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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 ).
The phone is dead. And it's ringing. So reads the tagline for " The Black Phone ," Scott Derrickson's haunting adaptation of Joe Hill's short story. The script, which Derrickson co-wrote with his ...
Mrs. Stevenson, an imperious invalid, accidentally intercepts a phone call between two men plotting a murder for that evening. She tries to enlist the help of the telephone operator, the police, and a hospital, becoming more frantic as the time passes. In the final moments of the play, she realizes that she is the intended victim.
The Black List tallies the number of "likes" various screenplays are given by development executives, and then ranks them accordingly. The most-liked screenplay is The Imitation Game, which topped the list in 2011 with 133 likes; it went on to win the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 87th Academy Awards in 2015.
Derrickson’s latest film, The Black Phone, based on Joe Hill’s short story of the same name, is about a 13-year-old boy named Finney (Mason Thames), who is abducted by a serial killer known as ...
The Black Phone is now on Netflix in the UK and Ireland, and while it is isn't a true story, it is inspired by terrifying real-life events.
Children. 2. Scott Derrickson (born July 16, 1966) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for his work in the horror genre, directing films such as The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005), Sinister (2012), and The Black Phone (2021). He is also known for the superhero film Doctor Strange (2016), based on the Marvel Comics character.
Ethan Hawke, in 30 years, has never played a flat-out villain before, so it would be nice to say that in “The Black Phone” he not only plays a serial killer — one of those anonymous madmen ...