malefique pretty much have the viewer from start to finish with it edgy atmosphere . nearly the whole movie be set in a prison cell revolve around 4 character of which transvestite marcus and his little retarded boy be way out the strange . soon the inmate find a diary of a previous inmate behind a brick which deal with his obsession of occult and black magic theme lead to his escape from the cell . from here on everything deal with uncover the secret of the book and it spell to flee from prison . that lead to some accident on the way out of the cell into the unknown light . honestly i think the story be rather poor and the final twist be nice but to me the end be pretty loosely tie together . anyway i be thrill until the last moment because the atmosphere of the movie be unique with minimal setting and cast . the kill be raw and eerie . it doesn not take gore to chill your spine and the occult theme be also do very well and remind me of the hell theme in hellraiser . malefique have a claustrophobic and cold dirty feel with greenish tint . at time you wonder if the real or the occult world depict here be stranger . when the retarded boy loose his finger and be lull to sleep suck on marcus breast it seem normal and so how strange can glow gate to freedom be . with it budget the movie create a unique atmosphere and chill the viewer in a very different way than most of the genre shocker do . i just wish the story have lead to a more consistent finale . several element like the visitor with the camera and the other inmate obsession with book and the toy doll vaguely point to the end do not fit tight in the story . anyway and i will keep my eye open for other movie from director valette and although it a turn off to see he be do a hollywood remake of one miss call which be wear off and useless already in the miike version .