Malevolent

Angela (Florence Pugh) and Jackson (Ben Loyd Hughes) are American siblings in 80s Scotland running a supernatural investigation/exorcism "business". Angela is the "medium" and Jackson the "manager" but it's mostly a scam using prerecorded spooky sounds and early "ghost hunting" tech.

They take a job at a big old house for Mrs Green (Celia Imrie), the site of some infamous child murders, even though Angela (who DOES see things but is in denial about it) is reluctant.

No good will come of this.

CW: scenes of mutilation and torture

Olaf de Fleur takes a premise that looks yawnsome at first sight and a decent cast out for a tricksy spin. The protagonists are all stereotypes but that's very much part of the setup.

In an era of amazing distorted CGI spectres this is very notable for the ghosts being just people in a bit of makeup that are auddenly there. It's cheap but it doesn't matter.

Worth a go, more violence and fewer jump scares than you'd expect, 7/10