The Void : HP Lovecraft Month: Deusdaecon Reviews
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I thought this was a great twisted, unsettling story told on a small budget. I would to see more like this.
The Void is a great homage to John Carpenter. I think it's a great "inspired by Lovecraft" piece as opposed to trying to adhere to or add to the mythos.
I felt like The Void was a really underrated film.
Watched this on Netflix. Highly recommend.
People like this movie because of the practical effects.
They are starving for them and have had enough of CGI gore.
They did build a lot of really gross monsters and then shot them apart in super satisfying fashion. Without that, it would have been a very lackluster movie.
@Buddha UwU Wouldn't have saved the movie. It was too incoherent and nonsensical. Building cool monsters and blowing them up in gross ways made it watchable at least.
Absolutely
@@seranonable nonsensical is a part of the Unknown,aren't lovecraft work revolves around mysterius cult and most importantly Genetic mutations? Seen people mutating itu monster is really lovecraftian.thats why Bloodborne game is lovecraftian.
Practical effects are important but CGI can still be good. A lot of it just comes down to understanding how to use it and making it blend well. Though I also have some very strong opinions on how CGI can ruin a movie *glares over at the prequel to The Thing*
Still glad that the mute kid and Kim survived. I’m not kidding when I was worried about the kid not making it to the end
29:58 I’m just happy you’re still uploading. Always get worried when a favorite TH-camr of mine just stops making content. For months or years on end I mean.
The point of the film isn't about the people knowing any lore, they don't care about nor have time to think of that. This is Lovecraftian survival, I enjoy the fact you don't learn to much because it puts me in the same level of the characters. It feeling lacking in the reason is actually pretty perfect because sometimes in Lovecraft stories it can be as simple as the stars are right or it isn't explained and trying to find out just makes you crazy.
Agreed,and its fit with the theme "fear of the unknown"
The ending reminds me of the Lucio Fulci movie "The Beyond" in which the characters enter hell.
Yes, I believe it was the intended hommage.
I thought it must have been - such a similar ending.
Not as good but similar.
The movie wears many of its influences on its sleeve.
Hellraiser etc...
Yeah I get what you mean. I absolutely loves Fulci's ideas and cinematography but there's always something taking me out of his movies. Probably the fact that all the actors spoke their lines in their own language (the americans saying their lines in english, the italians saying them in italian) and everything getting ADR in post to dub the foreign language. So you have instances of characters speaking in english whose lipsyncing is near flawless, because it's the same actor speaking over himself, and others where the voice over is speaking english over italian in which case it doesn't match at all... So you continuously get lipsyncing whiplash...
And when you watch documentary of other movies and they actually name their influences, you'll see that a lot of modern movies incorporate similar themes or flipped elements from other older movies. It's is very rare to see a truly original movie that reinvents the entire genre. This movie didn't try to do that. It simply wanted to make a truly scary indie movie. There is a "making of" the void documentary here on youtube that tells you about the production history of the movie.
If you watch enough foreign movies, you tend to over time ignore or not let yourself be distracted by things like lip synching. An example of this would be something like Guardians of the Tomb (2018). Some of the film has Chinese speech, but it does not detract from the moments of tension or emotion within the film. I've watched quite a fair share of dubbed content, as well as foreign content, so like I said, depending on the quality of the movie and the visuals on-screen, that doesn't make that much difference. I mean, if you can watch Bud Spencer movies and enjoy that, something as small as lip synching is really an irritating inconvenience, and not a deal breaker.
Discovered you about 3 months ago love your reviews keep up the great work
I’ve been binge watching your reviews. Great work!
For the black pyramid, I wouldn't read it necessarily as a direct reference or the actual invovlement of but I always took it to be a Nyarlathotep thing, him being the Black Pharaoh and all. It's not a mythos film so there's no need to point to the stories and argue whether it's in keeping with big N's motives and M.O., just that it might be an allusion to him.
As for the skin peeling/removal/shedding, off the top of my head I'd say it's a twofer metaphor. On the one hand you have the idea that when something loses or sheds its skin, it's fully exposed and revealed in a way that simple nudity doesn't always relay. On the other hand you also have a sense that it signifies that whatever the creature is, it's now unconstrained by a human form. Skin's a barrier that for us protects our innards from various hazards but for something like Powell it's a retarding prison and once he removes it he's free to ascend/descend to whatever he's able to become.
I can add one more piece to the skin removal trope - humans don't just feel vulnerable and exposed when confronted by damaged and removed skin, there's also a primal reaction to just how little it takes to destroy us, and revulsion at the fragility of human life. It's something people with severe burn scarring often have to deal with: a visceral disgust that is primal and subconscious, causing people to feel both scared and repulsed at seeing the scars.
5:28 - dreams and unconscious visions, of other worlds are very much a lovecraftian theme.
They form a key device to get the plot moving in TCoC, and crop up in several other stories.
The way it's portayed in the movie is a little different to how HPL portrayed them in his writing - they tend to be more vivid and clearly other worldly - but as a general theme it's spot on
I wanted to watch this so much. It looked great in the trailers. Also just want to say how much I enjoy your reviews mate, keep up the good work, you deserve way more subs.
Another great review
Love your reviews man! I recently had knee surgery and have been immobilized for the most part so I came across your channel and have binge watched literally every single one of your reviews to keep me sane
I loved the trip through your hp lovecraft play list I never knew there were this many adaptations of his work thank you for this
Congratulations on 16k subscribers! You deserve it mate, I love your reviews.
Another awesome review as always.
I saw this a few months back! I loved it. Yeah it wasn't perfect but I like how quickly it got going and the practical effects :) loved the review! Always excited when I see you got a new vid up
YES another awsome review keep em comming your my favorite youtube movie reviewer now
*Just wants a proper adaptation of 'At the Mountains of Madness'.* You and me both man, you and me both.
The ending of The Void made me think of Fulci's The Beyond. What a bleak and disturbing kind of ending.
I love your choice of diction in these reviews. Please keep up the great work.
glad you enjoy the video, Not sure what you mean by "choice of diction" though
Great vid man, happy to become a patron
I literally just saw this movie today, specifically so I could watch this review. I had been putting off watching The Void for a while, but I'm glad I finally watched it. The Void most definitely had a Lovecraft vibe to it, and I liked it almost as much as I liked In The Mouth Of Madness. You watch The Void, and comparisons to John Carpenter can't be avoided. This was like a hybrid of In The Mouth Of Madness and Prince Of Darkness, with more of an emphasis on Prince Of Darkness, for certain.
I have finally finished watching all of your reviews, and I cannot even express how happy I am to see a new one. Your HP Lovecraft Month reviews are on a whole other level of fantastic!
Another good review- one of the few good youtube channels!
OMG OMG OMG I was hoping you would review this movie! I loved it!
New subscriber. Glad I found your channel, I love your horror reviews.
The Void is what happens when Hellraiser and Dagon have a baby. It's great especially when you find out how much it costs.I do see the Prince of Darkness.
The triangle thing might have to do with SCP-1936 (something Lovecraft inspired) instead of Lovecraft directly.
I love this dudes reviews.
thank you I really appreciate that.
The very end scene is also lifted from Fulci's The Beyond. I do like this film. But I wish we got to know the characters and their backgrounds a bit more. I'm currently re-reading Stephen King's novella The Mist and it got me thinking how the monsters and all that are never really explained, aside from some vague assumption it might be the arrowhead project that caused it. But what makes the story effective is its delving into the characters and how they bounce off each other in a bunker style setting. Even the film adaptation does this quite well. The Void however felt a bit too empty with its characters, and when they try to have some backstory it's the same old cliche of my child is dead and our marriage is in shambles. Speaking of The Mist, you should totally do that for the next Lovecraft month(s).
I think some of that could be put down to run time - the movie's only 90 minutes long, so there's not a whole lot of time to develop many characters, let alone have them bounce off each other.
It also had to do with the very short time that the movie had to actually shoot the movie as well, as well as funding issues. See The Making of The Void documentary on TH-cam.
History of the pyramids. Why is it so hellish? Those are questions worth answering.
To be fair, that is King's shtick. He throws common characters into uncommon situations. The main focus is not the unknown or the terrifying. It's not the disturbing. It's the characters and how they react to the situations he puts them in. Lovecraft is basically the reverse. But work... and I do think that you can balance them out. But this would work better as a show as there would be a lot to unpack.
Abit late but I think the dark tower series kind of explains them there basically creatures from the space in between diffirent universes. At the beginning of the movie the main character is even painting Roland deschain
Love ya videos, keep it up.
Great video lad !
Been waiting on this, son!!!!
Great review!
I guess I better get around to watching your "Prince of Darkness" review after this.
Ya boi been waiting a long time fo this
Hello. I'm a new follower. I found you through watching cube and not understanding the end of the second one 😂😭 thank you for bashing it 👍 ill stick around for a while love your channel
Wicked ass props to you, homeboy
Very funny review! Subbed
I'd love to see your take on the 2007 "Cthulhu" movie.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu_(2007_film)
you're forgetting "the dream cycle", where the main character almost gets eaten by nyarlathotep on his black pyramid dimension: the end of "the void" is 'welcome to that dimension, nyar-ee says "hello again"'...
still waiting on the zombie apokolypse
Next year, you could do The Unnamable. It's an adaption of an HP Lovecraft story of the same name, though not a very good one I hear, but you are no stranger to those.
The best channel on TH-cam
i actually find myself loving this movie for what it is but..i did really want more from it, i felt like something was missing but i would love to see another movie like this
There is a movie you should add to the HP Lovecraft month: Cthulhu (2007)
Love your channel mate ;-)
The Pyramid. You opened it, we came.
This movie is awesome, glad you're finally reviewing it.
I did not know I needed this review as much as I did. Now I have it and I guess I should fight death with gore and viscera?
Welcome back to the land of the living. You're gonna be here a while. >:3
As long as there are tentacles, it is Lovecraft.
Japanese tentacle porn is now Lovecraft.
Or...
Lovecraft is Japanese tentacle porn.
Either way, it's horrifying.
That is paradoxical, in its own right. XD
I'll never watch japanese cooking shows the same way again.
@Deusdaecon, completely random question, have you ever done an episode talking about your tattoos? It looks like you have a sleeve on your right arm.
I don't have a sleeve but i have both forearms done, but no I've never done a video about my tattoos, mainly because they're something personal to me, if someone asks about them ill talk about it but showing em off on video is not really my usual thing.
Thank you for replying. I was just curious because I don't have any but my friends who do told me about theirs usually had interesting stories behind them. But I also understand if its something very personal. I always looked at tattoos as markers of an individual's personal experience. And seeing anyone's tattoo in person is like once in a lifetime artwork that is so unique it can't truly be replicated because of the meaning behind it. And once again thank you for responding.
Fantastuc stuff :)
Shit hits the fan faster then the beginning of Dead Space
Could you review A Dark Song next? Loving the reviews!
you and decker shado does the best movie reviews and poor woman at the started of the film
I love your videos!@
Take a look at 2012's 'Would You Rather' starting good old Jeff Combs. Love to see your take on that film.
Rewatching this for the fun of it. :)
liked and subb'd. thanks for your work and mild manner.
I think I accidentally ran across this movie while looking for The Devil's Candy on Netflix. The premise and vagueness interested me enough to watch it, and those are the main things I liked about it. A kind of interesting take on the Lovecraft premise, the effects, and its vagueness (I'm fine with vagueness if the movie justifies it well enough at the end). With everything else, I pretty much just echo what you said.
I also caught it on Netflix too by accident.
Yay it’s finally here 😃
8:06 About the dead nurse suddenly sprouting tendrils, I can think of two explanations, firstly is that when everyone else was distracted, the doctor implanted something in her corpse(or, perhaps, gave her something that caused the sudden extreme behavior in the first place). Secondly, that having your mind dominated by whats happening allows for spontaneous growth and/or reorganization of tissue, similar to the necromorphs from dead space.
I heard this explained in a comment on another video in that you have to kill someone, and then yourself die, in order to transform. Which does fuckall to explain the failed experiments in the basement.
Awesome! Time to get some popcorn and soda.
The style, horror, monster designs, and atmosphere are all very strong in this movie, especially considering the budget. I also thought the characters were pretty interesting. The story just never "clicked" into place for me. I don't mind mystery and embracing the unknowable or ambiguous. The script just put way too many cards on the table - it's fun to wonder about a couple unanswered questions but the movie piles monsters on top of cults on top of symbols on top of more monsters on top of the evil doctor on top of mysterious landscapes before it even starts addressing any answers. Ultimately, I can't shake the feeling that a lot of the movie is pure dumb coincidence, in that at least several of these characters converge on the hospital where Powell resides purely by luck, which is why the narrative becomes so muddled. I'd still recommend the movie overall for its style and horror in the same vein as the similarly under-plotted Hellraiser 2.
You basically described Escape from Innsmouth XD This kind of stuff is not uncommon in the mythos - including the expanded versions.
Noooooo not Hellraiser 10.
Quoting much better movies and actors won't mke this any better. But, that was a great reference.
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How have I not heard of this until now? Was this really so under the radar? O_O
The symbols in the books and whatnot remind me of the Alchemic texts I researched a while back.
yeah theres clear visual similarities to things that are in the lesser key of solomon as well
HP Lovecraft month again already?!?! MY MAN
Where did you get your shirt also just found your channel and so far I love your reviews
its a promo shirt for the band Die She Said and they actually sent me a load of their march so I don't really know where you could buy some anymore sorry, also I'm glad you enjoy the video thank you for the support.
Oh you are doing the new Hellraiser nice
There’s also a movie called... Cthulhu 2007.
The writer, director and also producer put it up on his TH-cam channel.
18:15. According to the documentary, that was pretty much the state of the abandoned hospital in which they were shooting. The hospital also didn't have power, so they had to use genny power for set power requirements.
Have you watched to cast a deadly spell? It's a 1991 film staring Fred ward. I thought it was a pretty good film. It would be cool to see your review on that.
darkest dungeon is a lovecraftian influenced game. Hardcore curve, deff not for everyone.
I love the atmosphere of the void. The story could've been put together better though like you said though.
yess!! i hope for that
While not really on topic 1 - have you seen Bone Tomahawk? 2 - Would you consider doing a review of it?
I love Lovecraft month. Best month of the year.
in your opening sequence, I have that same lovecraft complete works. I also read all of it. Old bugs is a very strange story even for him. it was quite.... Sesquipidillian
If someone wants to start reading Lovecraft, havig seen some inspired films but never read his work, do you have a recommended starting point? Just go chronologically?
I'd recommend the outsider (i did a narration of that), the thing on the doorstep and dagon for short stories and for the longer stories, call of cthulhu, shadow over innsmouth and herbet west - reanimator not saying they're the best but great starting points.
You know, I've always wanted to write a lovecraftian screenplay, but had never been able to get far.
I mainly contribute this to me only writing shorts and always thinking of new ideas for film.
Now, this is just my opinion, so take it with a grain of salt...
What if the nurse is a Shoggoth? Not a fully formed one, but like... a proto-form? I've never looked into the legends of them, but maybe they're a culmination of multiple forms made into one, and the nurse was only able to get so much, and thus is still "growing" if that makes sense.
That ending is also similar to Event Horizon.
The movie almost seems like a vehicle to show off the effects.
I noticed that similarity too...although personally I can honestly say I liked Event Horizon a lot more.
Can you do Whisperer in the darkness at some point?
Every time I heard "fire axe" I couldn't help but think of a flame enchanted axe.
Do more of these
@Deusdaecon, have you already done Banshee Chapter for Lovecraft month? It's supposed to be another take on From Beyond.
I have seen the film but i have not reviewed it
Doctor "For-The-Last-Time-I'm-Not-Malcolm-McDowell" Powell
I still love this movie.
they mentioned the usually old ones but what about the chaos bringer nethotep
whats the name of the muscing in the begining?
20:12 there are two reasons I can find:
1. saving for if found a way too fix the problem with them
2. use as a trap for unwelcome guests (i.e. the main charitors)
but my thiery, is its just plot conveneance too show or renforcing how bad the "bad" guy is
Hey Mr. Deacon! Have u ever seen The Creature below made in 2015/2016. It’s not a great movie and the CGI is horrible but it deals with “deep ones” and how their gods and how they’ve slept a long time it also deals with pulling demons down from the stars and doing insane. The pulling the demons down from the stars thing is just a line in the movie but it remind me of another line from a movie that you reviewed that said that this guy could pull gods down from the stars. Movie poster even says it is inspired by H.P. Lovecraft
I can see why they wouldn’t resort to full on torture first. They would not want to take the time to give him medical attention later if he proved useful.
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Ehh.....I just kind of worked under the assumption that things were random and wonky because reality was warping around the building with the portal in it.