Redundant and unnecessary.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

I read some reviews and hype that said this felt like a Carpenter film because of the stranded and surrounded element. Maybe in one or two shots but Carpenters film properly set up the reason for being surrounded, this film didn't.It kinda wanted to be a Carpenter film but then wanted to be like Hellraiser but descended into silliness and an over reliance on makeup, rubber masks and self important mumbo jumbo.The script had little or no clarity, the acting was bordering on the embarrasing and the writing...well pretty lame.I bought this blind on the hope that I might land myself a little gem but I just got a film that I wish I hadn't bought.

Started out halfway desent, but went off the rails really quickly.... I just wanted it to be over, and some subplots never went anywhere... Worst thing about the movie, the monsters were throw together in a hodgepodge of parts, they tried to be clever on a few plot twist, that were generic, really lame lines delivered by the characters. What was up with the characters randomly having delusional views of reality around them was never explained.. And why did the nurse turn homicidal early on in the film, never made sense... And the actual void in the movie never made sense, and what happened to all the followers I'm the end of the movie, they just disappeared!!!!

While there is some creativity to this flick as well as decent old school monster / gore effects, at the heart of it it's one of those evil cult kind of movies where you pretty much know nobody has a chance. So no real balance, which I personally feel a good movie should haveAbout mid way through I started to lose interest but kept with it as I figure I made it that far might as well see how it ended, which it did, weirdly... It's certainly a movie I won't remember for long and will never look to watch again. I only watched it because of some damn web site that was highlighting hidden netflix gems, and although the review score on IMDB should have been the dead giveaway I gave it a watch anyway as I used to be a fan of 80's monster / gore flicks.Maybe I grew out of the genre or maybe this movie just wasn't very good. Meh, oh well, I've certainly blown 90 minutes on worse things in my life. Like the 10 minutes writing this review, lol

If the producers and director of this movie are going to make a film this convoluted and non-cohesive out of some sort of desire to make an homage, then I get to write a consumer review that accurately describes this mess!This movie has so many disparate parts of other horror movies thrown together to constitute a separate movie that defies description due to its inconceivable plot lines. Is it horror? Yes, Its a horrible film because it tries to be something its not. Is it science fiction? Yes, its scientifically a bad movie!The dialogue (script) is a mess------lots of superfluous use of yelling and the "F" word, to no practical benefit. There is gore, but that does not sustain a movie.This movie seems to have been made not for the enjoyment of the movie viewers, but to satisfy the movie makers desires to be seen as in the same company as "iconic" horror storytellers from the past------storytellers who are no longer relevant to consumer tastes.I won't name these former icons of horror filmmaking because that is what the makers of "The Void" want in comparison of their effort.The Void is aptly titled because their are several voids in the plot. Any reasonable viewer is left wondering, "What the hell is that included for", or "What just happened?'There is absolutely no redeeming quality to this film. Given that, examine the hyperbole and scores used by the paid reviewers and production crew ro celebrate this movie. You will see the corruption that IMDb has fostered.Its alarming that IMDb has allowed paid reviewers or people affiliated with the production to hijack the reviews to promote this movie among others. It seems to be part of the movie -making process today to include post-production positive reviews on IMDb as part of the marketing. Its dishonest!