a prison cell . four prisoner carrere and a young company director accuse of fraud and 35 year old transsexual in the process of his transformation and daisy and a 20 year old mentally challenge idiot savant and lassalle and a 60 year old intellectual who murder his wife . behind a stone slab in the cell and mysteriously pull loose and they discover a book representthe diary of a former prisoner and danvers and who occupy the cell at the beginning of the century . the diary contains magic formula that supposedly enable prisoner to escape . malefique be one of the creepy and most intelligent horror film i have see this year . the film have a grimy and shadowy feel influence by the work of h. p. lovecraft and which make for a very creepy and unsettling atmosphere . there be a fair amount of gore involve with some imaginative and brutal death scene and the character of four prisoner be surprisingly well develop . it a shame that eric valette make truly horrible remake of one miss call after his stunning debut . positive .