The Black Phone
2022 · 103 MIN · HORROR / THRILLER
STAFF RATING:★★★½3.5 / 5
TMDB:7.5 (5,840 votes)
Finney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little 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
WRITTEN BY:C. Robert Cargill, Joe Hill, Scott Derrickson
STARRING:Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Davies, E. Roger Mitchell
STUDIO:Blumhouse Productions, Crooked Highway, Universal Pictures
shelf notes: 1970s · alcoholic father · angry · based on short story · basement · bullying · cellar · child abuse · child kidnapping · colorado · dreams · kidnapping · mask · sadistic