THE EMPTY MAN (2020) Explained

#theemptyman #endingexplained
The Empty Man follows an ex-cop that goes in search of a missing girl and uncovers a much bigger mystery than he ever imagined. We're breaking down the complicated story, including the philosophical concepts behind everything, what the mysterious institute's big plan is, and explaining the ending and what it means.
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[@hypnoticskull6342]

"Yeah, no." Smartest horror movie character ever

[@Reignbeaux189]

I swear it is.

[@cambo405]

He actually is smart in this movie

[@accidentallyamy1063]

No, yeah: yes Yeah, no: no Yeah no for sure: absolutely Thank you for coming to my TEDTalk

[@xXJLNINJAXx]

@@accidentallyamy1063 This is underappreciated.

[@kiedonmccomb3831]

@@xXJLNINJAXx Isaac Clarke!

[@veteranredbeard6222]

Because of my PTSD from serving in Iraq as a combat medic, I can't do jump scares very well. Thanks to foundflix, I can enjoy a good story without putting myself through stupid jumpscares.

[@arose666]

When I was little I wanted to fight and be a combat medic but I’m scared now that the world is going to shit. I know I want to help people and I know I want to fight for what I believe in if need be but I don’t feel like I would survive a war. I’m thinking now about helping wounded Vets or being a psychiatrist for Vets with PTSD. I just don’t know what will let me help the most people

[@SunshyneA]

@@arose666 the vets!

[@RollerOfEyes]

@@arose666 don't best yourself up about it not everyone can be saved.

[@ashenblood]

@@arose666 you should pick what you think you can do better, being good at what you do will help people more than you think

[@Itisme-kv7bq]

Thank you for your service

[@apathicmiko6546]

A cult creates a man out of pure thought, gave him a tragic past, then tell him all that pain is meaningless because he literally is three days old and THEN gave him the ability to warp reality, I'm pretty sure he would like to have so words with the people of the cult

[@thejawgz6719]

TBH we don’t even actually know how this will turn out for the cult. This vessel isn’t catatonic like the previous one, meaning for all we know the guy could have killed them all after the credits rolled. Would certainly fit with the whole “aimless black chaos” thing.

[@kalikiter1]

I believe there are graphic novels on which this movie is based and I think the goal of the empty man/vessel is to spread and bring chaos to all reality or something lime that .

[@trueromani7262]

I think that's the entire point. The cult is blinded by the lure of extremist nihilism/atheism. They WANT to not exist anymore and the more sublime way of doing it is through the empty man. They more or less accomplished their goal.

[@bigmeatswangin5837]

They create James, but he's just a vessel for the Bhutan mountain deity. Remember the scene with the creature literally crawling into the James' mouth?

[@sarahphyllis5782]

I thought it was an Antichrist propaganda movie but in boring style execution

[@MrGIJuu]

So I thought the guy who plays Paul kind of looks like Aaron Paul and upon further investigation found out the actors name is Aaron Poole. That was fucking amazing.

[@hamfan1355]

It's turtles all the way down

[@trip2belize]

🤣🤣🤣

[@jcqlnr464]

Weird

[@sarahphyllis5782]

Looks exactly like Aaron Paul as well and I thought the movie will focus on him but instead we saw a different movie

[@cameronsarmiento4102]

Crazy I just finished breaking bad yesterday.

[@MotherofImps]

The most frightening thing I see here is that woman's appalling bowl cut.

[@willsith9762]

That Will Byers cut

[@b_a_n_s_h_e_e9054]

Came down here looking for someone that addressed this. You did not disappoint.

[@NunYurbis]

Imagine being the kind of person that goes to the barber and asks for the Pete Rose.

[@alvarorivas9896]

@@NunYurbis Liz Lemon has entered the chat.

[@nymthetyrant]

It’s terrifying indeed

[@SurprisedCat123]

The Empty Man: “Stop hitting yourself, stop hitting yourself.”

[@jorgejimemez1627]

"Stop stabbing yourself, stop stabbing yourself, stop stabbing yourself"

[@houndwolfsquad]

This has no business being as funny as it is but here it is 😂😂😂

[@slevinchannel7589]

Raise a cute Baby! That makes you feel less Empty, Man!

[@mrstorch5068]

I read this in the Cloaker’s voice.

[@tedsoldatov4413]

@@slevinchannel7589 nice :)

[@CptApplestrudl]

Lots of Lovecraftian cosmic horror themes in here: -Cultists -Another sphere beyond reality (the dreamscape in lovecraft's terms) -Mere contact with the old ones makes you go mad -At the firesite, I am pretty sure they chanted "Nyarlahothep" at some point. In lovecraft lore, Nyarlahotep is the collective thoughts of the old ones in a bodily form. And it fits perfectly into this scenario.

[@nenadmilovanovic5271]

If you look closely, you will notice black tentacles on the monster.

[@1118Areyes]

The monster looks like Nyarlahothep. I’ve been looking through the comments to see if anyone noticed that.

[@foisopracurtir6389]

Some commenter say that the cult even chanted the Crawlling Chaos's name...

[@chaoskrator]

@@1118Areyes The Empty Man is the Protagonist...An empty person a souless vessel which is needed to embody the entity...Yes the Entity is Nyarlathotep...They even chanting Nyarlathotep around the fire in the camp....when the fire climbs to sky and he looks the sky like dizzy he then stare at them before turn his back...and you can clearly hear them spelling 3 times...NY-A-RLA-THO-TEP....NY-A-RLA-THO-TEP...NY-A-RLA-THO-TEP

[@halfadeaty]

I keep trying to hear but they don't chant "Nyarlahothep" . I think it that we *want* them to chant it so our brain makes it so.

[@jennw1585]

If someone told me they manifested me I would just say- actually I manifested you to believe you manifested me. Because what they going to do? say no? Lol

[@Kyei2607]

I manifested that you'd say that 😂

[@BrimstoneFrenchie]

@@Kyei2607 I manifested that you would manifest that he would manifest that.

[@Kyei2607]

Little did you know,@@BrimstoneFrenchie , you are also a result of my manifestation. Therefore, your thoughts of manifestation are my thoughts made manifest. So in a sense, I have DOUBLE MANIFEST POWERRRR!! **Terry Crews Pec Flex**

[@prue5588]

@@Kyei2607 I'm Manifested 😋

[@jacksond7956]

Brimstone Frenchie I manifested that you would manifest that Yaw would manifest that.

[@clementine793]

Maybe Amanda was just avoiding reality because of her haircut

[@hopeedwards5831]

👀🤣☠️

[@thegimpygamer]

Moe

[@louisjjohnston]

Facts

[@pocketinfinity6733]

yee yee as*

[@felianya]

Lmaoooooo

[@Mason_____]

I was blindsided at how this movie wound up being a film that I can actually say is, “Lovecraftian”, without having to make exceptions to define it as such

[@spiritconsumer]

Yes. The empty man IS Nyarlathotep. If you don't believe me, take into account the way it reveals itself by taking off it's mask and showing the tentacle form (which is exactly what Nyarlathotep does) and then rewatch the chanting around the fire scene...they are LITERALLY SAYING NY AR LA THO TEP - I am not even joking.

[@MyDouble]

@@spiritconsumer the Empty man is James, and empty vessel for the entity to inhabit and broadcast from

[@ricky8837]

@@spiritconsumer they never even come close to chanting nyarlathotep.

[@matheusmorgan8643]

​@@ricky8837that is actually a not so substantional evidence, but in the movie the entity is called "The Crawling Chaos" and in a scene is shown a movie depicting ancient egypt and talks about a "long lost Pharaoh" so there are many details eluding to Nyarlathotep

[@ricky8837]

@@matheusmorgan8643 i didn't mention anything else about the movie. just the scene of the many cultists chanting around the fire and whatever they had been chanting.

[@user-lz5vh9bb5w]

I love how the main character is like a real person, the things he says and his decisions, are mostly fairly realistic. Wish more horror movies did that.

[@alfredricketts3791]

Same just wish he recorded everthing and sent it in to the chief 😭😭like why do cops never do that in movies !! “Hey boss ik im not supposed to be here but i think me finding this cult that kills people is more important than trespassing. You know since the greater evil being … murder. But what do ik im just a dumb cop 😵‍💫👮🏻‍♂️" like cmon 😭😂

[@hanumw.q.1540]

The enemies of empty man will be the overthinking man.

[@sgregory0753]

The empty man’s cousin, the single man.

[@HolyCrusader5]

The empty man’s father: then nothing man

[@Depleted-Uranium]

the empty man's baker, the muffin man

[@xnxc1528]

@@Depleted-Uranium the muffin man? yes, i know the muffin man, who lives on drury lane

[@redtimez4520]

And his brother the broken man

[@Obey.walmsley]

20:43 the most intelligent decision in a horror movie man really said “Yeah... No.” and took off. The man is thinking what we’re thinking 90% of the time.

[@akhiltrc9708]

Dude, the guy is the most competent protagonist I've seen in a horror movie. On his second day when he wakes up by the foot noices, I actually wanted him to beat up the Empty man with his baseball bat.

[@gizbot9366]

And he actually turned the freaking lights ON when investigating weird noises in his house instead of stumbling around in the dark!! When that happened I was like "FINALLY someone is smart enough to turn the lights on!!!"

[@extrnalsorce4974]

@Ms Selim what the hell does this even mean

[@Hevvvyyy]

Anyone else get silent hill & the evil within vibes in this movie ?? I thought that hallway scene was something out from those games lol very creepy

[@teresahickey3021]

He said yea no & then run off and then started following them again. Not me, if I run across fruit loops like this I’m gonna be running away forever

[@Ootini4]

I love all these secret Lovecraft movies coming out, Underwater and The Empty Man were so surprising! The monster at the end is straight up Nyarlathotep. Cosmic horror is really starting to happen more and more.

[@MarioBario]

Just because there are tentacles, regardless of where they're located, doesn't mean it's Lovecraft based AT ALL

[@relanarkin7146]

@@MarioBario it’s cosmic horror because of how it plays with things like space, time, reality, and consciousness

[@nenadmilovanovic5271]

@@MarioBario The Empty man is possibly the best Lovecraftean movie ever made. It explores the nature of reality, bending nature of dreams, inter-dimentional ancient gods who whisper to people to influence them, it is all there.

[@wilmagregg3131]

@@MarioBario its not just because it has tentacles the single head tencacle with a mouth IS how nyralethotep actually looks

[@thejawgz6719]

The cult literally chants Nyarlatothep within the movie.

[@failedcomedian6394]

*end credits of The Empty Man start rolling* 30 seconds later: “Hey guys, welcome to FoundFlix”

[@jenniferanderson1432]

Exactly what I'm doing now!

[@muncherluncher]

@@jenniferanderson1432 me too! lol

[@alexyue5948]

Same...

[@zerovisst2388]

Got me

[@nickson6455]

What is Foundflix?

[@kaitieworthy2548]

The San Frisco line made me laugh everytime

[@hammiranda]

I didn't get it. is it because the Scientology HQ is there?

[@krian13]

@@hammiranda There's tons of those white guys in tibetian robes handing out books about self actualization all over SF. usually in the tourist spots like haight and ashbury or at the pier. I actually got stuck talking to one of them waiting as the cross roads and was like "yeah, my Sanskrit is kind of rusty, don't know if I'll be able to read this." and he was like "oh, mine isn't too good either! the English translation is pretty good!" I think i threw it out a few years back, but long story short is that there's a lot of tibetian/vaguely hindu spiritualism/self actualization nonsense all over San Fransisco. Really wish I had kept the book so I could show you the kind of stuff that literally thrown at you walking around haight.

[@StrangeMachines1]

It reminds me of Pasta Ssempa's "This is not San Francisco" 😂😂

[@xavierkazoo1619]

Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends got really weird at the end

[@god2593]

Really shouldn't have done that collab with the Serpents Hand.

[@MsZelazny]

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends started weird. Coco's backstory messed me up.

[@dr.k1012]

🤣🤣🤣

[@griffinwik]

"This man empty.... YEEET"

[@Sam-iy8qm]

☠️☠️☠️

[@s0urstr4wbz]

😂

[@Milenaiguess]

Underrated comment lmao

[@romanticwander]

god... when I say "i almost died laughing", I fucking mean it. 😂🤣

[@aishaqurbanova7278]

Lmaoo

[@Nefariousbig]

I don't think they actually manifested him at all, that was a false reality they created in his mind by breaking him down. That is the meaning of the line about repeating your name until it's gibberish. His trauma was real and necessary to complete the ritual, they just needed to mould him into an empty vessel through 'gibberish'. That's also the significance of the scene where he sees himself on the gantry - that is him accepting his new role in their reality. They used triggers like the bottle repeatedly, and told him he was the empty man, until he became the empty man. Plenty of other symbology such as the shaven heads and repeated mantras of the cult also hint at this being the true meaning, imo.

[@calebfoster1832]

I like this interpretation. The death of his wife and son seemed to be presented as real, so I can't fully commit to the idea they only existed as false/created memories.

[@wright96d]

What about when two of him were in the place at once?

[@DNTMEE]

@@wright96d Hallucination. Perhaps by the "Transmitter" in the hospital bed.

[@tomj1676]

That would also explain why things like the empty house or the cops seem to actually exist.

[@mhnoni]

I like that your idea, but the whole movie was about manifested + time = real.

[@darkstar4977]

I saw the beginning of this movie and was gobsmacked by the realistic reaction the guy had when getting stabbed. The delay as he didn’t yet comprehend what was happening then immediately panicking as it sinks in.

[@xanmontes8715]

I have one question... How do you actually know what that looks like?

[@darkstar4977]

@@xanmontes8715 lots of body cam footage.

[@accidentallyamy1063]

I feel like the Empty Man is just a construct of the “call to the abyss” phenomenon, where people get the overwhelming urge out of nowhere to fling themselves off a bridge, cliff or crash their car...

[@ethanahmu6149]

That would have made a much cooler villain/phenomenon than what the movie clumsily tried to portray tbh.

[@kylebryant1903]

Agreed

[@lkntgkltrndfl]

Arent those called "intrusive thoughts"?

[@accidentallyamy1063]

@Chimino Pulverman oof. All I was saying is that it reminded me of the phenomenon. Not that I wanted to rewrite the movie and go for an Oscar....

[@THEHOUSEOFSATIO]

Ooh yeah, It's like when you try to avoid knives as a kid because it temps you to do something to yourself with it. Like if at any second you could choose to stab yourself and end your own life just because you want to and actually can do. Fucked up kid.

[@Sandybowls_9001]

You know that girl's crazy with that haircut.

[@ninalove3044]

😂😂😂

[@peekaloo12]

No country for old cults

[@kaylawuvscookies]

The question is... Who put the bowl on her head? THE EMPTYMAN

[@emilybarclay8831]

People with bowlcuts are either ninjutsu masters or crazy people there’s no inbetween

[@ceciliap5336]

HAHHAHAHHAA

[@lucasottens8506]

At the end, before crawling inside of James, the Empty Man turns into an avatar of Nyarlathotep.

[@punkfudboop2854]

I thought it was just me. That thought so

[@DeltaCain13]

I also was thinking this when the guy said the empty man was blackness and chaos, and that it was going to be a bloodbath.

[@bigmeatswangin5837]

Nyarlathotep is just the name your human mind projects onto a form deciphered by your human eyes.

[@stevenoviedo541]

Fritz Leiber proposes three interpretations of the character based on this appearance: the universe's mockery of man's attempts to understand it; a negative view of the commercial world, represented by Nyarlathotep's self-promotion and contemptuous attitude; and man's self-destructive rationality. Source Wikipedia. They literally made a Lovecraftian movie about nyarlathotep and this dude didn't even catch it.

[@brandyrose9997]

I *LOVED* this movie. Thought it would be a Slenderman deal, but was pleasantly surprised. It was very ambitious and upon the second viewing, it was even better. So much bridge symbolism. Camn we talk about how the hospital looks just like the Scientolgy headquarters??

[@pa5666]

I thought I was the only one who thought that about the headquarters lol! Scary similarities!!

[@flotskryz]

When they told you the worst she can say is "no" but she says "iugh" *the empty man*

[@COMPETITOR_OFF]

Friend~ the worst she can say is no Crush~ who are you? The empty man

[@josef-ralfdwerlkotte8333]

@@COMPETITOR_OFF XD

[@heliosdelsol]

I’m glad 479 people got this comment, cuz I sure as shit didn’t! 😅

[@theo_0801]

@raltz the empty man origin story lmao

[@alectothefirst]

you're welcome for your 1000th like

[@izzy1221]

So technically...with the power of thought, I can manifest an entire pot roast in front of me right now. (Edit) *Didn’t work*

[@hmartinspliff]

That *Thought + Concentration + Time = Flesh* equation @ 12:39 doesn't add up. With the amount of time and concentration spent looking at flesh on Pornhub, something should've manifested by now.

[@masternabber5560]

No it can't be just thought you must truly believe,just let it go,all doubt and disbelief.

[@Ixe2077]

@@hmartinspliff If this "magical power" of sorts was real, I wouldn't use it to summon a scary ghost guy from beyond reality, I would make sex slaves. Granted they dont exist but they do have sentience, so I suppose that would be immoral. So mabye just pornstars.

[@jellohead1036]

Try Harder

[@jellohead1036]

@@Ixe2077 ... you okay man?

[@jessechuff]

I was so impressed by this especially seeing how the reception and performance of the film was underwhelming. It is a bit messy and convoluted and overlong, but man it is so thoroughly enjoyable and ambitious. I actually really liked the fact that the title only drops 25 minutes into the movie, I found it really bold and I think having a drawn out intro like that was interesting and if it was super short it would have felt pretty typical to me.

[@tarkus1056]

You should check out the story of how the movie was treated. Director got lucky with producers that understood his vision, producers got changed, new producers told him it was shit and to turn it into a 90 min slasher blockbuster to get some profit, he refused, and the new producers promised to kill the movie, thus the terrible trailers, the non-existent marketing, trailer being released a week before release, only like a week on cinemas, etc. I think Chris Stuckman did a video on this.

[@AbsurdistJiffu]

1. James' surname, Lasombra, actually means "the shadow" in Spanish. 2. Pontifex means "bridge maker". 3. One of the folders in Camp Elsewhere is named "Quail/A" (Amanda Quail) which may also pertain to the concept of qualia - a term use to describe the nature or content of our subjective experiences.

[@commiedog425]

One of the first movies you've explained I haven't heard of

[@elisocold]

That’s straight cap

[@commiedog425]

@@elisocold nah I love horror movies, I keep up with at least the trailers.

[@TheSCPStudio]

@@elisocold what’s so hard to believe? This guy doesn’t necessarily pick obscure horror movies. In fact, most of the movies he goes over can be found on a Reddit top 50 list lmao

[@lucascamerino6354]

@@elisocold Most of the movies he reviews are either requested or is extremely controversial so having seen or atleast heard of, it's not necessarily impossible.

[@catmeat5921]

@@elisocold who shit in your cereal

[@DeathSithe92]

"Wait your telling me my entire pained and torturous existence has been of YOUR own creation and now I have the power to warp and change reality......" Cult member: Hey is anyone else starting to hear the dark souls boss music?

[@Favar1]

Yeah if the movie took that turn at the very end and we had a montage of him undoing their reality with sheer wrath that would be cool.

[@leeman27534]

i'm not really sure he's actually in control of the shit. more like a vessel.

[@rubenlopez1051]

@Malal Dark souls boss music, u say. *Plink Plonk Pon*

[@ahmadrsho9599]

@@rubenlopez1051 you may be able to parry the old lord, but you will NEVER parry the feels

[@spookyho5994]

@@Favar1 oh shit, that would’ve been dope

[@SethLovesMovies]

This movie impressed me quite a lot. Ambitious as hell and I felt there’s a lot that’s left to repeated viewings. I grew up in San Francisco.

[@pa5666]

I know it's two totally different movies, but it gave me Under the Silver Lake vibes with so much things packed in here. Really didn't expect everything to go the way it did!

[@bigbobbacharcoal]

I wish at the end he started warping reality at the end of the movie, creating his family and sitting with them at the end

[@HarleyLuna31]

He could have done that

[@toddhoward1498]

The sentence “Luckily there was an abandoned house” is extremely telling of what is about to happen

[@Fortunateis4luck]

😂

[@sharayajeter]

very stranger things season 1 💀🤣

[@crow7976]

Getting "how can mirrors be real if our eyes arent real" vibes from this whole thing

[@kittycalyx]

jaden smith made a movie??

[@tmaxgo6696]

@Black Liberalman jaden smith

[@dregamingtv8282]

We see 1% of the electro magnetic spectrum with these two eyes. Out of 99% we only see 1%

[@evelynrivera5293]

@Pulido Duarte I love the way that u explained this. So if we only process about 1% out of 99% we may not look like the way we think we look!?

[@ripcactusify]

You ever watch "The Mysterious Stranger" from Mark Twain watch that

[@NobenStudio]

I wonder if the feelings that the main character is feeling throughout the whole movie up to his realization is what the first true artificial intelligence would feel like when it realizes what it truly is.

[@nenadmilovanovic5271]

That is quite an interesting thought.

[@ShesCaked]

I think the reason it got a 60% is one it was 2 hours long and most humans can’t comprehend concepts like this. I want more horror like this because it truly can make horror better

[@tjmthegreat4009]

that cult scene at night across the river was top notch lol

[@nateramirez4524]

That shit creeped me the fuck out, also when the dude was whispering in that chicks ear when she was sleeping

[@chelsyplows7415]

@@nateramirez4524 YES THAT SCARED THE SHIT OUTTA ME

[@dontpanic9496]

He just said “nah” 😂😂 and fucking ran

[@russellharris1299]

Lol I just saw that on tik tok, that why I’m here

[@el_xavio8610]

@@russellharris1299 lol same

[@ripcactusify]

"It's not real" "Then why fight it?" Is actually a really really good argument...

[@leeman27534]

just because it's not real doesn't mean it can't hurt you anyway.

[@ztido]

@@leeman27534 even if it hurt u cant do anything

[@randallflagg3700]

@Nilay Arya - I used to be able to wake myself up so easily when I was younger and having a nightmare, but nowadays it's such a drag. The old tricks like "stare at your hands", "close your eyes really tight", "bite your tongue" or "fling yourself from a building, the vertigo will wake you up" don't do anything anymore after a couple decades of almost nightly lucid nightmares. Any protips from pro-dreamers?

[@SenhorAlien]

@@randallflagg3700 have you tried phasing one hand through another and repeating that you want to wake up?

[@randallflagg3700]

@@SenhorAlien - I'll try to remember to do that next nightmare... But sadly I think that what used to wake me up was simply the shock or realizing that I was in a dream. the whole "paradox of being conscious in a place where I'm not supposed to be" would be enough. What's funny are the dreams that I don't want to wake up from, so I have to sooth myself back to "hey it's ok, no big deal, I'm not dreaming after all"... ... _ah shit, I'm waking up. Oh well..._ " Ever tried ketamine? It's a lot like a conscious dream but even more fun, a massive sandbox where you can "play God" and create whatever you want, and interact with it the way you like...

[@rat_king68]

The whole solipsism thing is actually a mindset I’ve fought off and on for a long time. Especially as a kid, and I mean even well into my teens, I couldn’t comprehend everyone around me were their own being, each with individual pasts and thoughts and issues and so forth. Nothing felt real, it’s like my eyes always sat at the very back of my skull if that makes sense. All I thought there was in this world was myself and a god that loved hurting/provoking a reaction out of me. What a great time that was😅

[@josiea.3855]

I went through the same thing! It was awful 😭

[@xanmontes8715]

Poor souls...

[@Stef-Bef]

It was a decent movie. It gave me Hereditary “you can’t outrun your fate” vibes along with Shutter Island, where they had him play out the ruse so he can come to the truth on his own & that he was the person he was looking for.

[@tbranson9543]

One of the worst things in this movie is that these people would pick up a random bottle off the ground and put it to their mouths to blow on it! Who does that?

[@panahmat7777]

In a whole pandemic

[@mysteryneophyte]

or there is even a bunch of glass bottles of that shape to begin with? Like... I haven't seen them since i was a boy. Pepsicola Bottles used to look like this... 30-40+ years ago.

[@riotkitty]

Weirdos who subconsciously know they’re in a horror movie that requires them to blow in a bottle for the plot to kick in

[@jakobwilliamzachariassen2640]

Me: *casually blowing flute found on ground* Me: “did you say something?”

[@elektrozil9728]

@@riotkitty well played

[@caseymckenna7111]

“You wanna be cool? You better blow in this bottle or else, okay?” This might be the funniest thing I’ve heard today.

[@Ginn31]

Me with ADHD this video hurts my soul, and FoundFlix is the grandmaster of explaining movies. The movie will definitely hurt me physically.

[@Delijume]

Just want to point out when Lasombra asks Garrett, “Where’s Amanda?” He tells him, “She’s on the bridge.” When Lasombra later finds Amanda, she’s sitting on Paul, who is their current bridge to the noosphere.

[@ethanahmu6149]

How dare they make a movie about me. The nerve. The shade.

[@A-I_Hits]

Next movie The Shade Man

[@youknowme2295]

Next movie The Nerve Man

[@iHaveTheDocuments]

Next movie The Cringe Man

[@A-I_Hits]

@@iHaveTheDocuments Next Movie: The Shade man and Nerve man kill the Cringe man with Glocks in the streets of Compton (1993)

[@brannflakes7626]

Beat me to it you son of a biscuit eater

[@WilliamAmbervein]

I mean when I was a kid I watched Digimon where the bad guy wanted to break the barriers between realities, and it was bad. I guess all those people at that church thing didn't watch Digimon.

[@scytherind8928]

Ayyyyyyyyy

[@intanlestari534]

those people never learn.. well that is human nature, always love to keep doing the same mistake and hope to find different result..

[@MoonBeamLaser]

Digimon, digital monsters, digimon are the champions digimon, digital monster

[@damasocastillo894]

When he standing in the snow, reminds me of ( return the slab ) from courage

[@bbypink9844]

Omg I left for a while and just realized you title the videos as just “explained” instead of “ending explained!” I think it’s a good change :) another great vid btw! I love watching films through you because I love horror but I’m also easily scared, and you always make it light-hearted and creepy at the same time

[@aidanarluck485]

My cousin is the little boy who plays James Lasombra’ son in the movie, so cool to see it was shot here in Cape Town South Africa

[@jbjacobs9514]

That is so cool Aidy!

[@tatayo321]

The first 20 minutes of this movie are incredibly masterly, I wish they had kept going that way.

[@butchsprout5725]

Agreed.

[@augustbaptiste9001]

Best part of the movie

[@romagirk5927]

Exactly how i felt

[@queene3oh3]

Exactly🤔It Was A 22 Minute Opening🤷🏾‍♀️Before The Title, Lol...So, I Figured This Was The Setting For The Movie, Lol

[@Tikachu]

but where could they have gone from there haha. Everyone died except 1 guy in that first half hour

[@MykaTheDevil]

This honestly was one of the best horror/thriller movies I have seen in a while. Sure, it has its flaws, but I found it to be great. I’m sure some people don’t like it because they have to actually pay attention to the movie to understand what’s happening (though they’ll never admit it). I would recommend and watch again!

[@davidwalshy9158]

The main character has multiple interactions with Amandas mom in the three days after he was supposedly created where she clearly knows him and even talks about their affair... If his identity and memories were really fake and no one knew him then there should have been some serious confusion when he shows up to Amandas house while her mom and the police are there and he just walks in and starts talking to people and snooping around...

[@nickyoder16]

Hairdresser : what haircut you want Her: you watch naruto? Hairdresser: say no more rock lee it is.

[@littlevessel5351]

I don’t get it

[@latina_fangirl]

@@littlevessel5351 anime reference

[@littlevessel5351]

@@latina_fangirl no I mean: why did he add a anime reference?

[@latina_fangirl]

@@littlevessel5351 Because the character of Rock Lee has the same haircut as Amanda from the movie.

[@littlevessel5351]

@@latina_fangirl OOOOOOOHHH that makes sense XD

[@noloid1206]

As soon as i started watching this my light started flickering. If I don't reply to this comment tomorrow know that I am dead and that my search history has been cleared.

[@desert6975]

GL bro

[@jarrahkillingback4658]

Fairo man

[@subarus6316]

Just say to the ghost, haunting is gae.

[@desert6975]

@@subarus6316 but when the ghost is actually gae

[@waffleman7269]

@@desert6975 ooooo plot twist!

[@lordkrythic6246]

This is actually one of the best movies I've seen in a long time. I went into it without even knowing what it was about, and my god it blew me away.

[@jinxmas]

did you notice that the man digging into his wounds, then into a bowl, has more fingers?

[@chaos_legion6663]

I’m going to concentrate really hard on the thought of a million dollars until it manifests😅

[@lecommentar9851]

Can't give them until you convince others to believe there's million dollars too

[@im19ice3]

lol

[@UrMe666]

@Black Liberalman always that one person who brings politics into sum

[@meneng6933]

Did it work

[@moatazbillah5443]

@Black Liberalman lmao 😂

[@nolanschotanus2769]

So the empty man is like kingdom hearts essentially

[@LinkJTO]

The game, the door, or the moon heart thing?

[@nolanschotanus2769]

The dude is the nobody and the empty man is the heartless

[@LinkJTO]

@@nolanschotanus2769 ah that makes sense

[@crimsonblack9774]

Knew this comment would be here somewhere in the comments

[@nolanschotanus2769]

@@crimsonblack9774 missed your chance. Could've made the comment yourself.

[@raaj_barui]

That was pretty deep. Could anyone else also suggest some movies with mind blowing plot twists like this. Example : Oculus, Identity, Shutter Island, Orphan, The Others

[@angeavocado1156]

Hereditary 👌🏻👌🏻

[@markpriss]

As above so below. A better film imho… a little different but also messes with your head and goes into that ancient type stuff like the first 20 minutes of this film. It also did not overstay it’s welcome. Ehm Ritual also comes to mind

[@Kami84]

I’m sure you’ve seem “fight club”, “the sixth sense” and “the usually suspects” right?

[@raaj_barui]

@@Kami84 Yup all of em

[@MrEddieCorpse]

The Endless

[@adelutu32]

It got a lot of the Lovecraftian aspects, a man with his own deep conflicts investigating an unearthly cult who want to bring chaos and end the world as we know it, represented in an ancient evil entity old as time. My type of horror, when evil wins at the end 😂 Loved the movie and i also was misled by the title. The performance of James Badge Dale was amazing.

[@jonfreeman9682]

Not enough Lovecraft monsters. Mostly moody atmospheric mystery. Cop goes from A to B to C investigating a cult and then becomes the vessel for Satan. Same kinda nonsense we've seen countless times but still not terrible.

[@joshthompson378]

This is like something that could be in the Scp Universe.

[@TheMasterKnight]

I agree

[@powangel1418]

Facts

[@MarvinJamesCho]

May I know what scp is? 🥺

[@kendallcuddles]

@@MarvinJamesCho Secure Contain Protect. The short version is it's urban legends for the internet age. People make stuff up such as what are essentially haunted items or monsters, and it's all related to this group that's kind of like the Men in Black but where they keep the things contained to protect humanity. But that is a VERY basic, boiled down description that isn't really good. You really are better off searching for it yourself and reading up on it.

[@MarvinJamesCho]

@@TheMasterKnight thank you ☺️

[@mayoayo001]

The title is on tier with "The bye bye man"

[@spicybeantofu]

Just naming the movie after the bad monster is kinda lame

[@nenadmilovanovic5271]

I think it was intentional. Half of the movie is a generic studio-made horror shlock. All of it is used to hide lovecraftean elements.

[@yvc9]

Its also filmed extremely well and the shots are gorgeous.

[@nathanrunions8232]

Thank you for your watching and breaking down the movies. Your good. You let me find movies worth watching and sum up others I have no time to watch but find interesting. Your insight and time is appreciated. Keep up the great work.

[@jaxxiesmog6164]

I’ve literally never been this early I am so excited ETA: y’all don’t have to share my enthusiasm ☺️ enjoy your day! I hope you enjoyed the video as much as I did

[@anthonyg2003]

Congrats

[@kyrawilliams7497]

SAMEEEE

[@liammcbiggs2752]

Same

[@Fireisgreen]

Honestly same 😂

[@eltorgaerlan7731]

Count me in to the first time early squad!

[@Jkrocsko]

Okay but the girls thought of bringing things into existence with a lot of thought is BS. I know a guy whos one goal is to have sex with Ahsoka Tano and that one man can disprove her theory

[@thetransformersreport1340]

That sounds fascinating Can you elaborate?

[@9gameshark]

By any chance is he on ifunny?

[@solisprime2669]

@@9gameshark I thought you couldn't speak of it.

[@9gameshark]

@@solisprime2669 that rule the more new people made. It has always been part of the ship part of the crew

[@kabfridepoblus6951]

Even out of ifunny i cant escape him

[@theidiotofdarksouls5815]

My favorite part from this movie was when the cult members in the woods started chasing down the main character and when he escaped he literally started asking "What the f*ck!?" Also, I think the reason why they blow into a bottle is because the bottle is suppose to represent the empty man. If we look at all the bottles (+ the bone we see at the start of the movie) we all see they are hollow (for the bone) and empty (for the bottles). So...It was a nice little thing they did there. Of course this is explained in the video so if any of you skipped this awesome video and you where still asking "WhY DO TheY bLOW intO a BOTTle!?" now you *probably* know.

[@nathanalexander9905]

I had to skip this video. I could not stand listening to this person’s voice another second

[@EmberTheShark]

i liked the first 20 minutes better than the rest of the movie combined. should've been a short film.

[@HarleyLuna31]

Theres a short pretty similar about a green comet,the same atmosphere and everything

[@bradbrown2036]

Did you notice his last name on the file is Lasombra - spanish La Sombra = The shadow. Interesting

[@littlevessel5351]

Hmmmmmmmmm

[@I_Dont_Believe_In_Salad]

Sombra literally means Shadow

[@aaronvalenzuela9330]

@@I_Dont_Believe_In_Salad a Tulpa is a shadow..

[@richardtherichard26]

You found an Easter egg. That’s cool. There’s like 8 million of them in the marvel movies…. What… I thought we were talking about things that are irrelevant…

[@davidbeaver21]

What does it mean in Dutch though?

[@platitudeera2501]

Who else is here because of the Chris Stuckmann review. I saw Chris review the movie and I wanted to learn more

[@chaseorton9198]

With you. Watched it on PPV same night I saw him mention it. Def a Stuckmann type flick, solid 6/10. Not the best thriller of the year but watchable flick.

[@snakey973]

Movie was pretty good actually. A lot more substance than the usual horror

[@ponypower8]

Same thing exactly happened to me. But what form did David take in the end? I mean, just like that, he'll continue to exist as James Lasambra and walk among the living? That's the thing that still confuses me.

[@nathanslay6342]

Me too!

[@averythesuperhero]

It was that combined with a reply to a Reddit post talking about some of the best cosmic horror movies they'd seen. I'm a big fan of cosmic horror and find that good representations of it (especially in movies) are extremely few and far between, so I had to check this one out to see if it was any good.

[@EpsilonXero]

Finally dug into this one, gotta say, though over-ambitious, I kinda liked it, especially for a directorial debut. Btw, Lasombra translates roughly to 'The Shadow'.

[@JiiWoon]

The fact he was created via their thoughts was a big shock for me when i watched it ! Very cool story

[@topgear81]

The movie has its problems for sure, but I think it's really underrated. Also, who else was amazed by the VFX where the camera zooms in on the map and then transitions into a top-down view of the car driving through the forest and proceeds to zoom all the way down to road level!? I know we live in an age where special FX are everywhere, but that was actually super cool!

[@tokyonite.]

I’m glad you said it. Thought I was the only one

[@twizzleddoggo]

that shit made me gasp ngl

[@Neillusion]

The vfx budget went mostly to the map scene for sure because when they showed the entity they just flashed lights instead. Kind of cheap excuse to hide the costume imo

[@OlYables]

That was a cool scene - sort of a high-tech version of the beginning of the Shining.

[@josephngo8389]

This movie wasn't that special. I've been an empty man for years (':

[@milkncookie]

Many men knows the feeling. The wife filed for divorce and took atleast half. then the courts stole the kids. The empty man.

[@jrush5080]

@@milkncookie oh

[@burninggrapes9815]

@@milkncookie She took the mahogany!

[@nathan8750]

they stole the plot of your life story

[@blingbling574]

I’ve been a hungry man for decades

[@canyounot4706]

For those of you that listen to audio books theres a creepypasta reading titled "The man in my basement moves one step closer every week" by Lighthouse horror (I think. I have a bad memory) its 5+ hours long but it does have a thing or two in common with this movie. I dont wanna tell you because that would be a spoiler. But its an amazing story and I recommend listening to it at some point

[@Razielts1]

So, the worst thing about the movie is the fact that they advertized it on the trailer as if its a ghost movie, that gave the wrong idea making people think its " one of those movies" thats full of cliches, jumpscares etc, that's gonna end up having 5 sequels. But after actually watching, you can see its an almost perfect lovecraftian movie. It has all the elements, minus the inferiority of humanity towards the cosmos, and the body horror, because the madness part while diving deeper into the occult is present. Finally, i found it weird that no one noticed the similarity of the entity to Nyarlathotep. If you google that word, you'll notice everything resembles him, so i wonder if he's an easter egg here, for lovecraft fans or if its supposed to be Nyarlathotep itself. All in all, great movie, i didnt think it was trying to be too many things at once, it just had several layers. i'd give it Horror / Thriller / Suspense / Mistery genres. But its mainly Thriller, because the scary part isnt there. But i gotta give props to this movie, since every character made great decisions instead of doing dumb stuff, so even that part was awesome!

[@quannguyenle9775]

me too, i can see many similarities between the empty man and nyarlathotep, from their outside look, their cunning and ability to control human mind, and the mention that he is a entity beyond our reality

[@Wildopal]

I don’t even watch movies anymore, I just wait for you to explain them. If you would’ve told me 10 years ago I’d be on KZbin listening to a guy tell me what happens in a movie, I would’ve laughed in your face!❤️

[@TheShananagan]

Lol upvote for the awkward "I'm not touching you! Anyone got siblings" joke.

[@Donsps5]

Upvote eww disgusting redditor

[@birdie394]

ewwwwww gross

[@thesealgamer5372]

remove up vote but yeah i have 5 siblings so yeah

[@crakerlol2274]

its called a "like" , its when you "like" something , not a upvote .

[@kl-ni6fm]

wow a redditor

[@versfran3564]

This movie was so weird, not a single horror movie made me feel so depressed, it started like a very cliche and conventional horror movie but at the end it change to a very sad, psicological and existencial horror, I feel very bad for the protagonist

[@bobbybrown5217]

Absolutely love the 25min opening. Feels different, great soundtrack, dig it. It's almost up there with Hereditary and Midsommar... For me at least✌️

[@queene3oh3]

@Meat Clown Sure TF Did😫😹

[@stevenoviedo541]

I thought that too. I has this new modern horror feel to it. One could say happened in the same universe.

[@nicokilg8529]

@Meat Clown Yeah, Hereditary and Midsommar were trash. They reminded me of The Beach House. It feels similar to them, but it's waaaay better.

[@pacrat6271]

Scariest thing of this movie is that she has a bowl cut that’s not styled

[@Milenaiguess]

How do you even style a bowl cut 🥴 its still gonna look like.. a bowl glued to your head 😭

[@trackerbuckmann1627]

Feminist screeching ensues.

[@writeonn1437]

Thank youuuuu

[@NobenStudio]

She look like a sentient pp.

[@JinxMarie1985]

😂😂😂

[@LtScarecrow87]

5 minutes in: “I smell a Tulpa...” Literally 30 seconds later: “goddamit”

[@jimmyscott9375]

Gay

[@ron4202]

Bay

[@monkeygohappylotaoffarts]

May

[@lidiaoverton]

Hay

[@foolslayer9416]

Way

[@habanerojones2169]

An empty man. Everyone hates him. Finally, a character I can relate to.

[@BLACCRAINBOW1997]

The first 20 minutes is what kept me watching, i love this movie, all the scenes are so interesting.

[@SirAsdf]

This movie sounds obnoxiously philosophical as hell, like that one girl at the party who keeps talking about essential oils and shit

[@tyrant-den884]

When you just want to play D&D but the kid taking 1st year psychology just has to lecture you on why alignments are dumb for the whole session.

[@Blessed_V0id]

Whoa whoa whoa XD...look I completely get it. People who dont care for philosophy shouldnt have to listen to it, just as someone who doesnt care about cars shouldnt have to hear about the mechanics of an engine, but dont group us with that Jehovas witness, mormonism bs pls. Cmon. Were strange, but were not thick as shit XD

[@LoveYouLove1986]

@@Blessed_V0id Do Mormons use lots of essential oils or something? lol I'm tired and my brain isn't making a connection. I guess when I think of essential oils I think of either New Age hippies or obnoxious soccer moms on facebook trying to sell something. I mean, I do use them myself, but y'all know the kind of people I'm talking about lol

[@blingbling574]

I worked close with a hemp oil salesman for four months

[@red_menace1829]

@@Blessed_V0id idk you're using ex Dee unironiclly. Seems thick to me.

[@youtubemadeb6417]

A very weird movie, but maybe the most relatable protagonist to the audience I’ve ever seen.

[@thejawgz6719]

Felt bad for the guy at the end. None of his memories were real but they still meant so much to him.

[@adasasanchez323]

Don't know if you changed your editing but I found myself feeling more entertained while watching your video. 👍

[@terracat2255]

As a kid I was scared of my mind potentially being the only real thing since I realized you never know when you make a memory and can only think back not necessarily in the present but then I decided that was dumb.

[@terracat2255]

@@SkyHammackDrones I've accepted I may never find the answers in life I want but I also like looking for them. Thats why despite personally not following religions I love the ideas alot of them have and how it eases peoples minds. Its no wonder many scientists are religious since it probably helps them from becoming nihilistic like in this movie.

[@prue5588]

@@terracat2255 There's a real soild reason for that.... I could send u the link if you're interested

[@terracat2255]

@@prue5588 it's fine.

[@Favar1]

read up on Solipsism. You get it, pretty much, but also read up on methodological vs philosophical naturalism, since you pondered that already.

[@desireekallenberg3235]

had the same thoughts. i often thought about some people as robots, i still do to this day sometimes. I also thought about maybe our world being a book, which i today moreso think is a game/simulation.

[@CougarMacDowall]

Wow I’m early for once in my life on one of your videos lol

[@shroud_ternal4964]

Same😂

[@deanhawkins2906]

Facts

[@nah9935]

Hell yea less than hour ago

[@g-moneythe4th]

Same

[@chikipichi5280]

Congratulations

[@Shatterhand2049]

The Empty Man deserves a lot more attention and respect than it got at its release. It reaches beyond horror cliches into something much deeper and broader, but the marketing portrayed it as just another throwaway "creepypasta/urban myth" horror film made on the cheap so it can say it made money when it leaves theaters. Critics and moviegoers saw it, apparently couldn't wrap their heads around it or couldn't be bothered to try, and dismissed it as garbage. If you're into cosmic horror, this is a good watch. It delves into themes that fit perfectly within the genre, and while there are some common horror tropes - jump-scares, gore, etc. - it doesn't lean on them. This movie has a bigger story to tell, if you're game enough to pay attention. I'm hoping it'll be one of those films that continue, with time, to be critically re-evaluated and appreciated for what it was trying to achieve.

[@seraphik]

so I finally watched this and... wow. it was really awesome. totally underrated. the last ten min or so were so surreal, haunting and tragic. that's gonna stick with me for a while.

[@natani___7666]

Honestly, I love this movie. I was expecting some shitty schlock from the trailer but ended up being super surprised. It’s a very subtle and slow burn movie and I love it. It’s one that was definitely worth seeing in theaters, the sound design in that setting was utterly amazing.

[@liquidsword601]

It honestly didn’t feel like a 2 hour movie at all, which is a good thing. I was really engrossed.

[@sarahphyllis5782]

Its a goddamn Illuminati movie, a guy from nowhere appears represent Antichrist. The director is really fu**ed up. The way the teens killed themselves were disturbing

[@theZDOME]

Obviously the furry likes crappy horror😂

[@mrhoplite2931]

Yes, really sad that this movie did not get more attention.

[@Goldenkitten1]

I never saw it but after watching this it 1) Sounds exactly like my kind of movie and 2) I can totally see why it did so poorly and was review bombed. The trailer is edited to imply you're going to get a standard paranormal romp but you instead get existential dread tinged with hints of nihilism and Lovecraftian elements. It's no wonder it was so lambasted because almost everyone went in expecting a turn your brain off haunted house simulator and you go...well...this instead. In the end we can probably blame that on Hollywood execs, they are LOATHE to portray a niche film for what it really is in trailers because they know it will perform poorly in sells, even if misrepresenting it gets it blasted critically. Lamb comes to mind as a similar style of a trailer that MASSIVELY misrepresented its actual content and tone.

[@caca95cb]

I'm really proud that I already knew what a Tulpa was from Supernatural

[@davidlenis7215]

What is it?

[@aceliia4964]

I was wonderig the whole movie what Sam an Dean would have done 😂

[@LoreleiCatherine]

I knew what it was before that even 😅

[@Hevvvyyy]

Those early seasons of supernatural were pretty cool, the wendigo one was creepy

[@dominiquemoon6600]

I am SO glad you did this because I was utterly confused 😂😂

[@hunterweeks6091]

I really needed this thank youuu

[@CNNBlackmailSupport]

You get the best sound from blowing into a bottle when it is empty. Empty bottles resonate with their entire frame. In a way, it is bringing something (sound) from nothing (empty bottle) through blowing (human action) air (invisible but real). Kind of a smart link. The bridges are related to both the bottles and emptiness symbolism. They are an easy allusion to a journey or connecting things, but in this case, bridges are the spaces between things. If you are on a bridge between the mainland and an island, you aren't on either. You are in an empty area surrounded by nothingness. The space between here and there. As for the bottles, bridges are almost always spanning a chasm of some sort. The chasm creates pressure on either side as the wind blows through it, which increases the speed of the wind. Rivers cut through rock because they are forced through a narrow passage and pressurized. Chicago is called the Windy City because skyscrapers form an alley that makes the wind incredibly powerful. Maybe the area has always been windy, but the buildings form a channel that increases the speed and power of the wind to a point where it can knock you down on a bad gust. Bottles require air flow over them to make sound, and bridges have increased airflow around them that mirrors the increased air flow of blowing into a bottle. Neat.

[@randall-thehorrorwriter]

Damn I had to pause at 5 minutes like wait there's more movie. That bit up in the mountains could have been an entire movie by itself, man I can't wait to finish this video to see how convoluted this gets.

[@madeniquevanwyk]

Did you enjoy the rest of the convolution?

[@theatog]

Could someone help explain why the empty man needs to kill? Why did all those kids hang themselves? What is Amanda's role; is she some kind of leader? No kidding when FoundFlix said this is like many movies in one. I felt like I saw one ending and at least two other movies unresolved.

[@RomeoX-bv4et]

im like 1 hour 30 mins in and i feel like its too long already.

[@houndwolfsquad]

@@slevinchannel7589 im just curious why is it pathetic and what relevance does this hold to the conversation above

[@staniyabuns.productions7132]

@@slevinchannel7589 pls I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or nottttt 😭😭😭😭😩😩

[@TopicomEnt]

When the fire went out and Foot steps were heard. I was scared as fuck with the fear of the unknown in that scene.

[@IstvanThree]

And then the writer woke up one morning and he knew: the girl in his story needs THIS haircut!

[@SethLovesMovies]

Right? It’s hideous. I grew up in San Francisco