Screen Media Films has released the first trailer forThe Void, which is slated to hit theaters in limited released and arrive on VOD platforms April 7. Thisterrifying thrillerhas been winning rave reviews from hitting the festival circuit, after making its world premiere at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas back in September. If this new footage is any indication, which features some of the critical praise from the festivals, fans of 80s horror films will be in for one hell of a ride.
In the middle of a routine patrol, officer Daniel Carter (Aaron Carter) happens upon ablood-soaked figurelimping down a deserted stretch of road. He rushes the young man to a nearby rural hospital staffed by a skeleton crew, only to discover that patients and personnel are transforming into something inhuman. As the horror intensifies, Carter leads the other survivors on a hellish voyage into the subterranean depths of the hospital in a desperate bid to end the nightmare before it’s too late.
This trailer, courtesy ofScreen Media Filmsintroduces fans to these mysterious cloaked,cult-like figures, who are seen surrounding the hospital in a most terrifying fashion. These characters enter the depths of the hospital where they discover a gateway to immense evil. After holding its world premiere at Fantastic Fest last September,The Voidwent on to screen at coveted festivals such as the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival, Boston Underground Film Festival, Beyond Fest, Nevermore Film Festival, Panic Fest, Stockholm International Film Festival and the Toronto After Dark Film Festival.The Voidwill only be getting a limited theatrical release on April 7, although it remains to be seen if there are plans for expansion or not.
Thesupporting castincludesKathleen Munroe,Ellen Wong,Kenneth Walsh,Evan Stern,Daniel Fathers,Grace Munro. This horror-thriller is both written and directed byJeremy GillespieandSteven Kostanski, who took different paths to becoming filmmakers.Jeremy Gillespiestarted his career as an assistant art director on films such asTotal Recall,Pacific Rim,Poltergeist,Suicide Squadand the upcomingIT, while also co-writing a number of films with withSteven Kostanskisuch asManborg,Father’s Dayand the W is for Wish segment ofABCs of Death 2.Steven Kostanskistarted his career as a prosthetics shop assistant onCapote, transitioning into a special makeup effects artist on films such asThe Divide,Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings,Nurse 3D,Suicide SquadandIT, along with the hit TV seriesHannibal.
Although it will only have alimited release,The Voidwill be going up against wide releases such as Warner Bros.‘Going In Styleremake, Sony’sSmurfs: The Lost Villageand PureFlix’sThe Case For Christ. There are also a slew of films arriving in limited release alongsideThe Void, including the Magnolia filmsAlive and KickingandCezanne et moi, Neon’s sci-fi action-thrillerColossal, Fox Searchlight’s dramaGifted, IFC’s dramaGraduation, Rialto’s dramaA Kind of Loving, Well Go USA’s action filmMine, STX Entertainment’s dramatic comedyTheir Finest, Shout! Factory’s dramaThe Ticketand FUNimation’s animated filmYour Name. Take a look at the first trailer below forThe Void.
