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  1. The Black Phone movie review & film summary (2022)

    Advertisement. "The Black Phone" is a saga of support and resilience disguised as a semi-paranormal serial murderer flick. Underpinned by emotional performances across the board and a commanding atmosphere, "The Black Phone" aces its foundational qualities and allows its nuances to take control. The gore is secondary to the story, with ...

  2. The Black Phone

    Rated: 2.5/5 Jul 30, 2022 Full Review Denise Pieniazek Puesta en Escena (AR) In The Black Telephone some of the director's stylems are observed, such as the prominence of children/adolescents in ...

  3. 'The Black Phone' Review: Ethan Hawke as a Serial Killer

    'The Black Phone' Review: Ethan Hawke in a Serial-Killer Movie with Some Nightmare Images but Less Fear Than Meets the Eye Reviewed at Tribeca Film Festival, June 18, 2022.

  4. 'The Black Phone' Review: The Dead Have Your Number

    More touching than terrifying, Scott Derrickson's "Black Phone" is less a horror movie than a coming-of-age ghost story. In place of gouting gore and surging fright, this enjoyable ...

  5. 'The Black Phone' Review: A Thrilling And Terrifying Crowd-Pleaser

    Universal. The Black Phone (2022) Blumhouse Productions/rated R/102 minutes. Directed by Scott Derrickson. Produced by Jason Blum, Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill. Written by Scott ...

  6. The Black Phone

    Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 31, 2023. The Black Phone carries a horror premise with a supernatural touch full of potential, but it plays too safe by betting on a narrative that's too ...

  7. Movie Review: The Black Phone, with Ethan Hawke

    Movie Review: In The Black Phone, a new horror film based on a Joe Hill story, Ethan Hawke plays a creepy psycho called The Grabber who kidnaps teenage boys. James Ransone, Jeremy Davies, and ...

  8. The Black Phone Review

    Childhood is terrifying. This is an advance, spoiler-free review of The Black Phone, which will debut in theaters on Feb. 2, 2022. The Black Phone had big shoes to fill. Nearly a decade ago, the ...

  9. The Black Phone (2021)

    The Black Phone: Directed by Scott Derrickson. With Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Davies. After being abducted and locked in a basement, a boy starts receiving calls on a disconnected phone from the killer's previous victims.

  10. 'The Black Phone' Review: Scott Derrickson Adapts Joe Hill

    Adapted from Joe Hill's short story of the same name, " The Black Phone " is a sleek, stressful, and violent slice of horror that captures the audience's emotions as quickly as the film ...

  11. The Black Phone Review: A Thrilling But Convoluted Serial Killer Story

    The Black Phone is a chilling horror-thriller with a downright creepy performance from Ethan Hawke that (outside a few unique pieces) tells a relatively familiar serial killer story. It's a well-constructed film at nearly every level, with great showings from its kid actors and adult stars alike, atmospheric cinematography, and satisfying jump scares; yet, it falls short in exploring its most ...

  12. The Black Phone Review

    The Black Phone Review. Denver, 1978. Teenager Finney (Mason Thames) and his little sister Gwen (Madeleine McGraw) live under the threat of violence from their alcoholic father (Jeremy Davies ...

  13. 'The Black Phone' Review: A Scary Ethan Hawke And Terrific ...

    Being marketed apparently as a horror film, with a poster dominated by a fully terrifyingly masked and horned Ethan Hawke, what this late 1970s-set movie really is about is the trauma of youth ...

  14. The Black Phone (2022)

    The Black Phone, 2022. Directed by Scott Derrickson. Starring Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, James Ransone, Michael Banks Repeta, Kellan ...

  15. The Black Phone Movie Review

    Parents need to know that The Black Phone is a horror movie about a kidnapped teen (Mason Thames) who gets supernatural help while trying to escape from his maniacal kidnapper.It's a solid, visceral thriller, albeit one that's full of peril and violence involving young teens. There are scenes of brutal, bloody bullying, including bashing a head with a rock, use of a switchblade, punching ...

  16. The Black Phone

    Finney Shaw, 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.

  17. The Black Phone Review: Coming-of-Age Gets Scary in a Great ...

    Universal Pictures. The finale of The Black Phone makes it clear that a lot of the film is a coming-of-age allegory about standing up for yourself and dealing with the world's onslaught of threats ...

  18. The Black Phone (2022) Movie Review

    The Black Phone (2022) Movie Review - One of Blumhouse's best productions. 28 June 2022 27 June 2022 by Lee Brown. One of Blumhouse's best productions. Based on Joe Hill's short story of the same name, The Black Phone is a dark and disturbing tale that takes place in a small Colorado town in 1978. While not based on real events, the ...

  19. The Black Phone (2022)

    The Black Phone, 2022. Directed by Scott Derrickson. Starring Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Davies, and James Ransone. SYNOPSIS: An abducted teenager uses a mysterious phone ...

  20. The Black Phone

    The Black Phone is a 2021 American supernatural horror film [3] directed by Scott Derrickson from a screenplay coauthored with longtime collaborator C. Robert Cargill.It stars Mason Thames as Finney, a teenage boy abducted by a serial child killer known colloquially as The Grabber (Ethan Hawke).When Finney encounters a mystical black rotary phone in captivity, he uses it to plot his escape by ...

  21. 'The Black Phone' Streaming Movie Review: Stream It or Skip It?

    Stream It Or Skip It: 'The Black Phone' on VOD, a Heavy-Nostalgia Period Horror-Thriller Starring Ethan Hawke as a Serial Kidnapper By John Serba Published July 21, 2022, 5:45 p.m. ET

  22. The Black Phone (2022) Movie Reviews

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  23. The Black Phone (2022)

    Robert Cargill and Scott Derrickson adapt a script based on Joe Hill's sory, The Black Phone. Ethan Hawke stars as a child killer whose latest abductee is receiving calls from dead victims.