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The Empty Man

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On the trail of a missing girl, an ex-cop comes across a secretive group attempting to summon a terrifying supernatural entity. From TMDB

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  • Johnny @marcain86.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 11, 2026

    #nowwatching The Empty Man on Hulu. First time watch as the movie was unavailable to stream anywhere for a bit so I’m very pumped to finally watch it. #movies #films #horror

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  • ⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.comBluesky · Sep 29, 2026

    📣🚨 PSA 🚨📣 THE EMPTY MAN will be streaming on Hulu starting Oct 1 If you haven't yet seen this dark gem, I beg you to make it a priority

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  • Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 11, 2024

    Why would you watch a political debate when you could be watching the fantastic and criminally underseen 2020 horror film THE EMPTY MAN?

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  • Lobsteritus 🦞 OPEN! @lobsteritus.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 1, 2025

    51. Space Jam: What a weird movie. 52. The Empty Man: Has some pretty cool scenes and the main character is hilarious. 53. Kpop Demon Hunters: If they made animated movies like this when I was a teen, my brain chemistry wouldn't be the same. I'm gonna listen to some kpop now.

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  • Mooch @cachiporra.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 16, 2026

    THE EMPTY MAN (2020, VOD, #film) Oh *mama* that's good stuff! An ridiculously hot cop still reeling from personal tragedy discovers that sinister things are going down in Missouri. Punches dramatically above its budget with some killer cinematography and sound work. h/t: @demikane.bsky.social

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  • gita “the formalist” jackson @xoxogossipgita.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 11, 2023

    Thinking about horror movie The Empty Man

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  • ⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.comBluesky · Oct 24, 2023

    🦴🚨📣 PSA 📣🚨🦴 THE EMPTY MAN is on HULU (In the U.S., anyway) If you haven't seen this movie yet, I implore you to check it out. That is all. 📽️ filmsky 💀 horrorsky

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  • Kirk-o’-lantern @jeremykirk.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 2, 2023

    The Empty Man is now on Hulu. You know what to do.

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  • Darren Mooney @darrenmooney.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 7, 2024

    Rewatched "The Empty Man" over Halloween. One of the film's most interesting visual motifs is how Prior uses light in the same way other horror movies use shadow. Which is, in some ways, what the film is about. What if the horror wasn't seeing too little, but seeing too much?

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  • Annie @badgrgrl21.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 25, 2026

    To me, thebeginning of this movie sort of seems like a mini horror film unto itself. Reminds me in that way of “The Empty Man,” with its great Nepal opening that also seems like an entire separate movie… #thelastdrivein

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  • Ghoul-in’ Dickey @colindickey.comBluesky · Mar 19, 2026

    This movie—The Empty Man—was not really for me (too many movies crammed into one movie, to poor effect), but I’m still laughing at this detail 12 hours later.

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  • Lee from the Internet @theinternetslee.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 10, 2024

    Now watching The Void (2016). Aaron Poole is in both this and The Empty Man. That is some great horror movie agenting #filmsky 📽️

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  • Last Feast of Harlequin @feastlastharlequin.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 18, 2024

    I BLOODY LOVE *HISTORY OF THE OCCULT* A perfect movie to triple feature with THE EMPTY MAN and KILL LIST.

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  • Darren Mooney @darrenmooney.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 3, 2026

    I love how "The Empty Man" is a horror film that uses white and light instead of black and shadow. It not only makes the film feel distinct from many of its contemporaries, it also serves a nice visual metaphor for one of the film's central themes: the horror of *knowing.*

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  • [👤] 𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚠 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚝 [🐈‍⬛️] @owllog.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 28, 2026

    The Empty Man features a sound effect that I used in a short film 17 years ago, and it makes me so happy every single time I hear it. Reminds me of some fun times. I miss making movies with my pals.

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  • wade of mutilation @waderockett.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 20, 2025

    THE EMPTY MAN was released during lockdown so practically no one’s seen it on the big screen. It’s playing tomorrow at the HPL Film Festival, with a Q&A with David Prior! I’ve heard good things about his movies and am looking forward to it. #HorrorSky hplfilmfestival.com/hplfilmfesti...

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  • Kane @demikane.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 22, 2025

    The trailer to The Empty Man: "Oh no don't be messing with that boogeyman Empty Man he will do you no good." The actual movie The Empty Man: "Existential Lovecraftian movie with some of the most it will fuck with you dialog to exist."

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  • Shana L. Darabie @shanadarabie.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 30, 2024

    Putting off doing my Saturday jog, because oh my god, it’s like November weather outside and watching THE EMPTY MAN #filmsky #moviesky #horrorsky

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  • Tess,, dis agreeable grunt @brandysaurian.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 30, 2026

    Man Finds Tape is such a good modern horror film, it's peak found footage documentary format, it gets weird and cosmic,, it's less gorey (let's say) than Strange Harvest and th whole cast is a delight a labor of love, for sure. up there with The Void and The Empty Man for cosmic horror done well

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  • James Corck 🦅 ❤️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamescorck.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 5, 2024

    Today, Movie Slate talks about her favorite obscure movie, "The Empty Man" - tmblr.co/ZB69gvfJeFIk... It's a very well done, spooky, procedural cop drama with a paranormal twist. #WebComic #MLPOC #Pony #Unicorn #AskBlog

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  • Mike Bracken @horrorgeek.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 13, 2026

    Today's Grindhouse Gospel episode covers one of my favorite movies of recent years, David Prior's creepy cosmic horror flick, The Empty Man. This was mismarketed and misunderstood and today, we'll talk about why it's worth watching!

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  • Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 30, 2025

    8. The Empty Man (2020). An underappreciated movie that starts in the mountains of Bhutan in 1995 & moves to Missouri in 2018 as a former detective looks for a missing girl whose disappearance is connected with someone called "The Empty Man." Some really disturbing visuals & an intriguing story!

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  • Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 17, 2024

    THE EMPTY MAN is an incredibly good horror movie that deftly weaves creepypasta/supernatural urban legend horror with cosmic horror in a way I haven't seen elsewhere. That the theatrical release was basically cursed by huge factors beyond the director's control just adds to its cosmic horror charm.

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  • Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 6, 2026

    I haven't seen this yet, but whistle-based horror has a good track record. 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'? A classic. THE EMPTY MAN? My favorite horror movie of the last decade.

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  • Darren Mooney @darrenmooney.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 3, 2026

    "The signal can only penetrate through the cracks of sorrow, grief, and guilt. Fear. That's what we were missing. So we built you that way. " It is, admittedly, kinda funny to think of "The Empty Man" as a film about the weaponisation of horror's preoccupation with trauma.

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  • 𝐅𝐎𝐗𝐘🩸 @foxy444.bsky.socialBluesky · May 29, 2025

    now watching another criminally underwatched film from the same year THE EMPTY MAN (2020) On the trail of a missing girl, an ex-cop comes across a secretive group attempting to summon a terrifying supernatural entity fuck I wish this had a physical release 😭 my review: boxd.it/3ffHY3

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  • DeathVaughn Slaylor @daddydisco.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 10, 2025

    THE EMPTY MAN does it twice, more on the film and this specific prompt in April over on @spectercinema.bsky.social

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  • Michelle Keep @jmkeep.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 30, 2024

    I watched too many good movies this month. It's ridiculous. Absolutely drowning. 🎥 Standouts were Exhuma, Abigail & The Empty Man. For alt text screenshots are my film diary for November: letterboxd.com/jmkeep/films...

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  • Annie @badgrgrl21.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 13, 2026

    If you’re going to watch a “man” movie, watch “The Empty Man” #frightclub

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  • 𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 26, 2025

    TRIVIA: THE EMPTY MAN was one of the last films from 20th Century Fox that was made before they were acquired by Disney. The film was quietly dumped into theaters and made so little money that even an official home video release on DVD/Blu-Ray/4K was deemed non-profitable. (IMDB) 🖤

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  • Baron Giallo @theworkingdead.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 14, 2025

    Watching The Empty Man with my eldest, & the 1st half hour is so good. So is the rest of the movie, but the opening is such a perfect little short film. Really sucks this was a victim of the Fox/Disney merger. This should have launched David Prior’s directorial career. #Horrorsky #Filmsky

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  • Adzes @adzes.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 2, 2025

    Every rewatch of the The Empty Man (2020) gets better, what a great film

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  • 🎃 The Wicker Amber 🎃 @elementalamber.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 25, 2023

    It looks like The Empty Man has popped up on Hulu for me! If you are craving a rewatch or a first time scary movie for spoopy season, now is the time. The time is now. They never made physical copies of this one so watch while you can!

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  • Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.socialBluesky · May 9, 2026

    Also, if you've watched WIDOW'S BAY and thought to yourself, "I like horror, I like Stephen Root, I wish there was more horror starring Stephen Root," have I got a movie for you. It's called THE EMPTY MAN and I cannot recommend it enough.

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  • ⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.comBluesky · Aug 6, 2025

    Ghost Ship is my top one, but The Empty Man, The Ring, Scream, the Dawn of the Dead remake... The old version of The Stand, too, even though that's not really a "film." I could go on but I'll stop 😆

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  • Adzes @adzes.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 25, 2025

    Rewatching The Empty Man (2020). Damn what a movie

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  • Don’t Post About Crimes @katerosebee.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 3, 2024

    I haven’t seen anything as original, as full of genuine scares as The Empty Man in quite a while. This movie is a cosmic horror hidden gem that is far more than the urban legend-esque tagline on this poster. A very well-executed example of the genre that will keep you hooked till the end.

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  • Matt Monagle @monagle.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2023

    A while back, riding the high of the film adaptation, I read the Empty Man comic book series. It was fucking great. So I checked out the author’s other big series, Harrow County, and it was also great. Long story short, smash cut to me having a nice collection of @cullenbunn.bsky.social series.

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  • Baron Giallo @theworkingdead.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 25, 2026

    Share a horror movie title that begins with the letter ‘E’ 🎥 E is for… The Empty Man No messing around tonight, just picking a movie that fucking rules. #Filmsky #Horrorsky

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  • Matt Orion @orionmatt.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 28, 2026

    #nowwatching THE EMPTY MAN (2020) First time watch. I know nothing about this film except who did the score 🎥

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  • Morgana @lestatxlouis.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 5, 2025

    #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched DEAD LINE (2022) - Great zombie outbreak short-film! It's on youtube and the link is below The Empty Man (2020) Terror in the Wax Museum (1973) - the poster has nothing to do with the actual vibe of the film Naysayer (2019) - short film

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  • JennytheGeek @jennythegeek.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2025

    I finally got around to watching The Empty Man. Pretty great horror film and I definitely look forward to reading the source material. Maybe a video in the future 🤷‍♀️

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  • Specter Cinema Club @spectercinema.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 28, 2025

    New episode tomorrow! Prep your brains for us to discuss the ambitious & confounding film THE EMPTY MAN

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  • ✨Mog Daddy✨ @mogdaddy88.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2024

    Everything and nothing is real. We are just receivers of the transmission. Day 11 was The Empty Man. Good movie overall. It was beautifully shot, the music and sound design were delicious. It's very cerebral so it's definitely not for everyone, but I enjoyed it! #horror #horrormovie

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  • Sam Van Helsing @samshotfirst.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 10, 2024

    Watching what might be my favorite horror movie of the last five years, THE EMPTY MAN.

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  • Jenna Lyn Wright @jennalynwright.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 10, 2023

    I talk THE EMPTY MAN up to anyone who will listen. It’s a gem. The last film I found a pleasant surprise was TERRIFIED directed by Demián Rugna. Gorier than TEM, but also genuinely unsettling with some great scares.

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  • Llewellyn @llewellynrose.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 28, 2025

    The Empty Man this movie is so fun and solid and was done so dirty by its trailer and marketing.

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  • Cranky Chibi Cthulhu🐙Steam Demo Available NOW!! @littletlalocinteractive.comBluesky · Jul 24, 2025

    Today on cosmic horror movie inspirations!🐙 AM1200 (2008) Lovecraftian atmosphere - check! Horrific turn of events - check! Bleak ending - Watch it to find out! 😜 A short film by the same director that brought us The Empty Man. #horror #am1200 #cosmichorror #indiedev

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  • Forgotten Great Film Performances @performances.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 22, 2025

    James Badge Dale - 📽️ The Empty Man (David Prior, 2020) Start watching the star of all the most bleak and chilling little-known American indies if you haven’t. Dale is riveting in this new cult gem as a haunted investigator trying to parse a group’s strange summoning rituals. The film is a riot.

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  • Certified Forgotten @certifiedforgotten.comBluesky · Aug 11, 2023

    Today! Chloe Waryan expresses why 'The Empty Man' deserved better. "For a film about how dangerous information and ideas are disseminated, it’s sadly fitting that the marketing of The Empty Man had such negative consequences on its reception."

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  • Oh Elle 🌌 @whinemixer.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 21, 2026

    I watched The Empty Man (2020) and was really digging it until the last 20 minutes made me not care about anything that happened in the entire movie — wish they’d gone more of a Wicker Man (1973) or The Skeleton Key (2005) route!

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  • Beck W @loudtristero.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 18, 2026

    this movie is just like The Empty Man. or you know, the other way around. #folkhorrorfriday yeah this movie is about the fear of sex

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  • Alex Arrelia @alexarrelia.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 11, 2026

    Okay! The Empty Man. I adore it. The bonfire scene in the woods is one of my favourite scares in any movie

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  • Brian is Super Rad @brianissuperrad.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 23, 2025

    A film that takes place where I’m from. Steve Martin has an unusual amount of movies that are set in or have memorable scenes set in St Louis. Also, a personal favorite, The Empty Man.

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  • 🏳️‍⚧️screaming queer cryptid👁️🔥🎨 @nintala-scribble.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 9, 2025

    finally got to watch the horror film The Empty Man and my jaw dropped like maybe 5 times holy shit it's a long well paced film and it is SO GOOD esp if you're a weirdo like me who knows about tulpas and cults, it's a rollercoaster of good horror ideas

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  • ✨John Carpenter’s BOObies✨ @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 22, 2025

    Honourable mention for cosmic horror: The Empty Man - this movie is SHOCKINGLY good.

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  • Pop Arena @poparena.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 14, 2025

    Always a good sign. If anyone's looking for a slept-on horror movie with Stephen Root in it, I highly commend 2020's "The Empty Man."

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  • Lee from the Internet @theinternetslee.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 14, 2024

    Now Watching The Empty Man (2020), a recommendation from the TSDW podcast. The opening scene is Bhutan is so fantastic. If someone told me that was the entire movie and that it was just a short film, I would have been very satisfied. Creepy little thing. Filmsky 📽️

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  • James Wood @omgmorejames.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 4, 2026

    This would have nabbed at least five likes during peak film twitter. More of you should watch The Empty Man so I can not be a smh man

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  • Gati Petriashvili @gati3478.sycamore.gamesBluesky · Jun 26, 2026

    watch The Empty Man, it's such a gem and the last 20th Century Fox film before Disney

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