The Empty Man

2020
18
2h 17m

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6.2/10

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Psychological Horror Supernatural Horror Drama Horror Mystery Thriller

On the trail of a missing girl, an ex-cop comes across a secretive group attempting to summon a terrifying supernatural entity.On the trail of a missing girl, an ex-cop comes across a secretive group attempting to summon a terrifying supernatural entity.On the trail of a missing girl, an ex-cop comes across a secretive group attempting to summon a terrifying supernatural entity.

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

43K

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POPULARITY

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Awards
- 1 nomination total

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Trivia
One of the last films from Fox that was made before they were acquired by Disney. The film was quietly dumped into theaters and made so little money that even a home video release on DVD was deemed non-profitable.

Goofs
The film is set in the US but was largely shot in South Africa and the overseas shooting is inadvertently revealed when the protagonist looks at a blank VHS tape. It's an E-180; videotapes of that format used in America would begin with "T" (e.g. T-180). The E prefix stands for "European" and is used for PAL/SECAM systems; the T prefix stands for "Television" and is used for NTSC systems.

Quotes
James Lasombra: Yeah, no.

Crazy credits
The 20th Century Fox logo makes a surprise return in the opening of the film.

Connections
Featured in FoundFlix: The Empty Man (2020) Explained (2021)

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Immersion
Written by Brian Williams (as B. Lustmord)

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Featured review

7/10

A Pleasantly dark surprise

I went into The Empty Man not knowing anything about it. It was dumped out of nowhere and by the looks of the trailer I figured why. It seemed like a teen horror in the vein of countdown, truth or dare, or even bye bye man. But after the first twenty minutes of this film, I knew I was in for something much different. There is some truly chilling scenes in here, and the atmosphere just adds to the sense of dread. Now the climax of the film does get a bit clunky, but I imagine with this being based on a comic series, it's a lot more flushed out there, but even with an almost 2 1/2 hour run time, it felt like more was needed to be explained. Overall I came out of the empty man not feeling empty at all. It deserves an audience.