The Void
A small-town hospital becomes the sealed battleground for a deputy's desperate fight against cultists, mutations, and an interdimensional evil.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- dread-filled
- claustrophobic
- visceral
- late night horror marathon
- halloween viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly found The Void an effective nostalgic throwback to low-budget 1980s horror, especially for its practical effects and gruesome cosmic imagery, while noting uneven pacing, thin characterization, and a hard-to-follow plot.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The hospital conceals a gateway to immense evil and the characters confront forces beyond ordinary human control.
Patients and staff mutate into ravenous creatures, with the film foregrounding gruesome practical monster effects.
The deserted night-shift hospital, morgue, and hidden depths structure the characters' descent into danger.
Critics repeatedly identify its nostalgic low-budget 1980s horror aesthetic and old-school practical effects.
Films like The Void, and why
The Thing
Shares Lovecraftian cosmic horror, claustrophobic institutional setting, grotesque mutations, and practical creature effects.
Prince of Darkness
Shares cult-driven supernatural horror, escalating bodily transformation, and a grim reliance on practical gore effects.
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
Shares an enclosed medical setting, body horror, paranoid dread, and nightmarish physical effects.
From Beyond
Shares low-budget cosmic horror, occult conspiracies, and an unpredictable descent into grotesque violence.
Movie Details
- Directors
- Jeremy Gillespie, Steven Kostanski
- Release Date
- 2016-09-22
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (1504)
Cast
- Aaron Poole
- Kathleen Munroe
- Art Hindle
- Daniel Fathers
- Kenneth Welsh
- Ellen Wong
- Stephanie Belding
- Mik Byskov
- Grace Munro
- James Millington
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Void about?
- A small-town hospital becomes the sealed battleground for a deputy's desperate fight against cultists, mutations, and an interdimensional evil.
- What is The Void like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Void as measured, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Void violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Void as graphic.
- What did critics think of The Void?
- Critics broadly found The Void an effective nostalgic throwback to low-budget 1980s horror, especially for its practical effects and gruesome cosmic imagery, while noting uneven pacing, thin characterization, and a hard-to-follow plot.
- Which films are like The Void?
- Films with a similar feel include The Thing, Prince of Darkness, The Autopsy of Jane Doe, and From Beyond.
- How long is The Void?
- The Void runs 90 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Void?
- In United States, The Void streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
