Director James Wan recently returned to horror with Malignant, but here’s a look at how the three prior horror franchises he created stack up.
Director James Wan recently returned to horror with Malignant, but here’s a look at how the three prior horror franchises he created stack up. It’s been over five years since Wan’s previous horror directorial effort, that being 2016’s The Conjuring 2. Since then, Wan’s been occupied with a journey into mainstream blockbuster work, directing DC’s highly lucrative Aquaman for Warner Bros., starring Jason Momoa and frequent Wan collaborator Patrick Wilson. That followed his 2015 effort Furious 7, which marked Wan’s first foray into a major non-horror franchise.
Still, it would seem that Wan still loves the genre that first made him famous, opting to return to horror with the smaller-scale Malignant, fitting it in between Aquaman and its upcoming sequel Aquaman: The Lost Kingdom. It’s somewhat reminiscent of Sam Raimi’s decision to return to horror with Drag Me to Hell in 2009, after completing his blockbuster Spider-Man trilogy starring Tobey Maguire. One assumes Wan might make another horror movie after Aquaman 2, should he want to take another break from mega-budget blockbusters again.
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