Movie Review: The Vord | HNN

The Vord Movie Review by Matt Boiselle

The Vord – written and directed by M.T. Maliha, and starring Alexis Baca, Logan Schmucker and Lydia Manson

Synopsis: An ancient Nordic entity recruits a corrupt priest to deliver a woman’s soul as a gift. Caught between her pagan roots and the church, she must resist those she once trusted as a spirit guide struggles to redeem them.

I for one can certainly appreciate a little bit of plot-waywardness when eyeballing a film – hell, sometimes it’s necessary when something you’re watching begins to grow a little stagnant from not moving around too much…then we come across the insipidly mundane level of kinetic activity in Director M.T. Maliha’s “The Vord”. The movie tells the tale of an ancient Nordic entity, who in the modern day is known only as The Shadow, and its mission is to corrupt the soul of a priest, which will in turn secure the coveted soul of a woman and deliver it as a gift to The Old One, therefore securing his redemption for all days…and if that one doesn’t make you want to jump out of your seat in anticipation, then I honestly don’t know what will.

I’d really love to expound on all the virtues and merits within that a production such as this has to offer its viewers, but the bottom line here is that the entire presentation is wildly unfavorable, combined with the plot-paths that resemble a road map written by a person who has the shakes and downed a few dozen energy drinks…and let’s not even get into the performances – WHOA. This collection of unfortunate misgivings adds up to a film that really should have been kept under lock and key for centuries, because the ability to decipher what was just watched was only overshadowed by the constant clock-checking to see when this movie would roll its credits. The movie had the looks of something that was shot over the course of a 3-day holiday weekend in a cemetery and its surrounding grounds, and different characters were airdropped in for scenic contribution.

I normally don’t take such umbrage with a film that has effectively wasted my time in viewing, but “The Vord” succeeded on every level of cinematic failure and seems to be okay with that. I’d only offer a watch suggestion to those who are in tune with the lineage and history of Norse mythology…and even then they may be offended with what’s been served up to them.

“The Vord” premieres on all streaming/VOD services in the UK on May 4th, 2026.