Horror has been strong so far this year, what with
Get Out, The Girl with All the Gifts,
Split, and more hitting the airwaves, and it’s only going to
get better. The Void has been on our radar since Fantastic
Fest, and as it creeps ever closer to release, there’s a new domestic trailer
to warp your fragile little mind.
Though it boasts a producer from TheWitch, The Void looks like something very
different. (And to be fair, it could also list producers of TheRaid, Lords of Salem,
Timecrimes, Jiro Dreams of Sushi, Portal to Hell, and
many other disparate titles if so inclined.) And it looks like something completely unhinged
and rad, like the bastard child of John Carpenter.
I’m not even sure where to start with The Void. This trailer's a mashup of every great ‘80s horror, sci-fi, demon possession, and cult element,
the mixture is just delightful. It’s got an ominous synth score, creepy figures
cloaked in sheets, mysterious symbols, a dude with an ax, shrieking, screaming,
gore, and all the wonderful waking nightmare elements I look for in a movie. This makes me want to
giggle I’m so excited.
Here the official synopsis for The Void,
but it only hints at the mayhem of this trailer.
When police officer Carter (Aaron Poole) discovers a blood-soaked man limping down a deserted road, he rushes him to a local hospital with a barebones, night shift staff. As cloaked, cult-like figures surround the building, the patients and staff inside start to turn ravenously insane. Trying to protect the survivors, Carter leads them into the depths of the hospital where they discover a gateway to immense evil.
And here’s a short U.K. teaser that dropped last month and
may also break your brain.
Written and directed by Jeremy Gillespie, who worked in the
art department for the likes of Pacific Rim and SuicideSquad, and Steven Kostanski, who helmed Manborg,
The Void stars Kathleen Munroe
(Resurrection), Ellen Wong (Scott Pilgrim vs. the
World), Kenneth Welsh (The Exorcism of Emily
Rose), Aaron Poole (Forsaken), and more.
The Void hits theaters and VOD on April
7, prepare thyself.
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