The Void

Screen Media Films | Release Date: April 7, 2017

6.0	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 103 Ratings

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TonyddsApr 17, 2017

I can't believe how many positive reviews this movie had. The entire cast and crew must have left positive reviews, because I can't imagine anyone in the audience thinking this movie was decent. Most people must have felt like they wastedI can't believe how many positive reviews this movie had. The entire cast and crew must have left positive reviews, because I can't imagine anyone in the audience thinking this movie was decent. Most people must have felt like they wasted their time with this movie and didn't want to waste any more by leaving a review. I'll be the guy to waste a little more time to prevent other people from wasting theirs. The acting was okay, not gonna slam any of the actors, but theyre not likely to win any awards either. The practical effects were okay. You could tell it was low budget since it didn't show any stabbing or cutting. Most of the monsters only appeared in flashing or low light conditions where you couldn't notice detail or lackthereof. That made it a little interesting, I guess. Now for the script... One of the worst movies I've ever seen. No substance, no backstories...I was just waiting for all the characters to die so I could go back to living my life. Save your time and money, this movie is awful… Expand

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deckApr 25, 2017

Watch out, this movie is just bad. Its not even a trash movie you could laugh about. They are serious and this should be good horror like "the thing". If you fear horrible acting then its maybe something for you.

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Q8MarrongGlaceApr 12, 2017

This is a low budget Sunday horror movie list type of movies , Well the idea is not bad the acting is good tho but the execution and the special effect was so poor it could be much better if they spent more money on it but I rate it 3 outThis is a low budget Sunday horror movie list type of movies , Well the idea is not bad the acting is good tho but the execution and the special effect was so poor it could be much better if they spent more money on it but I rate it 3 out of 10 the reason is its unlikely to see a high rating in this horror category overall I won't recommend it to any one this nor any other movie unless I rate it 5 and above ,even if rate this 4 it means you can see it only if you want to kill some time so this is 3 it means simply don't waste your time :)… Expand

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calderraSep 4, 2018

Just boring. A lot of people get pulled in by the nostalgia factor the moviemakers were clearly going for in the trailer, but this movie has only the most superficial connections to classic horror movies. It stars a small-town cop, there'sJust boring. A lot of people get pulled in by the nostalgia factor the moviemakers were clearly going for in the trailer, but this movie has only the most superficial connections to classic horror movies. It stars a small-town cop, there's practical monster effects... and that's it. If you want a movie that only has this and absolutely nothing else going for it, this movie was made for you.

For the rest of us, there's just nothing there. There's no story to speak of. The acting is bad, particularly the lead guy who is just terrible. The non-story is that a small-town cop finds a hurt guy in the middle of nowhere, takes him to the hospital, and... monsters happen. It's cliche after cliche. There's a bad guy doctor experimenting on people, there's tentacle monsters, there's monster pregnancy scares... none of this is a spoiler because you can just throw darts at other horror movies and they'll land on all the plot points.

Even the good reviews admit they have no clue what's going on with the plot, because NOTHING IS GOING ON. The actual plot is that the people who made this movie really like the triangle image you see in the trailer. I'm not kidding. The opening of the movie is a triangle, the climax of the movie is a triangle, the end of the movie is a triangle. Whoa, three triangles, deep symbolism bro.

The pacing is the very worst part. The very first scene of the film is a murder. After that the movie never goes more than 15 minutes between action scenes. You don't get time to know your characters, you don't get time to know your setting, so the monsters are running around who knows where attacking who knows who. Who cares?

My summary is: Money isn't the only thing separating mediocre filmmakers from good ones. If you stripped the budget out of a really good horror movie, you'd still have a good horror movie. The original Halloween is a great example- the main special effect is they painted a William Shatner mask white (and yes that's the real story of that iconic mask). The Void has tons of money, they spend it on a ton of special effects, and I was yawning for most of the runtime. Would Halloween have been better if they'd thrown in a dozen gloopy, bloody monsters? I don't think so. Maybe you do. But this just isn't for me.… Expand

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adverbOct 17, 2021

Stunningly original... If you haven't seen the Hellraiser series or Event Horizon or, especially, John Carpenter's vastly underrated Prince of Darkness, or...

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panslabyrinthJan 25, 2018

The simplest most underwhelming description The Void can get is that it resembles a beautifuly decorated surface of a cake; blemished with extreme amounts of colorful icing, a thick crust or what does look like one. However, if you remove allThe simplest most underwhelming description The Void can get is that it resembles a beautifuly decorated surface of a cake; blemished with extreme amounts of colorful icing, a thick crust or what does look like one. However, if you remove all the overwhelming decorative efforts, the cake is actually missing.So...where's the actual cake?… Expand

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redletteredAug 3, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The practical effects were good, and that's about all this movie had going for it. The plot is one of those vague, half-formed odes to cosmic horror that doesn't have much of an explanation for anything. Mystery is fine, but this entire plot seemed more like a fever-dream than an actual plot - things were happening, the Bad Guy had his "I saw some weird stuff and now I am enlightened" speech, some characters had backstories crammed into 5 minute flashbacks that may or may not have been relevant to their inclusion in the endgame plot, monsters popped up and then promptly faded back into nothing ... I don't know. I saw nods to Lovecraft, the Hellraiser series, Re-Animator ... but no actual substance aside from monster gore and shaky, unexplained philosophy.… Expand

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