Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘The Voices’

Written by Scott Edwards 

It is not completely unusual to hear voices now and then, but most of the time it is your conscience giving you advice. But what if you start to hear voices from inanimate objects, or much more frightening, your pets?  If you are not able to tell that these voices are your own, it may drive you crazy and you might have a hard time knowing what is real and what is just in your head. Turning off these voices might not be something that you can do on your own, as many people have found out the hard way, but there is no shame in searching for help to control them, all you have to do is ask.

Jerry is just a happy guy and loves doing what he is doing and even though he knows his life could be better, he will let the changes come to him. When being asked to help out with the company party, he is placed in a room with his office crush Fiona. Backing all of her ideas, Jerry thinks that he has created a relationship with the office hottie, but when he gets up the nerve to ask her out, she does not decline, but stands him up instead. Driving around, listening to music in his truck, Jerry is surprised to see that Fiona is stranded by the factory and needs a ride home.

Fiona apologizes for the mix up and Jerry seems to be all right with what has happened on this night and while the two converse in the truck, Jerry takes his eyes off of the road and hits a deer at full speed. Hearing the deer’s call for help to die, Jerry takes out his knife and slices its throat. Not believing what she is seeing, Fiona gets out of the truck and tries to get away from Jerry before the crazy young man will hurt her as well. Tripping and falling in the woods, Fiona is the perfect target for the new killer, but Jerry is trying to help her, and has a hard time in showing her that as he trips as well and shoves the knife in her torso.  Seeing his love dying on the ground, Jerry has to take it to the next step and put her out of her misery and continues to stab her in the chest until her lifeless body lays on the damp ground.

Getting home, Jerry has a long conversation with his pets about what has happened and they both give him advice from opposite ends of the spectrum. Bosco, his dog, wants Jerry to come clean about what happened and get the cops involved right away, while Mr. Whiskers, his cat, wants him to clean up the mess that he made. While Jerry is torn between the two ideas, Mr. Whiskers seems to be more on point and Jerry brings Fiona’s body back to his home and disposes off it the only way he can see fit. Leaving her head intact, Jerry places her in the fridge, but Fiona is not done with him yet and demands that he take his crazy pills before he goes any further. Jerry is against taking the pills since they put him in a fog, but his love demands it, so he follows through. Having nightmares about his childhood and what happened to his mother, Jerry does not feel right and when he wakes up, he sees what he has become when his home is an utter mess. When Bosco and Mr. Whiskers are not talking to him anymore about what to do next, Jerry knows that the pills are holding him back and needs them out of his life. With his sanity back, Jerry has a darling conversation with his love in the refrigerator and she becomes demanding on getting her a friend to chat with during her alone time in her tomb. Jerry would do anything for Fiona and he has to set his sights on another woman in the office, but finds out that killing on purpose might be more difficult than he expected.

This is delightfully twisted movie that just made me smile as it played out. Jerry is battling demons from his past and with the help of his psychiatrist, is given the tools to hold it together, but refuses to use them when he loses the ability to talk to his closest friends. I must admit that Mr. Whiskers made me laugh as he is the killer in the house and wants his owner Jerry to take his advice to heart. I am not going to say that cats are evil as I have never been able to own one, but I do believe that they are more demanding than other pets that you own and with that being said, if you piss them off, they will piss on you if you do not respect them one hundred percent. Just a fun horror movie that will make you wonder why anyone who is in their right mind might even consider a murder spree, especially when it comes to people that you love and adore. Stay Scared!

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