We went into The Empty Man expecting a subpar knockoff of the Slender Man story and were we delightfully surprised to see that it was anything but! Receiving a similar fate to another overlooked horror film that Disney unceremoniously dumped after acquiring Fox, this "rough edit" release - as writer/director David Prior considers it - foregoes jump scares and traditional horror tropes in order to craft a moody, dreadful story chock full of surreal and impressionistic imagery.
No tangents, prefaces, or distractions in this episode - just an enthusiastic discussion of a criminally under-appreciated horror film that would make H.P. Lovecraft stand up and cheer (before quickly bowing down in exultation of The Empty Man). Thank God Prior didn't stay faithful to the source material, eh?
Here's where to read the article we quote from Film School Rejects, "How David Prior's 'The Empty Man' Survived the Perfect Hollywood Storm."
And here's where to read the full review of The Empty Man from RogerEbert.com.
Episode 61 - The Ritual (2017)
Episode 60 - X: The Man With X-Ray Eyes (1963)
Episode 59 - Hellraiser (1987)
Episode 58 - Witch House (2021)
Episode 57 - Castle Freak (2020)
Episode 56 - Castle Freak (1995)
Episode 55 - Spring (2014)
Episode 54 - John Dies at the End (2012)
Episode 53 - Monsters (2010)
Episode 52 - Interview with Abyssal Albion creator Thomas Campbell
Episode 51 - Spiral/Uzumaki (2000)
Episode 50 - Conversation with Starfish Writer/Director Al White
Episode 49 - Dark City (1998)
Episode 48 - At the Mountains of Madness Virtual Table Read!
Episode 47 - Dark Waters (1993)
Episode 46 - The Lighthouse (2019)
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers Commentary
Dead Cast of Cthulhu Awaits Dreaming
Episode 45 - The Resurrected (1991)
Episode 44 - The Unnameable (1988)
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