Deputy Daniel Carter (Aaron Poole) brings an injured young man to a small hospital where his estranged wife, Allison (Kathleen Munroe), works as a nurse under Dr Richard Powell (Kenneth Welsh). Then a nurse brutally kills a patient, hooded cultists surround the building, and two armed men arrive hunting the patient Daniel brought in.
The film is at its best when it shows off its creatures. They are slimy, tentacled and horribly real, built with old-fashioned practical effects. The hooded cultists are also very creepy.
The story, though, is confusing, and many of the characters are thin. The second half becomes a series of chaotic scenes in the basement, and the mythology is left very vague.
It is not as strong as the classics it admires. But The Void is a gory, ambitious love letter to 1980s horror, and its effects alone make it worth a watch for genre fans.









