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The Empty Man
2020
· Movie
· 137 min
D
MEANRANK
58/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #4343
- IMDb #4228
- Google retired #3745
- Letterboxd #3677
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2578
- AlloCiné #4139
Every rating
39–73
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 39, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 73. Critics average 73, everyone else 55.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A former cop is haunted by personal tragedy. He is drawn into the investigation of a missing teenager, which leads him to a mysterious urban legend about a supernatural entity known as the Empty Man. The deeper he digs, the more he uncovers a terrifying secret society and a cosmic horror that begins to prey on his own mind.
Details
- Director
- David Prior
- Writer
- David Prior
- Released
- 22 October 2020
- Country
- South Africa, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 137 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $16.0M
- Box office
- $4.8M
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