I have not seen the first _Malevolence_. I watched this for one reason and one reason only: Alexandra Daddario. The movie was worth watching for her, alone.
Beyond that, this was a pretty boring horror movie that takes more than a few cues from _The Texas Chainsaw Massacre_. Which is funny, because Daddario would star in _Texas Chainsaw_ only three years later.
I really feel like there is a good movie in here somewhere. There is just so much story going on within, that it topples under its own weight. Were this a novel, I'd probably like it much more.
I am, however, more interested in seeing the first movie now, since I was missing parts of the mythology that would have made more sense, yet not enough to really make this any better.
Ultimately, the movie writes itself into a corner by making the characters more interesting than the overall plot. I wanted to know more about Allison, and William. So much time was given to them and their tragic family life, that I was sure it was going to pay off, but it was totally irrelevant. Maybe the director/writer should write an indie drama.
Anyway, a total must watch for fans of Alexandra. What an under-appreciated scream queen.

Long in development sequel gets a bigger budget (depending on the source, $2M-3.7M vs the $200k of the first) and a bit more talent on the cast side with Michael Biehn, though this likely was Alexandra Daddario's biggest role given it was filmed in late 2007. As with the first, I didn't think it was bad but it had a thin story and not very creative as a whole. Won't say I was ever bored, at least. I think I had seen this before when it was released just as Bereavement but this version runs about 7-minutes longer, guess it was better as I rated it at a 4/10 on IMDb, this second viewing was moderately better...