‘The Void’ serves up effective horror scares (movie review) | The Salt … – Salt Lake Tribune

Carter gets James to the hospital, followed by a gunman, Vincent (Daniel Fathers), and his mute son, Simon (Mik Byskov), who are trying to kill James. Hordes of white-hooded figures surround the building, wielding hunting knives against anyone who ventures outside. And a kindly nurse, Beverly (Stephanie Belding), out of nowhere starts stabbing another patient through the eyeball.

Then things start getting weird.

It's up to Carter to enlist Vincent's help to save everyone in the hospital's waiting room including a pregnant woman, Maggie (Grace Munro), a skittish intern (Ellen Wong), a state trooper (Art Hindle), and the wise old Dr. Powell (played by the veteran character actor Kenneth Welsh) and unravel the mystery in the hospital's basement.

Gillespie, an art director, and Kostanski, a makeup effects artist, employ a lot of in-camera creature effects that are really gross and exceedingly cool. By putting the monsters literally in the room with the actors, the blood-drenched mayhem has an immediate, you-are-there feel that computer-made effects can't match.

The mythological aspects of "The Void" don't always mesh neatly with the monster-movie scares. But, in the moment, it will scare you silly which is really all that matters with a good horror movie.

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