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 43 - The Beach House (2019)
Episode 42 - Starfish (2018)
Episode 41 - Lifeforce (1985)
Episode 39 - Lord of Illusions (1995)
Episode 38 - Society (1989)
Episode 37 - The Endless (2017)
Episode 36 - Resolution (2012)
Episode 35 - WandaVision (2021)
Episode 34 - Annihilation (2018)
Episode 33 - Cast a Deadly Spell (1991)
Episode 32 - Cold Skin (2017)
Episode 31 - Black Mountain Side (2014)
Episode 30 - The Call of Cthulhu (2005) with Andrew Leman & Sean Branney
Episode 29 - The Whisperer in Darkness (2011)
Episode 28 - The Haunted Palace (1963)
Episode 27 - The Crimson Cult (1968)
Episode 26 - In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
Episode 25 - Lovecraft Country Review
Episode 24 - Event Horizon (1997)
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