{"id":34256,"date":"2025-04-13T11:59:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T15:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/?p=34256"},"modified":"2025-04-13T11:59:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T15:59:06","slug":"call-of-the-void-2025-a-hoot-a-ding-dong-a-hum-dinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/call-of-the-void-2025-a-hoot-a-ding-dong-a-hum-dinger\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening on Digital Platforms April 15, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>CALL OF THE VOID (2025).<\/strong><\/span> To Be or Not to Be: A Hoot? A Ding-Dong? A Hum-Dinger?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Call Of The Void | Official Trailer | Gravitas Ventures\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/87zomCIuRfs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>A synoptic excerpt from the marketing-publishing-advertising modus operandi for CALL OF THE VOID: <\/em><\/strong><em>After the tragic death of her brother, Moray played by Caitlin Carver flees to a mountain cabin to get away from her work and her family so that she can embrace solitude and mourn in peace. Her hope for spiritual surcease is marred, however, by a gaggle of musicians moving into the room next door where they are planning to use as a makeshift recording studio.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Cutting to the chase:<\/strong> Moray and the band members subsequently discover the <strong>Hum, <\/strong>a mysterious sonic gateway to an otherworldly experience whether they want it or not. {<strong>the WORD<\/strong> patrons please note: <\/em><em>CALL OF THE VOID features songs from an Appalachian folk songbook which are performed in the film by the cast. These folks know how to jam.}<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34274\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34274\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34274\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Call-of-void-Still_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Call-of-void-Still_1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Call-of-void-Still_1-560x274.jpg 560w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Call-of-void-Still_1-260x127.jpg 260w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Call-of-void-Still_1-160x78.jpg 160w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Call-of-void-Still_1-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Call-of-void-Still_1-768x376.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-34274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caitlin Carver as Moray<\/p><\/div>\n<p>CALL OF THE VOID has received mixed reviews. It&#8217;s been pitched publicity-wise and marketing-wise and advertising-wise as a folk horror with Lovecraftian touches focusing on the grisly psychological impact of a strange hum and its connection to something otherworldly.<\/p>\n<p>Because of high anticipations for this H.P. Lovecraft and Gravitas Ventures venture \u2013 burnished with a dash of Stephen King \u2013 this reviewer was miffed that in the first 100 minutes or so, there was nary a whiff nor wisp of plausible horrific, macabre and ghoulish horror film elements that should have had him twisting and turning in his seat \u2013 as one would expect to see in an H.P Lovecraft &amp; Gravitas venture with a dash of Stephen King. Instead, it&#8217;s as if copious dosages of blah-blah-blah and blah-blah-blah scenes were overdone by the filmmakers.<\/p>\n<p>Me thinks if the filmmakers dared to trim CALL OF THE VOID from 94+ minutes to 60, this film reviewer could imagine their ding-dong becoming a hum-dinger. {This reviewer couldn\u2019t resist the play on words.} Please Note: Cinema history reveals it&#8217;s not unusual that movies that initially flopped after they were released, subsequently gained a cult following and critical acclaim after being re-edited and re-released. Examples are\u00a0 A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (1935), CITIZEN KANE (1941), THE FALL (2006), THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN (1988) and so on \u2026 and so forth.<\/p>\n<p>Stars <strong>Caitlin Carver<\/strong> (Chicago Fire, I Tonya, Netflix\u2019s Dear White People); <strong>Mina Sundwall<\/strong> (Netflix\u2019s Lost In Space, Jesus Revolution); <strong>Christian Antidorm<\/strong>i (Starz\u2019s Spartacus, Netflix\u2019s The Lincoln Lawyer); and <strong>Ethan Herisse<\/strong> (Nickel Boys, When They See Us). Written and directed by <strong>James B. Cox<\/strong> (Hacked, Grey Matter, based on a short story by Stephen King).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"1\" width=\"60%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7155\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gwm-700x700-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100 height=\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gwm-700x700-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gwm-700x700-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gwm-700x700-560x560.jpg 560w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gwm-700x700-260x260.jpg 260w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gwm-700x700-160x160.jpg 160w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gwm-700x700.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CALL OF THE VOID has received mixed reviews. It&#8217;s been pitched publicity-wise and marketing-wise and advertising-wise as a folk horror with Lovecraftian touches focusing on the grisly psychological impact of a strange hum and its connection to something otherworldly. \u2013 Review, Article by Gregg W. Morris<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/call-of-the-void-2025-a-hoot-a-ding-dong-a-hum-dinger\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":34274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2269,31,29,2287],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2269","category-film-tv-reviews","category-film-tv","category-reviews-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34256"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34347,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34256\/revisions\/34347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}