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2022    1h 43mHorror, Thriller
6.981%88%7.5
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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.
Directed by Scott Derrickson
  • Mason ThamesFinney 'Finn' Blake
  • Madeleine McGrawGwen Blake
  • Ethan HawkeAlbert Shaw / The Grabber
  • Jeremy DaviesTerrence Blake
  • E. Roger MitchellDetective Wright
  • Troy RudesealDetective Miller
  • Miguel MoraRobin Arellano
  • Tristan PravongBruce Yamada
  • Brady HepnerVance Hopper
  • James RansoneMax Shaw
  • Rebecca ClarkeDonna
  • J. Gaven WildeMoose
  • Spencer FitzgeraldBuzz
  • Jordan Isaiah WhiteMatty
  • Brady RyanMatt
  • Jacob MoranBilly
  • Banks RepetaGriffin
  • Parrish StikeleatherMister Hopkins
  • Kristina ArjonaMrs. Fulgrim
  • Sheila M. O'RearPrincipal Keller
  • Patrick Zito
    Patrick ZitoJuly 11, 2026
    some weird parts in this movie but it was better than I thought it was going to be.
  • bella.18
    bella.18June 25, 2026
    I personally think that it's more of a thriller, but a scarier one. Absolutely loved it, Thames and Hawk brutally carry the movie. One of the horrors that have a good ending
  • Rick
    RickJune 11, 2025
    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.
  • SnooedKiwi
    SnooedKiwiOctober 15, 2025
    cool stuff
  • timid_tigress
    timid_tigressJune 24, 2026
    It was good but I don't feel like it needs a second movie.
  • Michael Harrison
    Michael HarrisonSeptember 14, 2025
    Not as scary as I thought it was going to be.
  • Kevin Ward
    Kevin WardJuly 7, 2025
    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.)
  • cursedbags
    cursedbagsOctober 18, 2025
    can’t lie kinda hyped for the second movie this was good.
  • Solymar Romina
    Solymar RominaOctober 21, 2025
    I loved the movie so much I really loved when the ghost boys called finney and that finney said his name was Taylor Mullen. Robin (Miguel Mora) needed more screen time. Robin would've had more screen time only if fans didn't leak anything.Anyway movie is amazing, recommendable to watch!
  • mckayli2
    mckayli2June 25, 2025
    FINNEY IS SO FINE anyways i love how everything is all tied in together and i just know the second one isn’t gonna even compare but i do know the second is still gonna be really good
  • SigridHeil
    SigridHeilApril 17, 2026
    Pretty good movie
  • Ecto-1A
    Ecto-1ANovember 21, 2025
    👹 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.
  • ADC8974
    ADC8974February 16, 2026
    Mostly boring, not scary to me. Ethan Hawke and the kids did what they were supposed to acting wise but it just never grabbed my attention. I’ve heard 2 is better so I will be checking it out soon.
  • Tommy Woerner
    Tommy WoernerFebruary 22, 2026
    It's like Stephen King's It but even more sinister
  • mariyoung100
    mariyoung100January 28, 2026
    I wish I can freaking watch it

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