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- For some reason I had in my head this was some lame horror movie about a haunted cell phone 👻 📱 . I finally watched it after hearing from a few people that it’s worth watching. I thought it was great. The time period it was set in, the music, the tension, just the whole vibe was great. It didn’t feel the need to lore dump us and explain everything, which would have certainly been underwhelming. We were just along for the ride, the same as all the characters involved.
- Took my 14 year old son to this screening. Today was his last day of middle school and I think this is the first rated R film I’ve ever taken him to see in the theater. A perfect film for such an occasion. This story has major Stephen King vibes, with adolescent protagonists, children going missing with a supernatural slant. It’s based on a book by Joe Hill who everyone knows is Stephen King’s son. (I actually just found that out). At any rate, it’s a really well executed story. Ethan Hawke is simultaneously creepy and menacing and he dons a Tom Savini mask that has alternate facial expressions. But the leads Mason Thames and Madeleine McGraw both really sell their roles and their sibling relationship. The Black Phone delivers pretty much exactly what you would expect, but in the best way possible. Just don’t watch the trailers, because then you will really know exactly what to expect. Really fun theatrical experience too. The audience was cheering, screaming and clapping. Highly recommend. (Update: realized we actually took all our kids to see Ambulance which was rated R, so it wasn’t his first theatrical R rated film, but it probably should have been. I think he’ll remember this more than that one.)
- 👹 In the suburbs, monsters don’t hide. They blend in. The Black Phone taps into a fear that’s existed since the dawn of suburbia, the unsettling tales of seemingly harmless men who hide behind clown makeup, magician tricks or other child-friendly disguises who prowl quiet neighborhoods in battered vans just to get close to their victims. This story gives us all of that and more. It’s amplified by the presence of restless spirits, children who refuse to fade quietly into the afterlife until the horrors done to them are finally avenged.
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The Black Phone was released on June 22, 2022.
The Black Phone was directed by Scott Derrickson.
The Black Phone has a runtime of 1h 43m.
The Black Phone was produced by Jason Blum, Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill.
Finney Blake is a shy but clever 13-year-old boy who is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of no use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer's previous victims. And they are dead-set on making sure that what happened to them doesn't happen to Finney.
The key characters in The Black Phone are Finney 'Finn' Blake (Mason Thames), Gwen Blake (Madeleine McGraw), Albert Shaw / The Grabber (Ethan Hawke).
The Black Phone is rated R.
The Black Phone is a Horror, Thriller, Mystery film.
The Black Phone has an audience rating of 8.8 out of 10.
The Black Phone had a budget of $16M.
The Black Phone has made $161.4M at the box office.


























