{"id":491760,"date":"2022-09-09T21:00:30","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T18:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/gazing-into-the-void-lovecraftian-horror-done-right\/"},"modified":"2022-09-09T21:00:30","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T18:00:30","slug":"gazing-into-the-void-lovecraftian-horror-done-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gazing-into-the-void-lovecraftian-horror-done-right\/","title":{"rendered":"#Gazing Into &#8216;The Void&#8217;: Lovecraftian Horror Done Right"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c269aed34c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c269aed34c\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gazing-into-the-void-lovecraftian-horror-done-right\/#%E2%80%9CGazing_Into_%E2%80%98The_Void_Lovecraftian_Horror_Done_Right%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Gazing Into &#8216;The Void&#8217;: Lovecraftian Horror Done Right&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gazing-into-the-void-lovecraftian-horror-done-right\/#Watch_%E2%80%9CWhy_is_THE_VOID_So_Weird_Messed_Up%E2%80%9D\" >Watch \u201cWhy is THE VOID So Weird &amp; Messed Up?!\u201d:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gazing-into-the-void-lovecraftian-horror-done-right\/#Who_made_this\" >Who made this?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gazing-into-the-void-lovecraftian-horror-done-right\/#More_videos_like_this\" >More videos like this<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CGazing_Into_%E2%80%98The_Void_Lovecraftian_Horror_Done_Right%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Gazing Into &#8216;The Void&#8217;: Lovecraftian Horror Done Right&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<pre><code>     &lt;span class=\"mx-1\"&gt;Statistically, you\u2019re more likely to die in a hospital than anywhere else. Especially if there\u2019s an Eldrich abomination in the basement.&lt;\/span&gt;\n&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;div id=\"\"&gt;\n\n\n\n                &lt;figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> \"&gt;\n            &lt;img width=\"800\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/The-Void.jpg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Void\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/The-Void.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/The-Void-768x322.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/&gt;                            &lt;\/figure&gt;\n\n    &lt;!-- START BYLINE --&gt;\n    &lt;div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\"&gt;\n        By\u00a0Meg Shields\u00a0\u00b7 Published on September 9th, 2022 \n        &lt;\/div&gt;\n    &lt;!-- END BYLINE --&gt;\n\n    &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Welcome to The Queue \u2014 your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we\u2019re watching a video essay that looks at the 2016 horror film \u2018The Void.\u2019&lt;\/em&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Contrary to popular belief, there are plenty of excellent cosmic horror films. What\u2019s rarer are faithful adaptations of the work of HP Lovecraft, the American writer best known for his tales of Eldrich Gods too vast and terrible for the human consciousness to describe (but they\u00a0<em>definitely\u00a0<\/em>had tentacles, we know that much).<\/p>\n<p>While related, Lovecraftian horror and cosmic horror are not always the same thing. Unlike the latter, the former is more interested in the flesh than the stars. Other specifics define Lovecraft\u2019s particular brand of terror: partial, epistolary accounts of half-glimpsed monstrosities, noneuclidean geometry, forbidden knowledge, and inhuman influences on humanity\u2019s trajectory.<\/p>\n<p>Lovecraftian horror is specific, and in that specificity, it absolutely is not for everyone. Even after you get over the tentacles. One of the primary barriers to entry is that Lovecraftian horror has no interest in explaining its madness to you. Being confused is part of the experience. Both you and the characters might clamor for answers, but you\u2019re not going to get any. And that can (rightly so!) be a bit of a dealbreaker for folks.<\/p>\n<p>This is just one very sick woman\u2019s opinion, but the 2016 Canadian, crowd-sourced horror film <em><strong>The Void<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>is one of the greatest Lovecraftian films ever made. Created by Astron-6 (the madmen behind\u00a0<em>Manborg, The Editor, <\/em>and\u00a0<em>Psycho Goreman<\/em>),\u00a0<em>The Void <\/em>drops us in-media res into the end<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> of a mysterious cult. They\u2019ve set up shop in the basement of a rural hospital. And whatever they\u2019re doing down there is turning people into screaming lumps of pained flesh. The criticism that <em>The Void<\/em>\u2018s horrors feel incidental and lack context is both (1) valid; (2) kind of the whole point. It\u2019s a Lovecraftian horror show told from the victim\u2019s incomplete and often confusing perspective, and that\u2019s precisely what makes it one of the closest films to ever pick up what old HP sauce was putting down.<\/p>\n<p>Is that a cop-out? Yeah, kind of. Leaving things incomplete and half-glimpsed was kind of Lovecraft\u2019s whole deal. But why don\u2019t you make up your own mind with today\u2019s video essay:<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Watch_%E2%80%9CWhy_is_THE_VOID_So_Weird_Messed_Up%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>Watch \u201cWhy is THE VOID So Weird &amp; Messed Up?!\u201d:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Is THE VOID So Weird &amp; Messed Up?!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mevXtQ60hM0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_made_this\"><\/span>Who made this?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"block-a3ef65e1-092e-4d5f-b3a2-6899549a8c52\">This video on the 80s nostalgia of\u00a0<strong><em>The Void <\/em><\/strong>is by\u00a0<strong>Ryan Hollinger<\/strong>, a Northern Irish video essayist who specializes in horror films. Hollinger\u2019s analysis usually takes the shape of a personal retrospective. Indulging in a healthy dose of nostalgia, Hollinger\u2019s videos are contagiously endearing, entertaining, and informative. You can also check out Hollinger\u2019s podcast, The Carryout, on SoundCloud <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/ryanhollinger\">here<\/a>. And you can subscribe to Hollinger\u2019s YouTube account\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/himynamesryan\/featured\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_videos_like_this\"><\/span>More videos like this<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<pre><code>    Related Topics: Horror, The Queue\n    &lt;!-- AUTHOR BOX --&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/meg.jpg\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md\">\n            Meg Shields is the humble farm boy of your dreams and a senior contributor at Film School Rejects. She currently runs three columns at FSR: The Queue, How&#8217;d They Do That?, and Horrorscope. She is also a curator for One Perfect Shot and a freelance writer for hire. Meg can be found screaming about John Boorman&#8217;s &#8216;Excalibur&#8217; on Twitter here: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheWorstNun\">@TheWorstNun<\/a>. (She\/Her).        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<pre><code>    &lt;!-- START RECOMMENDED READING 1 --&gt;\n                                &lt;section class=\"recommended py-5\"&gt;\n            &lt;h3&gt;Recommended Reading&lt;\/h3&gt;\n\n\n        &lt;\/section&gt;\n            &lt;!-- END RECOMMENDED READING --&gt;\n\n\n\n\n&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a> async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"&gt;&lt;\/script&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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