Line #61 Film/TheVoid


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Tagline}} There is a hell. This is worse.]]]]
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4	''The Void'' is a 2016 {{Cosmic Horror\|Story}} film starring Aaron Poole, Creator/KennethWelsh, Creator/EllenWong, and Creator/ArtHindle.
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6	Officer Daniel Carter (Poole) is sitting in his cruiser on a desolate road one night, when he finds a man (Evan Stern) 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.
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8	!!The Void contains examples of:
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10	* AndIMustScream: The monsters created by [[spoiler:Powell]] want to die, but [[spoiler:he]] won't let them. This is horribly demonstrated by a zombie trying to kill himself by repeatedly ramming his head into a pike, but it doesn't do any good.
11	* AnthropicPrinciple:
12	** [[spoiler: Carter's gun gets confiscated by Mitchell. This leads to a lengthy subplot in which the remaining characters try to get a shotgun from the police cruiser and are constantly underarmed]].
13	** [[spoiler: The cultists ''not'' storming the hospital, even if they could easily overpower everyone inside. Someone eventually reasons that their goal is to keep everyone corralled inside, not to attack them]].
14	* AntiHero: Carter is a [[GoodIsNotNice perfectly willing to let Vincent and Simon smash James' hands with a hammer]], but overall, he's a decent guy who wants to protect Allison from harm.
15	* ArcSymbol: Triangles and pyramids are the sign of the Void.
16	* ArtisticLicenseChemistry: Neither gasoline nor isopropyl alcohol burn in bright, yellow light. And they don't have similar flame either. Whatever was used on set, it had sodium mixed in, giving a very bright and very characteristic yellow flame.
17	* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Maggie was a part of Powell's cult all along and killed her own grandfather for no good reason. She ends up dying giving birth to the mutated Sarah.]]
18	* BaitAndSwitchCharacterIntro: The movie opens with two men shooting their way through a house, murdering a young woman and burning her body, then giving chase to her boyfriend. [[spoiler: They're actually the ''good'' guys (for a certain value of "good", admittedly), and the woman was an evil cultist]].
19	* 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]].]]
20	* BigBad: [[spoiler:Dr. Richard Powell]] leads the cult tormenting the hospital.
21	* 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]]. On the other hand, thanks to Daniel, Vincent, and Simon, Powell and his monsters are defeated and the world is saved for the time being.]]
22	* BlackSpeech: [[spoiler: The rite in front of the gateway]] is performed using unspecified, harsh-sounding language.
23	* BlasphemousBoast: "I refuse to let death be the end. I defy God."
24	* BlueAndOrangeMorality: [[spoiler:Powell]] seriously believes that [[spoiler:he's]] helping people by [[spoiler:turning them into monsters from the Void]].
25	* BolivianArmyEnding: [[spoiler:Daniel and Allison are both trapped in the Void staring at an EldritchAbomination floating high above them, but we don't see what happens next.]]
26	* BodyHorror: Many, many examples abound. The creatures are horribly malformed versions of their human hosts to the point where they're practically unrecognizable.
27	* 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.]]
28	* BreakThemByTalking: Villainous example. [[spoiler: Richard manages to successfully tempt Daniel into giving up and joining in. [[WhatYouAreInTheDark Subverted at the last minute]] when Daniel throws Richard [[HeroicSacrifice and himself into the Void]]]].
29	* ButtMonkey: James, by far. First, he's [[spoiler: kidnapped by a cult, drugged, forced to participate in sadistic sex rituals, and to watch them murder people]]. Then, [[spoiler: he barely escapes death, only to be taken to a hospital where he's sedated by the same man who kidnapped him, wakes up to being attacked by the Beverly-creature, and is knocked unconscious and handcuffed to a rail for rightfully killing the Big Bad]]. And when he tells everyone what happened to him, they [[spoiler: don't believe him, assume he's part of the cult that tortured him, and drag him against his will into the basement]] where he is [[spoiler: promptly murdered, mercifully quick, by a monster]].
30	* CameBackWrong: What else would you expect when you try to bring people back from a place called [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace the Void]]?
31	* TheCavalry: [[spoiler: In the last moment [[BigDamnHeroes Vincent and Simon]] show up to mess with the ceremony for long enough to eventually defeat the cult, albeit both Daniel and Vincent end up dead in the process]].
32	* ChekhovsGun:
33	** The whole bag full of [[spoiler: isopropyl alcohol]].
34	** The emergency flares and more than once.
35	** Subverted with [[spoiler: the retrieved pistol, which is never fired again]].
36	* ChestBurster: Two women are impregnated with extradimensional monsters that later come violently bursting out of their stomachs.
37	* 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.
38	* CooldownHug: [[spoiler: Kim and Simon have a platonic version of this after the night is over due to the trauma both have experienced]].
39	* CosmicHorrorStory: The movie falls somewhere between this and LovecraftLite. On one hand, the only afterlife is [[spoiler:a barren landscape ruled over by an EldritchAbomination, and unless the tagline[[labelnote:*]]"There is a hell. This is worse."[[/labelnote]] is meant to be taken literally, then [[TheNothingAfterDeath that's where you go when you die]]. It's never made clear what said entity's intentions are, but they're definitely not good.]] On the other hand, the monsters are fightable, and [[spoiler:in the end, the heroes triumph over the bad guys.]]
40	* CreepyBasement: The characters descend into the basement of the hospital [[spoiler: to rescue someone when an entire sub-level just appears before them, filled with monsters and leading to a portal to another dimension. This basement level itself is not even "real" exactly, and disappears at the end]].
41	* {{Cult}}: The Disciples outside the hospital, lead by [[spoiler:Dr. Richard Powell.]]
42	* DamselInDistress: Maggie is in the final weeks of her pregnancy. [[spoiler: Allison gets kidnapped by a resurrected Richard and most of the film is spent on attempted rescue]].
43	* DarkMessiah: [[spoiler:Powell, who refers to his followers as his "disciples" and promises to "save" everyone in the hospital. Of course, his idea of saving them entails placing the warped souls of the deceased inside their bodies, turning them into horrific monsters that want to die but can't.]]
44	* 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]].
45	* 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.
46	-->[[spoiler: '''Powell''']]''':''' There are things much older. Older than time. And they blessed me.
47	-->'''Daniel:''' Well, congratulations.
48	* DefiantToTheEnd:
49	** [[spoiler: Vincent, while being ripped into shreds and mauled, still douses himself and the newborn abomination with isopropyl alcohol and lets Simon light them on fire]].
50	** [[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]].
51	* EldritchAbomination: Discussed by [[spoiler:Powell]]. Some amoral entity from the other side gave [[spoiler:him]] the means to bring people back from the dead, though certainly [[CameBackWrong not the way they wanted]]. While the tentacled monsters summoned from the Void are quite creepy, the actual godlike Eldritch Abomination is revealed at the end [[spoiler:to be [[SinisterGeometry a giant floating pyramid]] (the symbol of the cult), or at least that's the form that Daniel and Allison perceive it as.]]
52	* EldritchLocation:
53	** The Void itself. It's an apparently endless barren wasteland covered with alien architecture and strange creatures floating among the stars.
54	** 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 it's generating more rooms only when anyone enters it, leading where it wants to lead. Yes, a conscious place - [[MindScrew it's that sort of story]].
55	--->'''Vincent:''' It's a rat maze.
56	* EnemyRisingBehind: During the trek to the cruiser to retrieve supplies - and most importantly a shotgun - [[spoiler: one of the cultists rises behind Simon out of nowhere. Daniel mows him down with a single shot]].
57	-->'''Daniel''': [[BrickJoke I'm keeping the fucking gun]]!
58	* EnfantTerrible: [[spoiler: The... thing coming out of Maggie. It's roughly two times bigger than her, isn't even humanoid and while vicious, ''[[NightmareFuel still makes baby weeping sounds]]'']].
59	* EvilAllAlong:
60	** [[spoiler: Dr. Richard Powell is the leader of those mysterious cultists and the BigBad of the story]].
61	** [[spoiler: Maggie, although it's unclear if she was being influenced by the Void, and she is horrified when she sees the [[{{Pun}} fruits of her labor]].]]
62	* EyeScream: After [[spoiler:Bev]] goes insane, she's seen pulling a pair of scissors out of an unlucky patient's eye socket, who's thankfully already dead at this point.
63	* TheFaceless: The Disciples wear white hoods with a black triangle painted over them, and their real faces are never shown.
64	* FetusTerrible: [[spoiler: Both the thing growing inside Allison and, for a brief moment, Maggie's baby. When it's finally born, it upgrades to EnfantTerrible]].
65	* {{Fingore}}: Subverted. While interrogating James, Simon swings the back end of a hammer at his fingers ... and then deliberately misses. This doesn't stop James from screaming, though.
66	* {{Foil}}: Carter, to [[spoiler:Powell. Both of them lost children, although Carter's child was stillborn, whereas Powell's daughter was a little older when she died. Furthermore, whereas Powell is grief-stricken over the loss of his daughter, Carter is accused by Powell of being relieved at said stillbirth, and Powell is always polite and soft-spoken as opposed to the crass and stubborn Carter.]]
67	* {{Foreshadowing}}: "Statistically, you're more likely to die in a hospital than anywhere else." [[SarcasmMode Subtle]].
68	* GenreThrowback: To eighties horror, especially the work of Creator/JohnCarpenter. It essentially starts out as ''Film/{{Assault On Precinct 13\|1976}}'' and later becomes ''Film/{{The Thing\|1982}}'' mixed with ''Film/PrinceOfDarkness''.
69	* {{Gorn}}: YES.
70	* 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.
71	* {{Hallucinations}}: The characters start seeing things that aren't really there. And it only goes from there when [[spoiler: they venture into the basement of the building. Which is actually the entrance to an EldritchLocation]].
72	* HannibalLecture: [[spoiler: Dr. Powell is ''really'' fond of the sound of his voice]].
73	* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler:Carter throws himself into the Void to kill Powell.]]
74	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Daniel ultimately defeats Powell by tackling him in front of the portal so that they'll both be trapped in the Void.]]
75	* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler:Powell. For whatever reason, he's the only person to come back from the Void and retain his human form, albeit with a lot less skin, though this is purely self-inflicted.]]
76	* ItGetsEasier: [[spoiler: After Daniel shoots Bev, he has a PTSD attack and suffers a breakdown. By the third act he has absolutely no qualms about killing Allison, whom he was trying to rescue for the past hour]].
77	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Mitchell]] is impaled by ''several'' of a mutated Beverly's tentacles.
78	* InMediasRes: The film opens with what looks like the murder of a 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 to or sparsely discussed.
79	* InTheBack: [[spoiler: Maggie]] kills [[spoiler: her grandfather and Daniel]] this way, taking them both by complete surprise.
80	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Vincent is introduced as an abrasive, ruthless KnightTemplar, and retains this attitude over the course of the movie. He [[WouldHitAGirl tries to attack Allison]] and refers to Maggie as "the teenage fucking slut". Also, he strongly considers burning down what's left of the hospital with everyone still in it. However, he eventually starts to cool down slightly, and it's clear that he loves Simon and only wants [[spoiler:to avenge their family.]]
81	* {{Jerkass}}: Mitchell is rather smug and patronizes Daniel.
82	* 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, with a slight ScareChord.
83	* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Maggie dies giving birth to Powell's child, after killing her own grandpa, revealing herself to be a member of Powell's cult, and sticking a knife in Daniel's back.]]
84	* KillItWithFire: Vincent and Simon set 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]].
85	* KillTheOnesYouLove: [[spoiler:When Daniel finally finds Allison in the bowels of the hospital's basement, she's long past the point of rescue, leaving him no choice but to give her a MercyKill by fire axe.]]
86	* 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.]]
87	* LeaderWannabe: Mitchell attempts to take charge after arriving at the hospital, because he views Daniel as unfit for the position.
88	* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Inverted. [[spoiler: Turns out all those [[DroneOfDread Drones Of Dread]] are also heard in-universe]].
89	* LetsSplitUpGang: Completely unintentionally, but no counter-measure is 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 at the right moment]].
90	* 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.
91	* TheLoad: Carter, Vincent, and Simon drag James into the basement with them against his will, despite him being handcuffed, defenseless, and claiming to not be involved with the cult. As it turns out, [[spoiler: he had been kidnapped by the cult and brought to that location though not willingly]].
92	* LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler:Powell's ultimate goal is to bring his daughter back from the Void and place her spirit inside Maggie's unborn child, turning the infant into a horrific monster. He had experimented with many others before resurrecting her.]]
93	* MadDoctor: [[spoiler: Richard was already insane enough to start the cult and perform a string of ritual murders/summonings, but when he dies and gets back himself, he goes on a lengthy rant about his ability to study new, uncharted territory, while cutting off his own face. ForScience.]]
94	* MindScrew: Lots of it, especially in the later parts of the film, where visions, hallucinations and [[spoiler: mind control]] all start to happen at a steadily increasing rate.
95	* MoralityChain: Simon keeps Vincent from being completely antagonistic.
96	* MrExposition: Powell provides lots of information about the events prior to the movie, such as Allison's stillborn child.
97	* {{Necromantic}}: The leader of the cult is driven to pursue life after death because of the loss of [[spoiler: his beloved daughter. He then makes a DealWithTheDevil with otherworldly forces to bring people back from the dead but [[CameBackWrong they turn into tortured mutants]] as a result]].
98	* NoEnding: The final scene just cuts to black, in the middle of a music note. And without explaining anything shown in said scene.
99	* NoNameGiven:
100	** Every character in the story is named, even if they play no role in it or are TheGhost... except for the girl from the very opening scene.
101	** Simon and Vincent were given their names in early drafts of the script but are never called by name in the movie itself. They're credited as "the father" and "the son".
102	* NoSell: [[spoiler: Daniel axes Richard. He doesn't even flinch, while the axe remains lodged in his shoulder.]]
103	* TheNothingAfterDeath: [[spoiler:The Void is one, being a strange, somber place filled with alien ruins and stranger monsters.]]
104	* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: Towards the end of the film, Kim is alone and hiding in a closet while a cultist is armed with a fireaxe and is clearly walking around searching for her in the hallways. When we next see Kim meeting Simon at the end, she has the fireaxe and the cultist is shown with his head smashed to bits, while a fire extinguisher is discarded nearby. The implication being that Kim bashed the cultist's head in and stole the axe from him]].
105	* 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]].
106	-->'''Kim:''' I don't know what half this stuff is!
107	* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Most of the monsters are essentially zombies, being the mutated bodies of humans with souls from the Void placed inside them. They would certainly qualify as undead of some kind, though destroying the brain does not actually work.
108	* PeriodPiece: Released in 2016, the film seems to take place sometime in 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, a box full of Polaroids, and the 80s Crown Victorias. Given that it's a small town, and thus behind the times in terms of technology, the movie is likely set at some point between 1998 and the very beginning of 2003.
109	* ThePlace
110	* 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.
111	* PrecisionFStrike: Happens a few times, always involving Daniel.
112	* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: While Daniel and the characters from the hospital are familiar with each other, nobody has ever met or seen James, Vincent or Simon before. [[spoiler: Unlike similar typical groups, not only do none of the characters get along really well, they stay as such till the very end of the movie, making a barely cohesive pack]].
113	* ReligionOfEvil: Powell has started on in worship of the Void and created a cult out of local meth heads.
114	* RuleOfSymbolism: When Simon lights up a flare to [[spoiler: set fire to Vincent and the newborn monster, there is a statue of Mary with baby Jesus right behind him]].
115	* SceneryGorn: The hospital basement, due to being burned. And there's a lot of emphasis on the "{{Gorn}}" later on.
116	* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Lampshaded by Carter, after blowing away a Disciple with one.
117	--> '''Carter:''' I'm keeping the [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] gun!
118	* ShoutOut: The ending, [[spoiler:with Daniel and Allison stuck in the other dimension where the EldritchAbomination resides]], is a pretty obvious one to [[Creator/LucioFulci Lucio Fulci's]] ''Film/TheBeyond''.
119	* ShutUpHannibal: Daniel's response to [[spoiler:Powell]]'s BreakingLecture is a resounding "fuck no".
120	-->[[spoiler:'''Powell:''']] Tell me what you see, Daniel.
121	-->'''Daniel:''' I see a monster trying to play god.
122	* SinisterGeometry: The symbol of the cult is a simple black triangle, which also serves as a gateway to an alien dimension. [[spoiler:It turns out that this is because there's an EldritchAbomination on the other side that looks like a giant floating pyramid.]]
123	* 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.]]]]
124	* SlasherSmile: [[spoiler:Maggie]] bears a really creepy one after [[spoiler:she reveals her allegiance to Powell.]]
125	* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: [[spoiler:Mitchell]] being grabbed by a mutated Beverly's tentacles, especially since savvy viewers would not expect him to die so early on.
126	* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Carter, barely clinging to life, throws Powell and himself into the Void.]]
127	* TearOffYourFace: Beverly cuts off her face with a scalpel. [[spoiler:So does Powell after his return from the Void, only he doesn't stop there.]]
128	* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:In the final scene, Daniel and Allison are reunited on the other side after both of them die, but are trapped in an alien landscape staring right at an EldritchAbomination.]]
129	* TokenMinority: Kim is Asian and the only non-white character. Given that this is small-town, rural Canada, it's not surprising.
130	* TookALevelInKindness: To a minor extent. Vincent eventually starts to settle down a bit and stop working against everyone.
131	* TorturedMonster: One of the monsters is seen trying to kill itself, and [[AndIMustScream failing miserably at it]]. [[spoiler:Powell]] notes that these are his "experiments", and he simply won't let them die.
132	* UndeadAbomination: The ...''things'' in the basement resulting from [[spoiler: Dr. Powell's]] experiments are horrifically grotesque beings mutated into undying horrors; arguably, [[spoiler: [[EnfantTerrible the even worse monstrosities]] born from Maggie and Allison]] are also examples as they are what they are [[spoiler: due to having the souls of the dead shoved inside them before their birth.]]
133	* TheUnfettered: Vincent simply does not give a damn about who he has to hurt or kill in order to get his revenge on the cult, even threatening to burn down what's left of the hospital, ''while there's still living people in it.'' [[spoiler:Ultimately subverted at the end when he sees a vision of his murdered wife and lashes out and tries to kill Simon, blaming him for her death. He breaks down sobbing, and later performs a HeroicSacrifice so Simon can get away from Mutant!Sarah.]]
134	* TheVoice: For most of his time after [[spoiler: death, Richard is reduced to being an ominous voice]].
135	* TheVoiceless: Simon never says a word. There's a bandage on his neck, and Vincent implies that he was mutilated by the Disciples.
136	* TheWallsAreClosingIn: [[spoiler:When Daniel closes the portal to the Void via HeroicSacrifice, the creepy sub-basement it had spawned begins to collapse almost instantly. It ends with Simon barely squeezing back into the real hospital through a rapidly narrowing corridor while the horrific monster that's pursuing him gets squished.]]
137	* WeHardlyKnewYe: Numerous characters are barely developed and a handful of them die without establishing anything about them, ''including names''. [[spoiler:Cliff is named only after he is killed and before that he was in a single scene. Similarly, we don't even know what kind of person Bev was before she went insane]].
138	* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Powell actually believes he's doing humanity a favor by bringing spirits back from the abyss and placing them in human bodies, never mind the resulting carnage or the fact that the [[TorturedMonster resulting monsters]] [[AndIMustScream don't want to be there]].]]
139	* WhamLine: [[spoiler:Maggie]] gives a whopper of one.
140	--> [[spoiler:'''Maggie:''' Dr. Powell is a great man. I'm so lucky to be carrying his child.]]
141	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: All the cultists disappear by the end of the movie. It is not seen or mentioned what happened to them, including the ones outside the hospital.]]
142	* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler: Daniel is tempted by Richard to give up and join him. When he mentions being with Allison again, Carter visibly shakes and can't hold it off anymore, submitting... and then he musters all the strength he still has and tackles Powell into the Void]].
143	* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: The cultists could easily take over the hospital at any moment, [[spoiler: perform the ritual and be done with it]]. Instead, they just stand outside and wait, [[spoiler: which gives the trapped characters all the time they need to figure out what they need and stop said ritual from the inside]]. Largely justified — the heroes are afraid of the monsters inside and being held hostage by Vincent and Simon, and thus ultimately have nowhere to go, regardless of whether the cultists storm the hospital or not. Furthermore, it's implied that the cultists are waiting for [[spoiler:Maggie to give birth.]]

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