A "malevolent presence" refers to a person, spirit, or energy that is intentionally harmful or evil. It describes something or someone that has ill intentions and seeks to cause harm or create trouble. Full definition
It's clearly an ominous, malevolent presence lurking around every corner, waiting to consume and destroy you. (leangainsguide.com)
Inasmuch as a structure is evident, it's in an ethically dubious tease, a slow reveal of the extent of the abuse suffered by the Angulo family at the hands of Oscar, who gradually turns from malevolent presence to on - camera subject — but even this goes only as far as Moselle's sense of decorum allows. (reverseshot.org)
An ancient, malevolent presence stirs within the depths of the Eon Altar, and only a small band of heroes can stop it from consuming the world. (fullindie.com)