Here’s a strange one. Hospitals and horror are more staple as steak and eggs, so usually your expectations aren’t going to be high when you’ve seen something done to death. This time it was interesting to see a few new rabbits pulled out of the hat.
Set in what is presumably sister-fucking hick county, Carter the cop can’t traffic ticket his way out of this one when he’s faced with a terrible supernatural force which reaches all the way down into a dark local history. That’s all the excuse needed for people to start tearing their faces off. If you like gore, you’re probably going to like this.
There’s some pretty good stuff here. Brutal fights, buckets of blood and impressive props, all the while punctured with strange nightmarish sequences. Each moment of evil is refreshingly unpredictable and violent, and the score is oppressively atmospheric; nice to know Lustmord is still turning tricks.
Yet I’m not sure if it could have been casted better. Fathers does a great job of being a jerk, but many of the others just don’t seem scripted or arranged right. Poole in particular only feels like a wiped out hysterical goon and only became irritating to me.
Finally, the film really suffers from a lack of suspense. As this was clearly made by horror enthusiasts, it’s bewildering to see so few moments where a moment of tension is allowed to be built up and released. And despite its fiery entrance, The Void rapidly loses momentum by the midpoint, slowly grinding to an uninteresting halt by the end.
5/10
Possession Media 