Film Review – The Void

“The Void” has plenty of invention to share with hungry horror fans, but it also plays like a mix-tape of genre highlights, and that’s a compliment. Sampling beats from “The Thing,” “Hellraiser,” and “Martyrs,” the feature makes a wonderful mess of blood and guts as it achieves a rare level of suspense, with directors Jeremy Gillespie and Steven Kostanski creating a descent into Hell that’s genuinely mysterious and frightening. “The Void” is rough stuff, but for those who have an appetite for vividly staged screen violence and unsettling tales of evil exposure, this is practically a sure thing. Members of the cinema satirists guild, Astron-6 (creators of pure B-movie gold like “Father’s Day,” “Manborg,” and “The Editor”), Gillespie and Kostanski follow their influences and utilize their talents, transforming a spare, low-budget endeavor into something quite special and haunting. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com