems to be either a love it or hate kind of movie.
I think he’s already done it ❤ Edit: Never mind, I’m thinking of two separate movies! Missing … and M3GAN lol
Please review Fresh Hell (2021)! It is one of the movies of all time!
Oh!! Finding out this is a reimagining of Last Shift from the SAME company makes so much sense. I watched it not knowing and I sat there the entire time “this is just Last Shift?”
I’m not even kidding I watched last shift video two hours ago and it threw me off so hard when you at first explained this
Omg I'm so happy. I had such a bad day; I love a little horror time.
Mulan has really changed since I was a kid, not what I expected at all. The previous remake was pretty bad but this... This is intriguing... but highly disturbing.
i made it 3 minutes before realizing im super interested in seeing the movie and dont want spoilers. i loved the last shift. that was a close one, found flix.
I really appreciate this summary because my nerves could never 😂 I’m too scary for movies like this, I even flinched during this recap.