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The Empty Man

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The Empty Man	label	The Empty Man
The Empty Man	page	TheEmptyMan
The Empty Man	comment	The Empty Man is a 2020 horror film directed by David Prior (AM1200) based on a Boom! Studios graphic novel series of the same name. The film stars James Badge Dale, Marin Ireland, Stephen Root, Ron Canada, Joel Courtney, Robert Aramayo, and Sasha Frolova.The movie follows James Lasombra (James Badge-Dale), a retired police officer who investigates the mysterious disappearances of a group of teenagers reportedly linked to an urban legend in the town known as The Empty Man.Trailer.
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The Empty Man / int_138dd240	type	Mirror Routine
The Empty Man / int_138dd240	comment	Mirror Routine: After Lasombra is noticed by the cultists at the camp, they start copying his movements en masse. The Empty Man also does this with one of the hikers in the prologue.
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The Empty Man / int_177a6464	type	Genre Shift
The Empty Man / int_177a6464	comment	Genre Shift: The first 20 minutes are survival horror the middle part urban legend ghost story and the final portion is full-blown Cosmic Horror Story.
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The Empty Man / int_187bddc1	type	Religion of Evil
The Empty Man / int_187bddc1	comment	Religion of Evil: The Pontifex Institute worship The Empty Man, who according to the cultist Garrett, acts as a transmitter or "prophet" for the Eldritch Abomination known as "The Other" or "The Between One." They are using its power to create thoughtforms.
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The Empty Man / int_19db6967	type	Ancient Evil
The Empty Man / int_19db6967	comment	Ancient Evil: The previous Empty Man is seemingly this, judging by the remains the hikers find in the prologue.
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The Empty Man / int_19ebe383	type	Never Trust a Trailer
The Empty Man / int_19ebe383	comment	Never Trust a Trailer: The promotional materials play up the Slender Man-esque elements of the film. This is mostly in the first half, the second half is more of a Cosmic Horror Story.
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The Empty Man / int_1d8f9329	type	Deadly Bath
The Empty Man / int_1d8f9329	comment	Deadly Bath: Davara Walsh is killed in the shower.
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The Empty Man / int_22a59b45	type	Self-Harm
The Empty Man / int_22a59b45	comment	After Paul is possessed by The Empty Man, Greg discovers his Self-Harm scars. It's later revealed that The Empty Man's power manifests most effectively "through the cracks of sorrow". This is why Lasombra was The Pontifex Society/Institute's first successful attempt at a thoughtform, and it's why both he and Paul became hosts for The Empty Man.
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The Empty Man / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
The Empty Man / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: The mace that Lasombra stocks in his security store gets used for a Vehicular Kidnapping.
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The Empty Man / int_2764d432	type	Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
The Empty Man / int_2764d432	comment	Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Amanda. After TheReveal, it turns out that she's actually one of the most overtly sadistic and malicious characters in the entire film.
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The Empty Man / int_2cbaa888	type	Empty Shell
The Empty Man / int_2cbaa888	comment	Empty Shell: Paul becomes this after being exposed to the Empty Man in 1995. Might have happened to Lasombra at the end of the film, after he kills Paul and becomes The Empty Man's new host.
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The Empty Man / int_2f329e3c	type	Tomato in the Mirror
The Empty Man / int_2f329e3c	comment	Tomato in the Mirror: Lasombra learns about tulpas early on, and sees the cult attempt to create some throughout the movie. By the end, he discovers he is one, with an actual file folder holding cutouts of generic news articles used to create his life story. The revelation is timed in such a way to incapacitate his resistance to The Empty Man's attempt to use him as a host.
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The Empty Man / int_33029735	type	Dies Wide Open
The Empty Man / int_33029735	comment	Dies Wide Open: Davara dies with her eyes open, and the Empty Man closes them.
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The Empty Man / int_3d85c6bc	type	Black Speech
The Empty Man / int_3d85c6bc	comment	Lasombra is noticeably unaffected by the cultist's Black Speech both times he's exposed to it. This is because he was created, in part, by it.
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The Empty Man / int_41dd77d	type	Zerg Rush
The Empty Man / int_41dd77d	comment	Zerg Rush: The cultists dancing around the fire ultimately rush after Lasombra in a big swarm.
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The Empty Man / int_4a364781	type	Hidden Purpose Test
The Empty Man / int_4a364781	comment	One of the questions on the Hidden Purpose Test at The Pontifex Institute is "The Brain Can Itch". Both Garrett and Amanda later describe The Empty Man's influence as an "itch in the brain".
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The Empty Man / int_4dbd3706	type	Clap Your Hands If You Believe
The Empty Man / int_4dbd3706	comment	Amanda talks to Lasombra about the power of thought, before she goes missing. She's telling him how he was created.
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The Empty Man / int_4e3d253b	type	Downer Ending
The Empty Man / int_4e3d253b	comment	Downer Ending: Lasombra is a Tulpa, everything he knows is a lie, and he ends up becoming The new Empty Man because, after learning all of this, he has no reason to fight it.
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The Empty Man / int_56572916	type	Bedtime Brainwashing
The Empty Man / int_56572916	comment	Bedtime Brainwashing: Paul ends up doing this to Ruthie on the second day in the prologue.
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The Empty Man / int_59ddd197	type	Metaphysical Fuel
The Empty Man / int_59ddd197	comment	Metaphysical Fuel: The Pontifex Institute are using The Empty Man's power in their experiments. To continue doing this, they created Lasombra to replace The Empty Man's current, deteriorating host.
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The Empty Man / int_62434fe2	type	Sanity Slippage
The Empty Man / int_62434fe2	comment	Sanity Slippage: Lasombra clearly starts losing it near the end, culminating in him crossing the Despair Event Horizon after discovering he's not even real.
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The Empty Man / int_6500e9cc	type	Fighting from the Inside
The Empty Man / int_6500e9cc	comment	Fighting from the Inside: When Paul is found by the other hikers, he tries to warn them that they will die if they touch him. He also sheds a Single Tear when his girlfriend, Ruthie, is compelled to kill the other hikers, then herself. His running away on the third day could also be him trying to get himself away from the other hikers before something happens.
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The Empty Man / int_6841f7f5	type	Evil Phone
The Empty Man / int_6841f7f5	comment	Evil Phone: Lasombra gets a call from a mysterious source while talking with Nora.
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The Empty Man / int_6a1c2a6	type	Cosmic Horror Story
The Empty Man / int_6a1c2a6	comment	Cosmic Horror Story: Veers hard into this after Lasombra starts investigating The Pontifex Institute.
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The Empty Man / int_6bda9a30	type	Meaningful Name
The Empty Man / int_6bda9a30	comment	Meaningful Name: "Pontifex" is a Latin word meaning "bridge builder". It's also an old term for a pontiff or bishop, or, a "bridge" between man and god; Pope Francis even uses "@Pontifex" as his Twitter handle. This fits with both Paul and Lasombra, who become hosts for The Empty Man, or, "bridges" between The Empty Man and the real world. It also fits with The Pontifex Institute, who operate as a Religion of Evil, and created Lasombra to be The Empty Man's new host, i.e. "building a bridge", and functioning as their spiritual leader a la the Pope. La sombra is Spanish for "the shadow", a hint that Lasombra is really a Tulpa.
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The Empty Man / int_6ccb6be	type	My Car Hates Me
The Empty Man / int_6ccb6be	comment	My Car Hates Me: Lasombra's otherwise perfectly serviceable car won't start right away when he's trying to flee from the Zerg Rush of cultists.
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The Empty Man / int_72d31973	type	Surreal Horror
The Empty Man / int_72d31973	comment	Surreal Horror: The film dabbles in this a lot. When Lasombra discovers Pontifex cultists at the camp, the stars in the sky start to warp behind him as they complete their ritual. There's also the Mirror Routine when the cultists finally notice him.
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The Empty Man / int_73418f96	type	Psychic-Assisted Suicide
The Empty Man / int_73418f96	comment	Psychic-Assisted Suicide: The Empty Man forces people to kill themselves, which they see as him killing them. Such deaths are accompanied by the phrase "The Empty Man made me do it" written in blood.
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The Empty Man / int_7464705c	type	Arc Words
The Empty Man / int_7464705c	comment	Arc Words: "We transmit, you receive", "itch in the brain", and "nothing is real". "Where were you?", in regards to Lasombra's Dark and Troubled Past.
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The Empty Man / int_77918cdf	type	Vehicular Kidnapping
The Empty Man / int_77918cdf	comment	Vehicular Kidnapping: Lasombra maces and stuffs Garrett into his car.
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The Empty Man / int_7eebe99c	type	The Alcoholic
The Empty Man / int_7eebe99c	comment	The Alcoholic: Lasombra is usually Drowning His Sorrows. In his first few scenes, he has empty beer bottles beside him.
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The Empty Man / int_7febc23b	type	Establishing Character Moment
The Empty Man / int_7febc23b	comment	Establishing Character Moment: Lasombra is introduced jogging and then taking a break to smoke. This is a guy going through the motions of keeping it together but fraying at the edges. We then see him give some helpful security advice to a woman at his security store and then skip out for lunch to get drunk.
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The Empty Man / int_80eb641c	type	Straw Nihilist
The Empty Man / int_80eb641c	comment	Straw Nihilist: Amanda and the Pontifex Institute believe that loss is nonexistent, separateness is an illusion, that nothing is real to the world, and that The Empty Man, the "prophet" for an Eldritch Abomination will help humanity to discover the truth of life.
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The Empty Man / int_851dda8f	type	Humanoid Abomination
The Empty Man / int_851dda8f	comment	Humanoid Abomination: The remains in the prologue; a giant humanoid skeleton with massive hands and Spider Limbs. It is unclear if these remains belonged to the previous Empty Man or the eldritch abomination known as "The Other" aka "The Between One."
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The Empty Man / int_8774fb47	type	Eldritch Abomination
The Empty Man / int_8774fb47	comment	Eldritch Abomination: The Other/The Between One, an entity "of pure black chaos" which uses The Empty Man as a transmitter to communicate with the cultists. It is unclear if the skeleton in the cave during the prologue is The Between One, or the previous Empty Man. Certain members of the "Noosphere" (the sum of all conscious thought) which includes the minds of inhuman things "ancient and angry."
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The Empty Man / int_89b8822f	type	Go Mad from the Revelation
The Empty Man / int_89b8822f	comment	Go Mad from the Revelation: Learning that nothing is real except The Empty Man and "its reality" isn't too kind to the psyches of the Pontifex Institute cultists.
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The Empty Man / int_8becc5c5	type	Existential Horror
The Empty Man / int_8becc5c5	comment	Existential Horror: Veers into it at the end with Lasombra, when he learns that he was a tulpa created by the cult with no free will or real existence.
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The Empty Man / int_902f084f	type	Undead Abomination
The Empty Man / int_902f084f	comment	Undead Abomination: The Empty Man may or may not be undead. At the very least, that's probably its' skeleton that Paul finds in the cave, but the Empty Man can't really be considered alive, being made up of thoughts.
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The Empty Man / int_906365a2	type	Demonic Possession
The Empty Man / int_906365a2	comment	Demonic Possession: Seemingly happens to Paul by the Empty Man in the prologue. In the end, it appears the same is will happen to James Lasombra.
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The Empty Man / int_967fb42a	type	Prolonged Prologue
The Empty Man / int_967fb42a	comment	Prolonged Prologue: The prologue in Bhutan with the Decoy Protagonists takes about 23 minutes.
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The Empty Man / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
The Empty Man / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: Amanda talks to Lasombra about the power of thought, before she goes missing. She's telling him how he was created. Paul is the only hiker who isn't afraid to cross the bridge in the prologue. Bridges end up becoming an important motif around The Empty Man, which is later described as a "bridge" between The Between One and The Pontifex Institute. Furthermore, as stated below the word "pontifex" is Latin for "bridge builder". After Paul is possessed by The Empty Man, Greg discovers his Self-Harm scars. It's later revealed that The Empty Man's power manifests most effectively "through the cracks of sorrow". This is why Lasombra was The Pontifex Society/Institute's first successful attempt at a thoughtform, and it's why both he and Paul became hosts for The Empty Man. In the first few scenes, Lasombra is seen near a number of empty beer bottles, which become a motif and a symbol of the cult. One of the questions on the Hidden Purpose Test at The Pontifex Institute is "The Brain Can Itch". Both Garrett and Amanda later describe The Empty Man's influence as an "itch in the brain". Lasombra is noticeably unaffected by the cultist's Black Speech both times he's exposed to it. This is because he was created, in part, by it. Although Lasombra wasn't around for it, he still has visions of the accident that killed his wife and son, seemingly having a pretty clear picture of what and how it happened. It's because the memories were implanted on him to make it as painful as possible.
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The Empty Man / int_a2b38d3b	type	Eye Scream
The Empty Man / int_a2b38d3b	comment	Eye Scream: Davara is repeatedly stabbed in the eye when she dies.
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The Empty Man / int_a4905771	type	Double-Meaning Title
The Empty Man / int_a4905771	comment	Double-Meaning Title: The title of course refers to the title monster, but it also refers to Lambrosa himself, who is not truly a man, but a Tulpa.
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The Empty Man / int_a679184b	type	Due to the Dead
The Empty Man / int_a679184b	comment	Due to the Dead: After killing Davara, the Empty Man closes her one remaining eye.
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The Empty Man / int_a6cda066	type	Rule of Three
The Empty Man / int_a6cda066	comment	Rule of Three: People exposed to The Empty Man are affected over three days, and this three-day cycle happens three times; to the hikers in the prologue, to Amanda's friends (and fellow cultists) and, finally, to Lasombra himself.
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The Empty Man / int_a8c1433e	type	Dead Star Walking
The Empty Man / int_a8c1433e	comment	Dead Star Walking: Joel Courtney dies very early on.
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The Empty Man / int_ab27d196	type	Apocalypse Cult
The Empty Man / int_ab27d196	comment	Apocalypse Cult: The Pontifex Society, according to their in-universe Wikipedia page.
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The Empty Man / int_afcafc5d	type	Drop Dead Gorgeous
The Empty Man / int_afcafc5d	comment	Drop Dead Gorgeous: Davara dies in a sauna while completely naked.
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The Empty Man / int_beaac07c	type	Brown Note Being
The Empty Man / int_beaac07c	comment	Brown Note Being: When Paul encounters The previous Empty Man's remains in the prologue, he almost immediately becomes a host for The Empty Man.
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The Empty Man / int_c3d20e77	type	Tulpa
The Empty Man / int_c3d20e77	comment	Tulpa: Lasombra was created as a new host for The Empty Man.
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The Empty Man / int_c696f3ba	type	Heroic Willpower
The Empty Man / int_c696f3ba	comment	Heroic Willpower: Defied. The Pontifex Institute gives Lasombra such a depressing backstory so that, when it's time for him to become the new Empty Man, he won't have the motivation to fight it and live for himself. It works.
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The Empty Man / int_c69902e7	type	Church of Happyology
The Empty Man / int_c69902e7	comment	Church of Happyology: The Pontifex Institute passes themselves off as a self-empowerment group. They're actually a cult that is exploiting The Empty Man's power for, among other things, The Power of Creation.
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The Empty Man / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
The Empty Man / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: The phrase â€œWe transmit, you receiveâ€� is a Call-Back to David Priorâ€™s previous short film AM1200. Lasombra addresses Garret as "Neal Cassady" due to the young man's Beat Generation lingo. The police detective Lasombra meets with several times is named Villiers, a nod to The Great God Pan, which shares a few thematic similarities with the movie. A large poster for "The Misfits" hangs in Amanda's bedroom.
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The Empty Man / int_c83f40d8	type	Bystander Syndrome
The Empty Man / int_c83f40d8	comment	Bystander Syndrome: Lasombra kidnaps Garrett in broad daylight on the street. When he glances around to see if there are any witnesses, every single person is staring at their phone.
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The Empty Man / int_d0dd22a7	type	The Adjectival Man
The Empty Man / int_d0dd22a7	comment	The Adjectival Man: The eponymous Empty Man.
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The Empty Man / int_d23a9bb8	type	Possession Burnout
The Empty Man / int_d23a9bb8	comment	Possession Burnout: Paul's body is deteriorating after being The Empty Man for so long.
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The Empty Man / int_d23a9bb8	featureConfidence	1.0
The Empty Man	hasFeature	The Empty Man / int_d23a9bb8
The Empty Man / int_d9cf40fa	type	Screw This, I'm Outta Here
The Empty Man / int_d9cf40fa	comment	Screw This, I'm Outta Here: When the crowd of cultists spot Lasombra and start matching his footsteps, Lasombra mutters, "Yeah... no," and sprints away.
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The Empty Man / int_de143e97	type	Psychic Nosebleed
The Empty Man / int_de143e97	comment	Psychic Nosebleed: Lasombra starts suffering them shortly after blowing into an empty bottle on a bridge.
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The Empty Man / int_df410b77	type	Decoy Protagonist
The Empty Man / int_df410b77	comment	Decoy Protagonist: The film has a lengthy prologue with four characters, three of whom die by the end of the prologue, and the film then picks up with our actual protagonist.
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The Empty Man / int_fed93e1b	type	Dark and Troubled Past
The Empty Man / int_fed93e1b	comment	Dark and Troubled Past: Lasombraâ€™s wife and son died in a tragic car crash while he was having an affair with Nora. It turns out this backstory was written for him by the Pontifex Institute.
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The Empty Man / int_ff7f34c5	type	Pet the Dog
The Empty Man / int_ff7f34c5	comment	Pet the Dog: Lasombra shows that he's a good guy by suggesting a better alternative of mace to a woman even though he'll get less money from the sale.
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The Empty Man	hasFeature	Monster Media / int_ffa1c0a4
The Empty Man	hasFeature	Possession Burnout / int_ffa1c0a4
The Empty Man	hasFeature	Prolonged Prologue / int_ffa1c0a4
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The Empty Man	hasFeature	The Adjectival Man / int_ffa1c0a4
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