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2016 · horror · sci-fi

The Void

Directed by Jeremy Gillespie, Steven Kostanski1h 30m2016
ElsewhereIMDb5.947kMetacritic62TMDB6.01k
  • heavy
  • extreme
  • surreal
  • bleak
  • cold
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Heavy, steady, extreme horror / sci-fi, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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In the middle of a routine patrol, officer Daniel Carter happens upon a blood-soaked figure limping down a deserted stretch of road. He rushes the young man to a nearby rural hospital staffed by a skeleton crew, only to discover that patients and personnel are transforming into something inhuman. As the horror intensifies, Carter leads the other survivors on a hellish voyage into the subterranean depths of the hospital in a desperate bid to end the nightmare before it's too late.

Our read · The Void (2016) reads as a heavy, steady, surreal horror · sci-fi entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You crave practical-effects Lovecraft dread in a claustrophobic night hospital.

ends ambiguousit leaves you shakena slow buildgrips by minute 12attention 4/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upbody horrorgoregraphic violencejump scareschild peril

Skip it tonightBody mutation horror and cult siege tension will keep you awake.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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