The Void

Decent film, reminded me of the Thing film from the past. Lovecraftian and surreal horror imagery. I would have enjoyed a deeper cast, people i would have felt more for, but it did well with the essence of cosmic horror.

IF YOU LOVE 80s HORROR JUST GO SEE THIS NOW. But here's a review anyway...Small town sheriff Daniel (Aaron Poole; The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh) brings an apparently drunk, injured man to a hospital. Preparing to relocate, the hospital is running on bare essential supplies and minimal staff including Dr. Powell (Kenneth Welsh; TimeCop, Of Unknown Origin), nurse Allison (Kathleen Munroe; Alphas) and trainee nurse Kim (Ellen Wong; Silent Night).Shortly after admitting the patient things get weird…fast! A nurse kills a patient and mutilates herself, the phones and even police radio go out, murderous cultists surround the hospital, the electricity goes out, and you know the Lovecraftian [bleep] has hit the fan when patient zero has bloody whipping tentacles emerging from his face!The dialogue is really just passable with equally unimpressive writing (but a great premise), but I’m going to call this a great horror film anyway! Written and directed by Steven Kostanski (Manborg, The ABCs of Death 2 segment W is for Wish) and Jeremy Gillespie (Father’s Day)—two men reared on the creative and effects side of the camera—I am dying to see what they can do with a little more experience (now under their belt) and a bigger budget on their next project. And there better be a next project because, and I think I speak for all of us, we want more of this! Why? Because the effects were OUTSTANDING!!!!! Their premise was also a story I’d like to see further developed—but I can’t explain that without huge spoilers.We graduate from some flailing face tentacles to a hulking, disfigured amalgam of human body parts and tentacles. It’s all practical effects and it’s all glorious. Even if clearly birthed from a humble budget, this is exactly what gorehounds want! When the creature kills, it pumps its tentacles down its victims’ eye sockets and other orifices so as to absorb more helpless cadaver into the monster’s mass. A head even emerges tearing its way out of the mutated body—much as The Thing (1982)—and we see lifeless, shambling mounds of reanimated undead flesh with melted mozzarella-gooiness.The violence and gore includes loads of blood, wounds and flesh rending. There’s even something of a metamorphosis through a messy birth scene. But far more gratifying than the slimy masses of tentacles that await is the 80s homage to practical effects and iconic horror influences worn on its sleeve. Not just the conceptual aspects of Lovecraft’s madness or Clive Barker’s Labyrinth (here the Abyss), but we find special effects honoraria to The Fly (1986), Hellraiser (1987) and Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988).This film offers a lot…but it may not be what you expected. If you want to see something that will unnerve you and frequently make you jump—watch Life (2017). Want something with a slower tension built up through an atmosphere of uncomfortable mystery and dread? That’s The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016). No…this…this atmosphere is pure weird unsease…and it’s gross! As I hinted before on the writing, this is a passable movie…but a passable movie with outstanding special effects and an excellent premise that honors (not rips-off, but honors) all the things we love and miss about 80s horror. The ideas brought forth by these filmmakers are exceptional and I must see more projects spawned the Abyss.Go see this. Give them your money so they can go make more movies like this!

This movie perfectly captures the feel of lovecraftian/cosmic horror. Cults, creatures, and crazed captive protagonists fighting for their very survival. If you like the lovecraft/cosmic horror genre and haven't watched it yet, do yourself a favor and set aside the time to do so.

I was pleasantly surprised when I first watched it. It is now a favorite to watch for Halloween.

This movie gave me the creeps, and I loved every second of it. A new Cosmic Horror Classic.

I fell asleep.

Do you lie awake at night wondering why no one can seem to make a Lovecraft movie that's actually horrifying? Do you sometimes wish Rob Zombie's first movie (House of 1000 Corpses) hadn't also been his best? Here's a movie to fill that void in your soul. Story driven, spiraling-into-madness horror that will keep you guessing and surprise you at every turn.Everyone involved in the making of this movie worked hard to earn those five stars.

If you're a fan of Weird Fiction, Cosmic Horror, and Lovecraft... this movie is for you.It's set in a 80s style with the electric music and all practical effects. Excellent storytelling that kept me captivated the whole time and left me feeling like much of Lovecraft's works do...gazing into an Abyss, a Void, reviewing all the madness you've seen and not being sure what to do with it. It was excellently executed even if it had a rough start. Now, I'll admit I rewound a few a times to fully soak in some of the dialogue, and even though it did have some 'eh' stuff here and there and I didn't care too much for the attempts to mingle some religion in, the idea of this 'other realm' 'older than time' is very Lovecraftian. This is definitely a movie in a category of its own and although it deals with such alien aspects, please note there is a lot of gore. Think running at the Dunwich Horror, tentacles flailing, with a fireman's axe chopping and bashing it to gooey bits while it screams in half-human voices and guttural infant noises. That said the people that die tend to die graphically too.In short, I really personally loved it as a Lovecraft and Cosmic Horror fan, but I also understand how some horror fans might not care for this sort of thing even with the gore. If you want a otherworldly horror with a focus on the infinite vastness of space and what things may possibly exist in those realms, you'll like it. If you wanted a easy-to-understand slasher film like Nightmare on Elm Street, or a supernatural story like the Ring or Paranormal Activity...this might not be for you.

Es una pelicula que me gusta bastante, aunque deja muchos temas a interpretacion la ambientacion es excelente, los efectos gore bastante efectivos, y en mi opinion bastante entretenida de principio a fin.

Ottimo film

Very cool horror film; hard to find in region 1 anymore: lucky this puppy plays all region despite being marked region 2 (b etc)Appeals to fans of Clive Barker, Lovecraft and Silent Hill.Most effects are practical and film was shot on a shoestring held against comparable (yet inferior) works. Bravo to all involved.

The Void est un film très occulte qui mélange plein de référence au cinéma de genre.Le film à une approche très "lovecraftien" et s'inspire également de "THE THING" de John Carpenter.Sinon l'envoie est rapide et soigné.Je le recommande chaudement +++

Aunque echo de menos el castellano en esta edición (creo que el doblaje que hay por internet es un doblaje no oficial), lo cierto es que esta peli ha sido de mis recientes descubrimientos y tengo que decir que me parece de lo mejor que he visto en tiempos. Rollo Lovecraft a tope, mezclado con John Carpenter, y con un par de plot twists interesantes. Buena edición, cuidada y que hará las delicias de los amantes del género de terror.