Nix (2022) Hey what's up guys.
Today I'll show you a thriller-horror film: "Nix"!
Spoilers ahead, watch out and take care! The story starts with a recollection of the
past of a family, composed of three children named Jack, Lucas, and Tessa. They are all
living together with their parents. Like a usual morning, the mother wakes
up her children for breakfast, and the children play after eating. While playing,
Tessa tells her brother, Jack, that she had a nightmare. But before she can tell more about it,
the mother informs them that they're leaving in twenty minutes, so Tessa and Jack get a
hold of themselves to move and get ready. But before they leave, Tessa goes down to their
basement to get the baseball equipment Jack had told her to get. While grabbing the equipment,
she hears a loud bang, but pays no attention to it. Suddenly,
a mysterious figure with a mask appears out of nowhere, scaring Tessa to wet herself. However,
the mysterious figure appears to be Jack. Later that day, the family goes camping in
the living springs. Like a normal camping day, the family bonds with each other. The couple
are taking care of the stuff and food, while their children are playing near the lake.
Jack holds the camera to take a video of Lucas and Tessa playing. Suddenly,
Lucas throws the ball into the lake out of anger, and then he orders Tessa to get it,
as if she was the one who was at fault. Before eating, Jack suddenly discerns a
figure behind the woods, and tells his father. The father confronts the man behind the woods,
and turns back to tell his family that it was just some guy who's lost.
After some moment, Lucas notices that Tessa is missing. They all try to call for her;
but she gives no response, so the father goes to search for Tessa himself.
On the other hand, Tessa runs towards the lake to get the ball that Lucas threw earlier. While
reaching for the ball, a woman suddenly appears, and tells her to get out of that
place. Tessa ignores what the woman said, and insists on getting the ball. But right then,
a mysterious creature appears in the middle of the lake, and grabs Tessa.
The father tries to go for his daughter, but he hears Tessa shouting from a distance. When he
reaches the Lake, he seems to be in pain, because he knows that her daughter is already dead.
Moving on to the present time, Lucas is stuck in his messy room in their house, having a dream of
his sister. Meanwhile, Jack works for an old cinema that is about to be bought. Moving back
to the scene in their home, Lucas goes down to the basement to check their Laundry. While checking,
he perceives his siblings' voices coming from a door near the stairs. He stops for a
moment to pay attention, and sees the creature that appeared on the day they lost Tessa.
Jack gets home with the food he bought, and looks for Lucas, but he cannot find him anywhere.
Meanwhile, Lucas is still in the basement. This time, he gets closer to the door to lick the slimy
thing flowing out of it. Jack goes to the basement to check for his brother, and finds him touching
the leak that hasn't been fixed for six months. The next day, Jack goes to the school to
congratulate his old girlfriend from high school, Liz, for becoming the vice principal.
He also invites her to the event that's going to be celebrated at the family's house. On the
other hand, Lucas wakes up on his bed, and finds his mother in his old sister's room.
the mother notices Lucas is at the door, and says that she will let Zoey, Lucas' daughter,
stay in Tessa's room until Tessa comes back. Meanwhile, Jack waits up in a parking lot to meet
Lucas' wife, and pick up Zoey, his nephew. After some conversation, Jack and Zoey drive
home to celebrate Tessa's eighth birthday. Inside the house, the family celebrates the
birthday of the long-gone Tessa. Instead of feeling happy, Lucas and Jack seem
to be in discomfort, and appear to be dumbfounded during the celebration.
Lucas cannot take it anymore, so he stands up and looks at his mother with a hideous stare.
His mother gets angry, and so does Lucas. He is mad about the repeated celebration
of Tessa's eighth birthday, as if it's the only thing that matters to his mother. Out of anger,
Lucas throws the cake to the side, turning the celebration day into a chaotic one.
After their fight, Lucas goes to his room to release his anger. Suddenly, his daughter Zoey
appears, and hands him a cake to make him calm down. Lucas then proceeds to the bathroom, and
brings out the pills for his medication, and takes them as he looks in the mirror. Meanwhile, the
mother is sitting outside, trying to get over the things that happened earlier that day. She tries
to eat a piece of the cake, but immediately pukes it. Jack notices what happened to his mother,
so he instantly goes outside to check on her. She seems to be unable to accept what happened,
that's why Jack explains everything calmly again, but she rejects what her son said.
Meanwhile, Lucas is still in the bathroom; he seems to be in a more unfit situation even after
taking his medications. He starts to make himself bleed, by scratching the scar on his hands. Lucas
notices a dark figure behind the curtains, so he walks toward the curtains. But instead of
finding out who that mysterious figure is, he finds himself lying in the bathtub, swimming in
his own blood. Even in that situation, his bloody figure blames him for what happened to Tessa.
After that, Lucas goes downstairs to follow where Tessa's voice leads to. When he enters
the door to the basement, he finds himself in the forest, where their family camped before,
and the place where they lost everything they love in life. After entering, Lucas discerns
Tessa sitting on a bench near the lake. He is in shock as he hears Tessa speak to him.
Lucas cannot believe what is happening at that very moment, so he tries to run and escape. He
hides behind a tree, and decides to take a peak where Tessa is, but what he sees is the
creature that took Tessa before. While trying to escape, Lucas notices a shotgun behind a
tree. He picks it up, and decides to shoot the unidentified creature that is haunting him.
Everyone in the house panics, when they hear a gunshot coming from upstairs. Jack immediately
goes upstairs to find out what happened. But he only sees Lucas lying in the bathtub,
swimming in his blood, and looking exactly like the creature that Lucas saw before he died.
At his brother's funeral, Jack talks to his uncle about Lucas. The uncle says that he and Lucas
used to have some conversations about himself; he also tells Jack that if he's ever ready to talk,
he can come. Meanwhile, Zoey tries to open his father's coffin to see him one last time;
but what she caught sight of at that very moment is the monster that killed his father.
The next day, Jack goes to see his uncle to talk about Lucas. Later, Jack talks about his mother,
and how her situation is worsening day by day. Jack believes that his mother's medication
isn't helping her, unlike before. The next day, the family goes to the
Living Springs where it all began. They decided to spread Lucas' ashes there,
because that place appears to be so memorable for them. Just when they are about to do it,
Jack notices that the jar of his brother's ashes is missing. Everyone searches for the missing
jar of ashes until the night overtakes. While searching, Jack sees that his mother
and Zoey aren't in their seats anymore. On the other hand, the mother is still searching
for Tessa together with Zoey, despite knowing that her daughter is already dead. Suddenly,
the mother groans in pain. Zoey spots the old woman beside the tree,
and asks for help; but instead of helping, the old woman just says to follow her.
Meanwhile, when Jack realizes that his mother and Zoey are missing, they decide to separate,
with Jack searching and Liz staying at the camp. Liz hears a strange noise in front of the car.
She slowly takes her chance to get inside the car. Liz whimpers in fear, when she discerns
an inhuman figure walking around the car. Jack enters a house near the lake while searching
for Zoey. He finds Zoey inside with the old woman on the phone. Zoey explains that her
grandmother fell. So the old woman is calling for help. Jack spots a baseball bat in a corner. it
was the baseball bat they were using before, when he was playing with his siblings.
Jack asks the woman how she got the bat; but the woman doesn't answer the question.
This makes Jack cautious before leaving with Zoey. As they cross the bridge, Jack notices a
familiar figure appearing from behind. It's the creature that's been haunting them for a long
time. After seeing this, Jack orders Zoey to get in the car for safety. After that,
Jack finds himself lying on the ground, with the creature on top of him. He seems to be powerless
in front of the creature. Just when the creature is about to devour him, Liz shoots it with a gun
to save Jack. Fortunately, they escape, and Jack can now bring his mother to the hospital.
The next day, Jack meets his uncle to tell him about what happened last night. He explains
that there is something unwanted out there. The uncle shares his realizations in life,
hoping he can get it into Jack's mind and help him somehow. Later that day, Jack enters Lucas'
room to check his belongings. He finds pieces of paper with Lucas' drawings and handwriting.
He thinks that they might all be connected, so he tries to connect them one by one.
In the other room, Zoey wakes up because her mother is calling her. she orders Zoey to
tighten the knotted cloth in her arm. As scared as she is, Zoey obeys her mother,
and tightens the knot. After that, the figure of the creature in the woods appears behind Zoey's
mother. At that exact moment, Jack completes his agenda, and figures out that the drawings
constitute the monstrous creature that's been hunting them. Zoey yells in fear, as she witnesses
her mother being pulled by the creature. Jack immediately heads upstairs to check up on
Zoey, as he is afraid that something might have happened. Zoey explains that the creature from
the woods took her mother, pointing out to the open window. Jack realizes that Zoey isn't lying,
because he sees a syringe on the ground. Jack follows Zoey's request to follow her
mother. Unfortunately, Jack doesn't make it on time, as Zoey's mother is already a cold,
lifeless body, lying on her bed. After that night, Jack goes to the
school again to meet Liz. He explains Lucas' toxicology report, and says that there's no
illegal drug intake in his body. Liz adds that there might be something more to Lucas' death,
something deeper that made Lucas kill himself. After Liz's claim, Jack brings out the drawings
and letters from Lucas's room. He explains that the papers symbolize only one figure, and that is
the creature from the woods, called "Nix". At night, Jack goes to the basement to
investigate. He notices the door with slimy liquid coming out of it. Jack proceeds to
the cemented corner of the basement, where they believe that there's something buried beneath
it. Zoey discovers that his uncle is doing something in the basement, so she goes down,
and asks him what is up. But Jack wants to prove that there's nothing buried there; so he grabs
the pickaxe to destroy the cemented part of the floor, only to discover a metal box that contains
things from his childhood, including the videotape that they used on the camping from the past.
Meanwhile, as Liz prepares to leave the school, she experiences the horror of her life again,
when she discerns Nix in the dark. she witnesses Nix as it crawls in the dark,
moving towards her. Luckily, when she turns the light on, Nix isn't there anymore.
back to the basement, Zoey says something that makes Jack nervous. It turns out,
Zoey knows about Nix too. This implies that Jack is not the only one who knows that it exists.
Zoey says that it will haunt all of them too. Later that night, Liz comes over to the house to
explain what's been happening. Jack talks about the creature appearing in the videotape that they
used on the day of the incident. The two watch the videotape. Jack recalls memories that made
them happy, until a figure of a woman covered in blood appears. After that, Jack decides to go to
the lake, and find the truth himself. Jack drives through the night, determined
to find the truth. He walks towards the forest, holding the camera while watching the videotape.
As he walks towards where they once were, the surroundings suddenly change to the old look of
the place from when they were younger, as if he was taken back again to that exact time.
The surrounding shifts back to when Jack notices a figure in the woods. He recalls that his dad
walks to confront that figure. It turns out, the figure he saw that day is nobody else but Jack
himself. After talking to Jack, the dad returns to their campsite. Jack witnesses it all, and
he also notices that Tessa is going to the lake. Jack tries to shout in a very distressed manner,
saying that his dad should save Tessa from the tragedy that is about to happen.
Like what happened in the first scene, the father runs towards the lake to search for Tessa. Jack
follows him as he holds his camera to videotape the current event. He witnesses that during that
time, his father was being devoured by Nix. But Jack cannot do anything, as this is a
memory from the past. Fortunately, Liz appears out of nowhere, and says that Jack should talk
to the old woman living in the woods. Jack goes to the old woman's house. The old
woman explains that she's the one who brought Nix to drown it in the lake. The woman says that she
has to take Nix away from her family. But then it found Jack's family, which is the reason why it's
haunting their family now. Her statements make Jack furious, so he tries to strangle the woman,
but she suddenly disappears. After that, Lucas suddenly appears. He is calling Jack to play,
and hit some high pops. When Jack enters the door,
he sees a familiar figure. It's Liz, and she is in a bloody state. Liz says that Jack should
save Zoey; but when he turns his back to do that, the surroundings change again. He sees
a familiar costume, one that Jack used to wear to scare Tessa. But as it uncovers its face,
he's surprised to see that it is himself again. Jack runs towards the lake, and sees his parents
searching for Tessa in the lake. He sees how heartbroken his parents were when they
lost Tessa. Suddenly, his mother gets out of the water together with Nix. she picks up the
baseball bat, as if Nix is controlling her body. she then hits her husband's
head simultaneously until it kills him. Later that night, Jack comes back home in a hurry.
He goes down to the basement, to see what's behind the door that was locked for a long time. When he
gets there, Jack sees a small room with a bed and a doll. He's shocked to see that his mother
is also there, taking care of the doll as if it was Tessa. The mother takes a seat in her rocking
chair, and explains to Jack what Nix is. Nix is a creature that lurks in underwater places, with
half-human and half-fish appearance, blending with humans by copying their physical form. She then
says that Jack and Lucas weren't enough, implying that Zoey is the only remaining victim left.
Knowing that, Jack rushes upstairs to keep Zoey safe; but Zoey is not there anymore. Suddenly, Nix
slashes Jack's abdomen, making him unconscious. When he wakes up, he sees his mother groaning in
pain, as she purposely did to protect Jack. Jack witnesses how Nix becomes one with his
mother as the creature feasts on her. He says that neither Nix nor his mother can
have Zoey. Jack also adds that Nix needed his mother as much as she needed it;
she still can't get over the grief she felt the day she lost Tessa, so Nix is the only one,
who makes her feel that Tessa is still there. After that, the mother orders Jack to bring her to
the lake, so that they can get rid of Nix. The next day, Jack brings his mother to the lake,
as she's ready to sacrifice herself to save Zoey. It's hard for him to let go of his mother, but he
has no other options left. Jack bids farewell to his mom, as she disappears in the middle of the
Lake to drown and die with Nix within her. The movie ends with Zoey, Liz, and Jack staying
together under one roof in peace. But unbeknownst to them, Nix didn't drown
together with the mother. It still lurks in the Lake, waiting for its next victim.
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