Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘The Void’

Written by Scott Edwards

I must admit that there is something special about living in a small town. While it may not be for everyone, the ones that tend to make it comfortable for new folks, do not seem to care that everyone knows their business. What upsets big city folk when trying to make it in a less hectic lifestyle is the lack of privacy, but let me ask you, is that a bad thing? There is something to be said about knowing your neighbors very well, like family if you will, and knowing if they are going to flip out when your dog leaves a present in their yard, gives you an idea of what kind of people they are. Knowing your neighbor better than your own family can help out more than you could ever imagine, but since so many of us are afraid to allow anyone new into our lives, our isolation makes life much more difficult than it should be.
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Struggling to stay awake while on the night shift, Officer Daniel Carter sees a man who seems to be in distress. Thinking that he is just drunk, Daniel sees that the man is covered in blood and rushes him to the local hospital. Being the dead of night, only a skeleton crew awaits him, but it should be enough to find out what is wrong with the stranger. But before Daniel is able to get a read on how things are going, the night takes a turn towards the unusual.

Heading to the stranger’s room, Daniel is greeted by Beverly who has a something special for him.  Brandishing a scalpel to attack the officer, Beverly is not in charge of her body and Daniel does what he needs to in order to protect himself. Killing the possessed nurse, Daniel is taken off the case by his ranking officer Mitchell who wants to get to the bottom of what is happening in the hospital. But not everything is as it should be when leaving the grounds as a group of sheet wearing followers descend on the hospital. Trying to leave is out of the question as Daniel takes a shallow knife to the chest. Knowing that there is something strange happening, nobody in the hospital truly understands what it has in store for them. 

Hearing screams from the stranger’s room, Daniel and Mitchell see a creature that is coming out of Beverly’s body and do not have any sort of plan to kill it. As two more strangers make it into the hospital, a father and son team who know that these things can die take a shot, but it may not be enough for anyone as the darkness closes in on them. With their own problems to worry about, there are still patients in the hospital that need tending to. Trying to take care of a young pregnant girl is the first step in making sure things will be all right, but when Allison the nurse goes missing, Daniel will do anything to reunite himself with his ex-wife and is willing to take steps he never thought he would ever need to take.

I think I will just leave it at that, because the more you know about the movie, the less impressed you are going to be. I will openly admit that after hearing what other people have said about this movie, I had high expectations and I was not bummed out at all. With all of the twists and turns and everything going wrong in the hospital, I did not think that anyone would be able to leave there alive. I liked how all of the different side stories pulled together in the end and you get to see what hell on earth might actually look like. With a couple of monsters, blind followers, plenty of blood and guts and never having to fear death again, this movie takes you down a rabbit hole that I tried desperately to climb out of. Stay Scared.

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