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  • 2020
  • R
  • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
  • 2 h 17 m
  • 2020
  • R
  • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
  • 2 h 17 m

Summary After a group of teens from a small Midwestern town begin to mysteriously disappear, the locals believe it is the work of an urban legend known as The Empty Man. As a retired cop investigates and struggles to make sense of the stories, he discovers a secretive group and their attempts to summon a horrific, mystical entity, and soon his l...

Directed By: David Prior

Written By: Cullen Bunn, David Prior

  • 2020
  • R
  • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
  • 2 h 17 m
  • 2020
  • R
  • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
  • 2 h 17 m

The Empty Man

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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 49 User Ratings
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Summary After a group of teens from a small Midwestern town begin to mysteriously disappear, the locals believe it is the work of an urban legend known as The Empty Man. As a retired cop investigates and struggles to make sense of the stories, he discovers a secretive group and their attempts to summon a horrific, mystical entity, and soon his l...

Directed By: David Prior

Written By: Cullen Bunn, David Prior

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Jan 14, 2021
The Empty Man draws comparisons to junky studio fare like “The Bye Bye Man” and “Slender Man” but this is a far more ambitious and accomplished piece of work than its reputation.
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Oct 26, 2020
While the film never quite elevates itself to a harmonious balance of camp and art house, The Empty Man doesn’t lack ambition.
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6.2
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27% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 49 User Ratings
6.2
57% Positive
28 Ratings
27% Mixed
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16% Negative
8 Ratings

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10
Kobesowner
Sep 16, 2021
One of the greatest horror films ever made. Deep, dark, terrifying with fantastic direction and music. It has tons of ideas and themes that are all so captivating and the visual connections are phenomenal. Don't have any issues with it. Definitely check it out it deserves your time.
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Greig
Jul 18, 2021
Impressive scope and structure. Brave genre hopping story. Deserves more hype. The negative reviews are from people whos expectations were based on the trailer. Bad marketing, great film.
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Oct 26, 2020
A disposable, ultimately best-forgotten movie.
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Metal_Guru
Apr 9, 2021
Criminally underrated, "The Empty Man" is epic and visionary, existential horror dialed to 11. This is without doubt one of the creepiest movies I've ever seen. Don't let the title fool you, or if you are going to think about it terms of other "... Man" films, think "The Wicker Man", because that's the only one worthy of being mentioned in the same breath. The never ending loop of expanding and contracting possibilities, experiences and visualizations that are established in the nightmare logic of the film will rattle your bones and make "your brain itch". The sound design is stunning and terrifying....like it was piped in directly from hell itself. The film went through quite a difficult process to get released, and terrible marketing choices (and trailer) took a toll, but ratings average will surely continue to increase over time as it finds the audience it was actually intended for. This is a guaranteed to be a future monster cult hit. "The Empty Man" has a very high rewatchability ****'s a film that will invite and hold up to multiple **** you like deep horror, get one in as soon as possible!
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5
JLau
Jan 6, 2021
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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JLuis_001
Oct 31, 2020
It's fun to see a film that with its own title, unknowingly lends itself to the joke that a lot of people will use in their reviews, because for all intents and purposes this was a dud. Apart from its excessive duration, its biggest problem is its lack of conviction and it's not that the atmosphere and the tone have been a waste, however both never manage to be convincing and if you're trying to sell a monster, it has to be convincing no matter what. Perfect trifecta of irrelevant beings with Slenderman and The Bye Bye Man.
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Iamcritical86
Sep 8, 2021
Long, boring, dragged out and utterly confusing with a whole bunch of loose ends that lead up to a whole lot of NOTHING! It was also unnecessarily long which just added to the pain of suffering through this brutal film!
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dennisluvtennis
Oct 28, 2020
Pretty good first 10 minutes. Rest of the movie is boring and makes no sense. What is the Empty Man? Movie never explains so it feels like all the time is wasted.
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Production Company 20th Century Studios, Boom! Studios, Out of Africa Entertainment
Release Date Oct 23, 2020
Duration 2 h 17 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline The first night you hear him. The second night you see him. The third night he finds you.
Website https://www.hotstar.com/in/movies/the-empty-man/1260063886
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Awards

Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 1 Nomination

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