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‘The Void’ Review: Throwback Cult Horror
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Given Gillespie and Kostanski’s background in effects, it should come as no surprise that the visuals here are stunning. The monsters are surrealistic rubber nightmares with tentacles that slither under the skin. (They’re all carefully shot through shadow for maximum power. You might never be quite sure what you’re staring at, which is part of the deeply unsettling spell the movie casts.) As the cult horror reaches apocalyptic levels, the pair combine miniatures and CGI to create an alternate plane of reality even more foreboding than what came before.

The scares cut deeper because the filmmakers never over-explain their mysteries. At times, this can feel mildly frustrating since all the horrors and mythology remain out of reach from the first subtle scare to the Grand Guignol finale. It’s true of the strain of horror that the filmmakers are recreating, and while that’s not for everyone, those who adore being teased and horrified by the unknown will be in genre heaven (or hell, your choice).

I haven’t mentioned the cast because acting isn’t really the film’s greatest virtue. That’s not to say that anyone gives a poor performance. It’s just the nature of the Carpenter-esque production that everyone performs in muted tones, adding to the uneasy atmosphere. That also means that this isn’t the most human movie. Everything in the production is designed in service of the atmosphere and impact. For those who get lost in the phantasmagorical nightmare, it won’t matter. However, those folks might be mildly put off by the way the filmmakers don’t quite reach the perversely sexualized nightmares of movies like ‘From Beyond’ or ‘The Beyond’ that Gillespie/Kostanski clearly revere.

Even so, anything negative to be said about ‘The Void’ falls into the category of nitpicking, or unfair comparisons to genre influences. That stuff is valid, but not particularly important. The good news is that the film lives up to its many influences and delivers a particular brand of visceral/psychological/mythic horror that has been absent for too long. This is another leap forward for the Astron-6 gang, proving that they can succeed in genre filmmaking without any of their typical irony. Hopefully it won’t be long before they strike again. They’re well on their way to becoming the type of sick genre masters that they emulate so freely.
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