Malice is set in the 1500s and tells the story of eight people within a hell called the Witchs Prison. The film portrays the violent end these prisoners met; it tells the story of the sadistic methods the Inquisition employed and the psychological damage it caused. The film includes the clergys storiesââ¬ânot even the monks were truly safe from the Inquisitions insane mission. All of these stories come together at different points in the film and join them all in a tale of sorrow and torment.