The Black Phone Movie Information

Movie Information

Overall Rank: 5056

Average Rating: 2.7/4

# of Ratings: 24

Theatrical Release Date: 06/24/2022

Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 08/16/2022

Language: English

Genre: Drama, Horror

MPAA Rating: R

Director: Scott Derrickson

Actors: Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Davies, James Ransone, Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, E. Roger Mitchell

Plot: A young boy is abducted by a notorious child killer and locked in a soundproof basement. But he finds he is not alone when he begins to receive calls on a disconnected phone from the killer's previous victims. -- Chris Kavan

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Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 10/30/2022

It's likely Joe Hill has picked up at least one thing from his father Stephen King, and it's that wounded innocence, childhood fears, and dark fantasy can still be frightening no matter how many times we experience them. Whether on page or screen.

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Chris Kavan
Chris Kavan
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Rating of
3/4

Pick Up the Receiver, I'll Make You a Believer

Chris Kavan - wrote on 08/18/2022

Scott Derrickson, who has already graced us with the excellent horror film Sinister (as well as the first Doctor Strange) is back in top form, delivering another chilling experience with The Black Phone.

Horror can arrive in many forms but I always find the "jump scare" school of horror to be the more lazy option. There's nothing wrong with a good jump scare - in fact, The Black Phone has a few of its own - but the greatest of horror films manage to get under you skin. It's the tension, the atmosphere that I like best in modern horror, and between some truly twisted masks and the claustrophobic basement setting, Black Phone delivers.

The setup is thus: set in 1978, a Colorado town finds itself haunted by the specter of "The Grabber" (Ethan Hawken) who has …

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