
The Void movie review: retro monsters, alien mystery
It’s Lovecraft by way of The Thing and Alien in this satisfyingly schlocky 80s throwback, complete with practical FX. A genuinely eerie experience.
film criticism by maryann johanson | handcrafted since 1997
It’s Lovecraft by way of The Thing and Alien in this satisfyingly schlocky 80s throwback, complete with practical FX. A genuinely eerie experience.
This “homage” to 80s sci-fi/horror is a cheerless amalgam of The Thing and Alien populated by improbable characters behaving in unlikely ways.
I’ve been waiting for a movie like this, and I can’t believe no one has done this before: shown us life over a full year in the most remote place on Earth.
The late 80s/early 90s European cartoon about penguins did not feature shapeshifting aliens, to my knowledge…
A useless, entertainment-free xerox copy of John Carpenter’s 1982 film of the same name…
“Found something in the ice. We need some help down here. Can anybody hear me?”
It’s no bad thing that Joel Edgerton is in everything other movie at the moment, it seems. Because he’s awesome.
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