Voices (2020) movie poster

Voices

2020 ·1h 48m · ★ 5.7 (24)

After visiting her father's grave, Lilly and her mother are involved in a terrible car accident leaving Lilly orphaned and unable to see. In her youth, she struggles with her blindness and begins to hear voices. Unbeknownst to her they don't belong to the living. After years of learning to cope, Lilly is now happily married with a baby on the way. Lilly soon discovers her unborn baby has become a vessel a second chance for souls stuck in limbo to be re-born. She only has until the baby's first heartbeat to decide which soul will be re-born through her. Now the voices she heard in her youth have returned, clamoring for the chance to come back. Among the voices, she befriends the spirit of a little girl tied to a years-old cold case. Lilly finds herself in a desperate struggle with the girl's murderers and the souls vying to be born again.

Why it matters

A spectral thriller that entwines maternal dread with restless spirits clamoring for rebirth, blending psychological tension and supernatural mystery.

  • Blindness as a lens for horror adds a textured vulnerability rarely explored with such intimacy.
  • The unborn child plotline deepens the stakes, turning a personal haunting into a fight for identity and survival.
  • Fans of ghostly limbo tales and cold case mysteries will find this a compelling cross-genre hybrid.
  • Some pacing wobbles and exposition-heavy moments slow the momentum, but strong atmosphere and emotional core keep it gripping.

Horror DNA

Gore
0
Slow Burn
17
Psychological
14
Supernatural
40
Creature
0
Disturbing
33
Fun Factor
17
Cerebral
14
Survival
50

Content Warnings

Child in DangerPregnancy Horror

Phobia triggers

Pregnancy Birth

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