Production Budget Analysis

The production budget for The Void (2016) has not been publicly disclosed.

CAST: Aaron Poole, Kathleen Munroe, Art Hindle, Daniel Fathers, Kenneth Welsh, Ellen Wong DIRECTOR: Steven Kostanski, Jeremy Gillespie CINEMATOGRAPHY: Samy Inayeh MUSIC: Brian Williams, Casey Benson PRODUCTION: XYZ Films, 120dB Films, JoBro Productions, Cave Painting Pictures, The Salt Company

Box Office Performance

The Void earned $151,042 in worldwide box office revenue.

Profitability Assessment

Insufficient publicly available data to assess profitability.

INDUSTRY IMPACT

PRODUCTION NOTES

▸ Production

Since 2000, the Canadian film groups referring to themselves as Astron-6 began creating comedic horror films. Their films included Manborg, Father's Day and The Editor.

At the American Film Market, XYZ Films and CAA were set to handle the North American deals.

Filmed in Sault Ste. Marie at the former location of Sir James Dunn Collegiate and Vocational School. The school was demolished in 2016.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

No awards data currently available for this title.

CRITICAL RECEPTION

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, it holds a 77% approval rating based on 75 reviews, and an average rating of 6.1/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "The Void offers a nostalgic rush for fans of low-budget 1980s horror—and legitimate thrills for hardcore genre enthusiasts of all ages." On Metacritic, The Void received a rating of 62 out of 100 based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Writing in Fangoria, Elijah Taylor gave the film a positive review, specifically praising that "practical effects are not obscured, not glimpsed partially through a flashing light or a shaky handicam. They're showcased front and center, with the confidence of a team that knows their monsters have more weight and impact than the myriad CGI scares that have become the standard in modern horror." and that it was a film that "demands multiple viewings."

Kim Newman of Screen Daily compared the film to previous works Bio-Cop from ABCs of Death 2 and Manborg, stating that the directors "remain in pastiche mode, but tone down the humour to try for serious suspense and Lovecraftian horror - with a pleasing reliance on memorably gruesome physical effects rather than CGI." Newman concluded that the film "offers good shock/uck moments and a nicely unpredictable plot, even if a few crucial relationships are sketchily established, slightly undermining audience investment in the horrors."

Chris Hewett of Empire gave the film 3 stars out of 5, stating that the "central story hinges on a series of outlandish coincidences, too many of the cast of characters struggle to make an impact, and the pacing is a tad too ponderous to really grip." The review found that as the film became more close to a creature feature, "the directors' love of old-school, honest-to-goodness, practical FX is a huge boon" and the directors are "worth keeping an eye on", as they "know their way around an arresting image, whether it’s a group of masked figures eerily lit by the cold, flash...