To fulfill the last wish of her deceased mother, grieving Holly seeks out love and finds it in Matthew; their relationship swiftly becomes very close and all-encompassing. After receiving the news of Matthew’s ailing mother, both arrive to provide care in her final days, only to be faced with a nightmarish reality spiraling out of control.
Acting
Bugler and Yildirim commit to uncomfortable physicality without theatricality.
Cinematography
Cramped framing turns domestic spaces into psychological pressure cookers.
Sound
Ambient dread hums beneath silence; you hear the house breathing.
Director
Jack James
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Jack James funded this through a failed Indiegogo that raised less than £2,000; most of the budget came from crew deferring pay.
The film shares DNA with 'Possession' and 'Repulsion' — but where those films externalize women's breakdowns, 'Malady' traps you in codependency's logic until it feels reasonable.
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