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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler: Daniel is tempted by Richard to give up and join him. When he mentions being again with Allison, Carter visibly shakes and can't hold it off anymore, submitting... and then he musters all the strenght he still has and tackles Powell into the Void]].

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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler: Daniel is tempted by Richard to give up and join him. When he mentions being again with Allison, Carter visibly shakes and can't hold it off anymore, submitting... and then he musters all the strenght he still has and tackles Powell into the Void]].Void]].
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: The cultist could easily take over the hospital, [[spoiler: perform the ritual and be done with it]]. Instead, they just stand outside for no real reason.

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* AnthropicPrinciple:
** [[spoiler: Carter's gun gets confiscated by Mitchell. This leads to a lenghty subplot in which the remaining characters try to get a shotgun from the police cruiser and are constantly underarmed]].
** [[spoiler: The cultists ''not'' storming the hospital, even if they could easily overpower everyone inside. Otherwise the film would end after first 20 minutes]].



* BreakThemByTalking: Villainous example. [[spoiler: Richard manages to successfully tempt Daniel into giving up and joining in]].



* TheCavalry: [[spoiler: In the last moment Vincent and Simon show up to mess the ceremony for long enough to eventually defeat the cult, albeit both Daniel and Vincent and up dead in the process]].

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* TheCavalry: [[spoiler: In the last moment [[BigDamnHeroes Vincent and Simon Simon]] show up to mess the ceremony for long enough to eventually defeat the cult, albeit both Daniel and Vincent and up dead in the process]].process]].
* ChekhovsGun:
** The whole bag full of [[spoiler: isopropyl alcohol]].
** The emergency flares and more than once.
** Subverted with [[spoiler: the retrived pistol, which is never fired again]].



* ConspicuousCG: While almost all effects are done using practical means and are really good, [[spoiler: the greenscreen showing empty desert behind Daniel and Allison in the final scene is almost painfully obvious]].



* DamselInDistress: Maggie is in final weeks of her pregnancy. [[spoiler: Allison gets kidnapped by resurrected Richard and most of the film is spend on attempted rescue]].



* DefiantToTheEnd:
** [[spoiler: Vincent, while being ripped into shreds and mauled, still douses himself and the newborn abomination with isopropyl alcohol and let Simon put them on fire]].
** [[spoiler: When given a chance, Daniel axes Richard. While it doesn't work and he's at the mercy of the insane doctor, he [[HeroicSacrifice still ends up tackling him into the Void]], all while having a knife in his back]].



* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler:Maggie, although it's unclear if she was being influenced by the Void, and she is horrified when she sees the [[IncrediblyLamePun fruits of her labor]].]]

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* EvilAllAlong: EnemyRisingBehind: During the trek to the cruiser to retrive supplies - and most importantly a shotgun - [[spoiler: one of the cultist rises behind Simon out of nowhere. Daniel mows him down with single shot]].
-->'''Daniel''': [[BrickJoke I'm keeping the fucking gun]]!
* EnfantTerrible: [[spoiler: The... thing coming out of Maggie. It's roughtly two times bigger than her, isn't even humanoid and while vicious, ''still makes baby weeping sounds'']].
* EvilAllAlong:
** [[spoiler: Dr. Richard Powell is the leader of those mysterious cultists and the BigBad of the story]].
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[[spoiler:Maggie, although it's unclear if she was being influenced by the Void, and she is horrified when she sees the [[IncrediblyLamePun fruits of her labor]].]]



* FauxActionGirl: [[spoiler: Allison is introduced as no non-sense, responsible nurse that is the only person keeping still trying to maintain order, while looking out for her patients. He ends up in Richard cluches within seconds after going alone for medical supplies and spends rest of the film as DamselInDistress and then a monster malformed so much she's not even vaguely humanoid anymore]].
* FetusTerrible: [[spoiler: Both the thing growing inside Allison and for the brief moment, Maggie's baby. When it's finally born, it upgrades to EnfantTerrible]].



* HannibalLecture: [[spoiler: Dr. Powell is ''really'' fond of the sound of his voice]].



* ItGetsEasier: [[spoiler: After Daniel shots Bev, he hits PTSD attack and suffers a breakdown. By third act he has absolutely no qualms about killing Allison, whom he was trying to rescue for past hour]].
* InMediasRes: The film opens with what looks like a murder of random young woman and then the plot picks up from there. While the context is eventually provided, none of the events prior to that scene are shown and they are only alluded or sparsly discussed.



* ItGetsEasier: [[spoiler: After Daniel shots Bev, he hits PTSD attack and has a breakdown. By third act he has absolutely no qualms about killing Allison, whom he was trying to rescue for past hour]].



* KillItWithFire: Vincent and Simon put on fire anyone or anything that they've killed. Or just ''wounded''. [[spoiler: It doesn't work with Transformed!Sarah, as it survives even being put ablaze]].



* LetsSplitUpGang: Completely unintentionally, but no counter-measure it taken when it happens. [[spoiler: When Daniel, Vincent, Simon and James are in the sub-basement, Vincent starts chasing a hallucination he has. Simon runs after his father, knowing something is off about his behaviour. This leaves Daniel with paranoid James, and soon Daniel is alone. However, they eventually reunite in the right moment]].



* TheLoad: James. For starters, he's a junky. A still drugged junky. And if that wasn't enough, [[spoiler: [[DrivenToMadness he was already roughted up by the cultists]]. However, when he turns into TheMilestone, Daniel feeds him to one of the monsters without any remorse and to buy some time]].
* MadDoctor: [[spoiler: Richard was already insane enough to start the cult and perform a string of ritual murders/summonings, but when he dies and get back himself, he goes on a lenghty rant about ability to study new, uncharted territory, while cutting off his own face. ForScience]]



* NoEnding: The final scene just cuts to black, in the middle of music note. And without explaining anything shown in said scene.



* NoSell: [[spoiler: Daniel axes Richard. He doesn't even flinch, while the axe remains in his shoulder]]



* OpenHeartDentistry: [[spoiler: Kim is not only just a nurse, but a nurse in training. And obviously in shock after just the initial bloodbath. Yet she has to perform a C-section]].
-->'''Kim:''' I don't know what half this stuff is!



* PrecisionFStrike: Happen few times, always involving Daniel.



* RuleOfSymbolism: When Simon lights up a flare to [[spoiler: put Vincent and the newborn monster, right behind him stands a statue of Mary with baby Jesus]].



* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler: And it quickly jumps into utright ShootTheShaggyDog territory. The whole "rescue" mission for Allison is obviously a wasted effort from the start, but it ends up with Daniel - the very person who forced this trek - chopping what's left of Allison into pieces with an axe]].

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* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler: And it quickly jumps into utright outright ShootTheShaggyDog territory. The whole "rescue" mission for Allison is obviously a wasted effort from the start, but it ends up with Daniel - the very person who forced this trek - chopping what's left of Allison into pieces with an axe]].



--> [[spoiler:'''Maggie:''' Dr. Powell is a great man. I'm so lucky to be carrying his child.]]

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--> [[spoiler:'''Maggie:''' Dr. Powell is a great man. I'm so lucky to be carrying his child.]]]]
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler: Daniel is tempted by Richard to give up and join him. When he mentions being again with Allison, Carter visibly shakes and can't hold it off anymore, submitting... and then he musters all the strenght he still has and tackles Powell into the Void]].

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* BlackGuyDiesFirst: Averted. The only non-white character is the asian Kim and she [[spoiler: doesn't die]].

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* BlackGuyDiesFirst: Averted. The only non-white character is the asian Kim and she [[spoiler: and she [[AvertedTrope doesn't die]].die]]]].
* BlackSpeech: [[spoiler: The rite in front of the gateway]] is performed using unspecified, harshly-sounding language.



* TheCavalry: [[spoiler: In the last moment Vincent and Simon show up to mess the ceremony for long enough to eventually defeat the cult, albeit both Daniel and Vincent and up dead in the process]].



* DarkestHour: [[spoiler: The cultists have taken over the hospital. Daniel is dying, with a knife in his back. The abomination born from Maggie kills her and is ready to finish Daniel, while Richard is triumphant in the background.... Cue Vincent and Simon crashing in, shotgun-blazing]].



-->[[spoiler: '''Powell''']]''':''' There are things much older. Older than time and they blessed me.
-->'''Daniel:''' Well, congratulations.



** Apparently there is [[spoiler: a whole sub-basement in the hospital, which doesn't really exist and is some sort of pocket dimension instead]]. It's also impossible to navigate inside of it and it almost looks like generating next rooms only when anyone enters it, leading where it wants to lead. Yes, a conscious plate - [[MindScrew it's that sort of story]].
-->'''Vincent:''' It's a rat maze.



* InTheBack: [[spoiler: Maggie]] kills this way [[spoiler: her grandfather and Daniel]], taking them both by complete surprise.
* ItGetsEasier: [[spoiler: After Daniel shots Bev, he hits PTSD attack and has a breakdown. By third act he has absolutely no qualms about killing Allison, whom he was trying to rescue for past hour]].



* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Inverted. [[spoiler: Turns out all those [[DroneOfDread Drones Of Dread]] are also heard in-universe]].



* MindScrew: Lots of it, especially in the latter parts of the film.

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* MindScrew: Lots of it, especially in the latter parts of the film.film, where visions, hallucinations and [[spoiler: mind control]] all start to happen in steadily increasing rate.


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* NoNameGiven: Every character in the story is named, even if they play no role in it or are TheGhost... exept for the girl from the very opening scene.


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* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: While Daniel and the characters from hospital are familiar with each other, nobody ever before met or saw James, Victor nor Simon. [[spoiler: Unlike typical group like that, not only none of the characters get along really well, they stay as such till the very end of the movie, making a barely cohesive pack]].


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* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler: And it quickly jumps into utright ShootTheShaggyDog territory. The whole "rescue" mission for Allison is obviously a wasted effort from the start, but it ends up with Daniel - the very person who forced this trek - chopping what's left of Allison into pieces with an axe]].


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* TheVoice: For most of his time after [[spoiler: death, Richard is reduced to being an omnious voice]].


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* WeHardlyKnewYe: One of the major issues of the film comes from extremely underdeveloped characters and handful of them dying without establishing anything about them. [[spoiler: Cliff is named only after he is killed and before that he was in single scene. Similarly, we don't even know what kind of person Bev was before she went insane]].
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--> [[spoiler:'''Maggie:''' Dr. Powell is a great man. I'm so lucky to be carrying his child.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: A rare villain-to-hero example. [[spoiler:Powell]] calls out Carter for [[spoiler:feeling relieved]] by the stillbirth of his and Allison's child.

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--> [[spoiler:'''Maggie:''' Dr. Powell is a great man. I'm so lucky to be carrying his child.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: A rare villain-to-hero example. [[spoiler:Powell]] calls out Carter for [[spoiler:feeling relieved]] by the stillbirth of his and Allison's child.
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* SlashedThroat: How [[spoiler:Maggie's grandfather]] is killed. [[spoiler:Powell]] is stabbed in the throat by James, but [[spoiler:he gets better.]]

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* SlashedThroat: How [[spoiler:Maggie's grandfather]] is killed. [[spoiler:Powell]] is stabbed in the throat by James, but [[spoiler:he gets better.]] [[CameBackWrong Sort of.]]]]

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* BodyHorror: Too many examples to list.

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* BodyHorror: Too Many, many examples abound. The creatures are horribly malformed versions of their human hosts to list.the point where they're practically unrecognizable.
* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:Upon seeing a vision of his wife and nearly killing [[MoralityChain Simon]] — who turns the gun on him — Vincent breaks down sobbing and apologizes.]]



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Vincent is introduced as an aggressive, cruel KnightTemplar, and retains this attitude over the course of the movie. However, it's clear that he loves Simon and only wants [[spoiler:to avenge their family.]]
* JumpScare: Subverted when Kim hides in the vent. There's a lingering shot of the corridor in front of her, but a disciple just casually walks in, without a ScareChord.
* KnifeNut: The Disciples all carry hunting knives. Also, Vincent is shown to have a large knife, though he never uses it.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: {{Jerkass}}: Vincent is introduced as an aggressive, cruel KnightTemplar, and retains this attitude over the course of the movie. He [[WouldHitAGirl tries to hurt Allison]] and refers to Kim as "the little teenage slut". Also, he strongly considers burning down what's left of the hospital.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold:
However, he eventually starts to cool down slightly, and it's clear that he loves Simon and only wants [[spoiler:to avenge their family.]]
* JumpScare: Subverted — or at least downplayed — when Kim hides in the vent. There's a lingering shot of the corridor in front of her, but a disciple just casually walks in, without a ScareChord.
* KnifeNut: The Disciples all carry hunting knives. Also, Vincent is shown to have a large knife, knife in his bag, though he never uses it.



* SlasherSmile: [[spoiler:Maggie]] wears a really creepy one after [[spoiler:she reveals her allegiance to Powell.]]

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* SlasherSmile: [[spoiler:Maggie]] wears bears a really creepy one after [[spoiler:she reveals her allegiance to Powell.]]



* TookALevelInKindness: To a minor extent. Vincent eventually starts to settle down a bit and stop working against everyone.



* WellIntentionedExtremist[=/=]WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:Sarah's death took a toll on Powell's mental well-being, driving him to do [[BlueAndOrangeMorality what he genuinely believes is best]] for humanity by defying death and bringing people's spirits back from the Void and placing them inside physical bodies, even though he realizes that most of the monsters he's made are failed experiments.]]

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* WellIntentionedExtremist[=/=]WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:Sarah's death took a toll on Powell's mental well-being, driving him to do [[BlueAndOrangeMorality what he genuinely WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Powell actually believes is best]] for he's doing humanity a favor by defying death and bringing people's spirits back from the Void abyss and placing them inside physical in human bodies, even though he realizes never mind the resulting carnage or the fact that most of the resulting monsters he's made are failed experiments.[[AndIMustScream don't want to be there]].]]
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* BetterToDieThanToBeKilled: [[spoiler:Vincent soaks himself in lighter fluid while Transformed!Sarah impales him with her tentacles, then orders Simon to throw a flare at him. Doubles as TakingYouWithMe, [[SubvertedTrope although that doesn't work out]].]]

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* BetterToDieThanToBeKilled: BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler:Vincent soaks himself in lighter fluid while Transformed!Sarah impales him with her tentacles, then orders Simon to throw a flare at him. Doubles as TakingYouWithMe, [[SubvertedTrope although that doesn't work out]].]]

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* AffablyEvil: From the start, [[spoiler:Powell]] is a kind man who appears to care for Daniel and Allison, [[spoiler:and attempts to reason with Vincent, Simon, and James.]] He also genuinely thinks he's doing something good.


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* EldritchAbomination: Discussed by [[spoiler:Powell]].


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* PoliteVillainsRudeHeroes: From the start, [[spoiler:Powell]] is kind and hospitable to everyone, and genuinely thinks he's doing the right thing. This contrasts sharply with the snarky Daniel and the wrathful Vincent.

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* TheNothingAfterDeath: [[spoiler:The Void is one, being a strange, somber place filled with alien ruins and stranger monsters.]]



* TheNothingAfterDeath: [[spoiler:The Void is one, being a strange, somber place filled with alien ruins and stranger monsters-it's not a place of suffering, but it isn't certainly anything interesting.]]
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* AffablyEvil: From the start, [[spoiler:Powell]] is a kind man who appears to care for Daniel and Allison, [[spoiler:and attempts to reason with Vincent, Simon, and James.]] He also genuinely thinks he's doing something good.


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* BetterToDieThanToBeKilled: [[spoiler:Vincent soaks himself in lighter fluid while Transformed!Sarah impales him with her tentacles, then orders Simon to throw a flare at him. Doubles as TakingYouWithMe, [[SubvertedTrope although that doesn't work out]].]]


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* SlashedThroat: How [[spoiler:Maggie's grandfather]] is killed. [[spoiler:Powell]] is stabbed in the throat by James, but [[spoiler:he gets better.]]

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* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Powell says that the monsters he created want to die, but that he won't let them.]]

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* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Powell says that the The monsters he created by [[spoiler:Powell]] want to die, but that he [[spoiler:he]] won't let them.]]



* DeadpanSnarker: In his first scene, Carter tells another officer that [[BlatantLies he's in the middle of a high-speed chase]]. And his lines just get better from there.



* TheFaceless: The Disciples wear white hoods with a black triangle painted over them, and their real faces are never shown.

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* TheFaceless: The Disciples wear white hoods with a black triangle triangles painted over them, and their real faces are never shown.



* JumpScare: Subverted when Kim hides in the vent. There's a lingering shot of the corridor in front of her, but a disciple just casually walks in, without a ScareChord.



* LightIsNotGood: The gateway to [[EldritchLocation the Void]] is a triangular, blinding white light, and the Disciples are dressed in white robes and hoods. There's nothing benevolent about either of these examples

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* LightIsNotGood: The gateway to [[EldritchLocation the Void]] is a triangular, blinding white light, and the Disciples are dressed in white robes and hoods. There's nothing benevolent about either of these examplesexamples.



* MoralityChain: Simon keeps Vincent from being completely antagonistic.



* SceneryGorn: The hospital basement.

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* SceneryGorn: The hospital basement.basement, due to being burned. And there's a lot emphasis on the "{{Gorn}}" later on.



* SlasherSmile: [[spoiler:Maggie]] wears a really creepy one after [[spoiler:she reveals her allegiance to Powell.]]



--> [[spoiler:'''Maggie:''' Dr. Powell is a great man. I'm happy to be carrying his child.]]

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--> [[spoiler:'''Maggie:''' Dr. Powell is a great man. I'm happy so lucky to be carrying his child.]]
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* TheNineties[=/=]TurnOfTheMillennium: Based on the background details (boxy cathode ray computer monitors, an almost-exclusive reliance on paper records and a mention of the slow and laborious conversion to electronic records, an absence of cell phones, and the 80s Crown Victorias; given that it's a small town, the police department has easily gone over ten years without updating its fleet of cruisers), the movie is likely set at some point between 1998 and the very beginning of 2003.
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* TheVoiceless: Simon never says a word.

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* TheVoiceless: Simon never says a word. There's a bandage on his neck, and Vincent implies that he was mutilated by the Disciples.

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* KnightTemplar: Vincent is hellbent on wiping out the cult, and will harm, kill, or hold hostage anyone who stands in his way.

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* KnightTemplar: Vincent is hellbent on wiping out the cult, and will harm, kill, or hold hostage anyone who stands in his way. [[spoiler:As well as the cult itself.]]



* ReligionOfEvil: Those weird guys in the triangular hoods don't seem particularly friendly. [[spoiler:Subverted-it turns out they and their leader, Dr. Powell, are actually {{Knight Templar}}s who do not actually worship anything.]]



* TokenMinority: Kim is asian and is the only non-white character.

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* TheNothingAfterDeath: [[spoiler:The Void is one, being a strange, somber place filled with alien ruins and stranger monsters-it's not a place of suffering, but it isn't certainly anything interesting.]]
* TokenMinority: Kim is asian Asian and is the only non-white character.
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* HelloNurse: Downplayed. Allison and Kim are very attractive, but aren't objectified in anyway.

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* HelloNurse: Downplayed. Allison and Kim are very attractive, but aren't objectified in anyway.any way.
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* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler:Maggie, although it's unclear if she was being influenced by the Void, and she is horrified when she sees the fruits of her labor.]]

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* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler:Maggie, although it's unclear if she was being influenced by the Void, and she is horrified when she sees the [[IncrediblyLamePun fruits of her labor.labor]].]]
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* FinalGirl: [[spoiler: Kim]].

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* FinalGirl: [[spoiler: Kim]].Kim. Although, Simon makes it out alive too]].

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Almost everybody in the hospital is dead, except for Simon and Kim, who are undoubtedly shaken up by the horrors they witnessed, and Daniel is reunited with Allison ... [[AFateWorseThanDeath in the Void]].]]

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Almost everybody in the hospital is dead, except for for Simon and Kim, who are undoubtedly shaken up by the horrors they witnessed, and Daniel is reunited with Allison ... [[AFateWorseThanDeath in the Void]].]]]]
* BlackGuyDiesFirst: Averted. The only non-white character is the asian Kim and she [[spoiler: doesn't die]].


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* FinalGirl: [[spoiler: Kim]].


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* HelloNurse: Downplayed. Allison and Kim are very attractive, but aren't objectified in anyway.


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* TokenMinority: Kim is asian and is the only non-white character.
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* KnightTemplar: Vincent is hellbent on wiping out the cult, and will harm, kill, or hold hostage anyone who stands in his way.

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* AntiHero: Carter is a mix between types III and IV. He's [[GoodIsNotNice perfectly willing to let Vincent and Simon smash James' hands with a hammer]], but he's overall a decent guy who wants to protect Allison from harm.

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* AntiHero: Carter is a mix between types III and IV. He's [[GoodIsNotNice perfectly willing to let Vincent and Simon smash James' hands with a hammer]], but overall, he's overall a decent guy who wants to protect Allison from harm.harm. Vincent and Simon are a straight type IV.



* CameBackWrong: What else would you expect when you try to bring people back from a place called the Void?

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* CameBackWrong: What else would you expect when you try to bring people back from a place called [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace the Void?Void]]?



* LightIsNotGood: The gateway to the Void is triangular, blinding white light, and the Disciples are dressed in white robes and hoods. Neither of these examples show any sense of benevolence.

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* LightIsNotGood: The gateway to [[EldritchLocation the Void Void]] is a triangular, blinding white light, and the Disciples are dressed in white robes and hoods. Neither There's nothing benevolent about either of these examples show any sense of benevolence.examples



--> '''Carter:''' I'm keeping the fucking gun!

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--> '''Carter:''' I'm keeping the fucking [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] gun!


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* TearOffYourFace: Beverly cuts off her face with a scalpel.
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* AntiHero: Carter is a mix between types III and IV. He's perfectly willing to let Vincent and Simon smash James' hands with a hammer, but he wants to protect Allison from harm.

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* AntiHero: Carter is a mix between types III and IV. He's [[GoodIsNotNice perfectly willing to let Vincent and Simon smash James' hands with a hammer, hammer]], but he he's overall a decent guy who wants to protect Allison from harm.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: The [[EldritchAbomination beings]] "[[TimeAbyss older than time]]" mentioned by [[spoiler:Powell.]]

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* GreaterScopeVillain: The [[EldritchAbomination beings]] "[[TimeAbyss older than time]]" mentioned by [[spoiler:Powell.]]]] They're never seen, but nothing in the movie would have happened were it not for their existence.

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* ColdOpening: It opens with Vincent and Simon chasing a young woman from a house and [[KillItWithFire burning her alive]], then letting James get away so they can chase him down.



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The father (listed as "Vincent" on IMDb) is introduced as an aggressive KnightTemplar, and retains this attitude over the course of the movie. However, it's clear that he loves Simon and only wants [[spoiler:to avenge their family.]]
* KnifeNut: The Disciples all carry hunting knives.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The father (listed as "Vincent" on IMDb) Vincent is introduced as an aggressive aggressive, cruel KnightTemplar, and retains this attitude over the course of the movie. However, it's clear that he loves Simon and only wants [[spoiler:to avenge their family.]]
* KnifeNut: The Disciples all carry hunting knives. Also, Vincent is shown to have a large knife, though he never uses it.



* MrExposition: Powell provides lots of information about the events prior to the movie, such as Allison's stillborn child.



* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Lampshaded by Carter, after blowing away a Disciple with one.
--> '''Carter:''' I'm keeping the fucking gun!



--> [[spoiler:'''Maggie:''' Dr. Powell is a great man. I'm happy to be carrying his child.]]

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--> [[spoiler:'''Maggie:''' Dr. Powell is a great man. I'm happy to be carrying his child.]]]]
* WhatTheHellHero: A rare villain-to-hero example. [[spoiler:Powell]] calls out Carter for [[spoiler:feeling relieved]] by the stillbirth of his and Allison's child.

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* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler:Maggie, although it's unclear if she was being influenced by the Void, and she is horrified when she sees the fruits of her labor.]]



* GreaterScopeVillain: The beings "older than time" mentioned by [[spoiler:Powell.]]
* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler:Powell. For whatever reason, he's the only person to come back from the Void and retain his human form.]]

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* GreaterScopeVillain: The beings "older [[EldritchAbomination beings]] "[[TimeAbyss older than time" time]]" mentioned by [[spoiler:Powell.]]
* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler:Powell. For whatever reason, he's the only person to come back from the Void and retain his human form.form, albeit with a lot less skin, though this is implied to be self-inflicted.]]



* KnifeNut: The disciples all carry hunting knives.

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* KnifeNut: The disciples Disciples all carry hunting knives.knives.
* LightIsNotGood: The gateway to the Void is triangular, blinding white light, and the Disciples are dressed in white robes and hoods. Neither of these examples show any sense of benevolence.



* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Carter, barely clinging to life, jumps into the Void and takes Powell with him.]]

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* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Carter, barely clinging to life, jumps throws Powell and himself into the Void and takes Powell with him.Void.]]
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* GenreThrowback: To eighties horror, especially the work of Creator/JohnCarpenter.
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* AntiHero: Carter is a mix between types III and IV. He's perfectly willing to let Vincent and his son smash the junkie's hands with a hammer, but he wants to protect Allison from harm.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Almost everybody in the hospital is dead, except for Vincent's son and Kim, who are undoubtedly shaken up by the horrors they witnessed, and Daniel is reunited with Allison ... [[AFateWorseThanDeath in the Void]].]]

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* AntiHero: Carter is a mix between types III and IV. He's perfectly willing to let Vincent and his son Simon smash the junkie's James' hands with a hammer, but he wants to protect Allison from harm.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Almost everybody in the hospital is dead, except for Vincent's son Simon and Kim, who are undoubtedly shaken up by the horrors they witnessed, and Daniel is reunited with Allison ... [[AFateWorseThanDeath in the Void]].]]



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The father (listed as "Vincent" on IMDb) is introduced as an aggressive KnightTemplar, and retains this attitude over the course of the movie. However, it's clear that he loves his son and only wants [[spoiler:to avenge their family.]]

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The father (listed as "Vincent" on IMDb) is introduced as an aggressive KnightTemplar, and retains this attitude over the course of the movie. However, it's clear that he loves his son Simon and only wants [[spoiler:to avenge their family.]]



* TheVoiceless: Vincent's son never says a word.

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* TheVoiceless: Vincent's son Simon never says a word.

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* AntiHero: Carter is a mix between types III and IV. He's perfectly willing to let Vincent and his son smash the junkie's hands with a hammer, but he wants to protect Allison from harm.



* BodyHorror: Too many examples to count.

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* BodyHorror: Too many examples to count.list.



* {{Cult}}: The disciples outside the hospital, lead by [[spoiler:Dr. Richard Powell.]]

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* {{Cult}}: The disciples Disciples outside the hospital, lead by [[spoiler:Dr. Richard Powell.]]



* EldritchLocation: The Void itself.
* TheFaceless: The Disciples wear white hoods with a black triangle painted over them, and their real faces are never shown.



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The father (listed as "Vincent" on IMDb) is introduced as a violent KnightTemplar, and doesn't change all that much over the course of the movie. However, it's clear that he loves his son and only wants [[spoiler:to avenge their family.]]

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* GreaterScopeVillain: The beings "older than time" mentioned by [[spoiler:Powell.]]
* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler:Powell. For whatever reason, he's the only person to come back from the Void and retain his human form.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The father (listed as "Vincent" on IMDb) is introduced as a violent an aggressive KnightTemplar, and doesn't change all that much retains this attitude over the course of the movie. However, it's clear that he loves his son and only wants [[spoiler:to avenge their family.]]



* WellIntentionedExtremist[=/=]WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:Sarah's death took a toll on Powell's mental well-being, driving him to believe that he's [[BlueAndOrangeMorality genuinely doing what's best]] for people by defying death and bringing them back from the Void, even though he realizes that most of the monsters he's made are failed experiments.]]

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* WellIntentionedExtremist[=/=]WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:Sarah's death took a toll on Powell's mental well-being, driving him to believe that he's do [[BlueAndOrangeMorality what he genuinely doing what's believes is best]] for people humanity by defying death and bringing them people's spirits back from the Void, Void and placing them inside physical bodies, even though he realizes that most of the monsters he's made are failed experiments.]]
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* WellIntentionedExtremist[=/=]WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:Sarah's death took a toll on Powell's mental well-being, driving him to believe that he's [[BlueAndOrangeMorality genuinely doing what's best]] for people by defying death and bringing them back from the Void, even though he realizes that most of the monsters he's made are failed experiments.]]

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* WellIntentionedExtremist[=/=]WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:Sarah's death took a toll on Powell's mental well-being, driving him to believe that he's [[BlueAndOrangeMorality genuinely doing what's best]] for people by defying death and bringing them back from the Void, even though he realizes that most of the monsters he's made are failed experiments.]]
* WhamLine: [[spoiler:Maggie]] gives a whopper of one.
--> [[spoiler:'''Maggie:''' Dr. Powell is a great man. I'm happy to be carrying his child.
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Tagline}} There is a hell. This is worse.]]]]



* AnAxeToGrind: There are two axes featured in the movie, both of which come in handy when dispatching monsters.



* CameBackWrong: What else would you expect when you try to bring people back from a place called the Void?
* CosmicHorrorStory[=/=]LovecraftLite: It falls somewhere between these two spectrums. On one hand, it's action-packed [[spoiler:and has a relatively hopeful ending]], but on the other, there are proven to be [[EldritchAbomination ancient forces out there beyond human comprehension]], and [[TimeAbyss far older than time as we know it]], and the afterlife isn't really shown to be a place one would want to go.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: "Statistically, you're more likely to die in a hospital than anywhere else." [[SarcasmMode Subtle]].



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The father (listed as "Vincent" on IMDb) is introduced as a violent KnightTemplar

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The father (listed as "Vincent" on IMDb) is introduced as a violent KnightTemplarKnightTemplar, and doesn't change all that much over the course of the movie. However, it's clear that he loves his son and only wants [[spoiler:to avenge their family.]]



* MindScrew: Lots of it, especially in the latter parts of the film.
* SceneryGorn: The hospital basement.



* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:Sarah's death took a toll on Powell's mental well-being, driving him to believe the insane things he does.]]

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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: WellIntentionedExtremist[=/=]WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:Sarah's death took a toll on Powell's mental well-being, driving him to believe that he's [[BlueAndOrangeMorality genuinely doing what's best]] for people by defying death and bringing them back from the insane things Void, even though he does.realizes that most of the monsters he's made are failed experiments.]]
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''The Void'' is a 2016 horror/sci-fi film.

Officer Daniel Carter is sitting in his cruiser on a desolate road one night, when he finds a man covered in blood. He brings the man to a hospital, where one of the nurses murders a patient and mutilates herself. Shortly after, he finds the hospital surrounded by a group of mysterious hooded figures, and something far more horrific inside the hospital itself.

!!The Void contains examples of:

* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Powell says that the monsters he created want to die, but that he won't let them.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Almost everybody in the hospital is dead, except for Vincent's son and Kim, who are undoubtedly shaken up by the horrors they witnessed, and Daniel is reunited with Allison ... [[AFateWorseThanDeath in the Void]].]]
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: [[spoiler:Powell]] seriously believes that [[spoiler:he's]] helping people by [[spoiler:turning them into monsters from the Void.]]
* BodyHorror: Too many examples to count.
* {{Cult}}: The disciples outside the hospital, lead by [[spoiler:Dr. Richard Powell.]]
* DarkMessiah: [[spoiler:Powell]] is this to [[spoiler:his]] disciples.
* {{Gorn}}: YES.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The father (listed as "Vincent" on IMDb) is introduced as a violent KnightTemplar
* KnifeNut: The disciples all carry hunting knives.
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Carter, barely clinging to life, jumps into the Void and takes Powell with him.]]
* TheVoiceless: Vincent's son never says a word.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:Sarah's death took a toll on Powell's mental well-being, driving him to believe the insane things he does.]]

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