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The Black Phone

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6.9/10
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The Black Phone (2021)
The phone is dead. And it's ringing.

Director Scott Derrickson returns to his terror roots and partners again with the foremost brand in the genre, Blumhouse, with a new horror thriller.
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After being abducted by a child killer and locked in a soundproof basement, a 13-year-old boy starts receiving calls on a disconnected phone from the killer's previous victims.After being abducted by a child killer and locked in a soundproof basement, a 13-year-old boy starts receiving calls on a disconnected phone from the killer's previous victims.After being abducted by a child killer and locked in a soundproof basement, a 13-year-old boy starts receiving calls on a disconnected phone from the killer's previous victims.
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
150K
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POPULARITY
163
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    • Scott Derrickson
    • Joe Hill(based on the short story 'The Black Phone' by)
    • Scott Derrickson(screenplay by)
    • C. Robert Cargill(screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • Mason Thames
    • Madeleine McGraw
    • Ethan Hawke
    • Scott Derrickson
    • Joe Hill(based on the short story 'The Black Phone' by)
    • Scott Derrickson(screenplay by)
    • C. Robert Cargill(screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • Mason Thames
    • Madeleine McGraw
    • Ethan Hawke
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    • 65Metascore
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    Ethan Hawke and Mason Thames in The Black Phone (2021)
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    Ethan Hawke in The Black Phone (2021)
    Scott Derrickson in The Black Phone (2021)
    Madeleine McGraw and Mason Thames in The Black Phone (2021)
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    Ethan Hawke in The Black Phone (2021)

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    Mason Thames
    Mason Thames
    • Finney
    Madeleine McGraw
    Madeleine McGraw
    • Gwen
    Ethan Hawke
    Ethan Hawke
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    Jeremy Davies
    Jeremy Davies
    • Terrence
    E. Roger Mitchell
    E. Roger Mitchell
    • Detective Wright
    Troy Rudeseal
    Troy Rudeseal
    • Detective Miller
    James Ransone
    James Ransone
    • Max
    Miguel Cazarez Mora
    Miguel Cazarez Mora
    • Robin
    Rebecca Clarke
    Rebecca Clarke
    • Donna
    J. Gaven Wilde
    J. Gaven Wilde
    • Moose
    Spencer Fitzgerald
    Spencer Fitzgerald
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    Jordan Isaiah White
    Jordan Isaiah White
    • Matty
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    Brady M. Ryan
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    Brady Hepner
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    Banks Repeta
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    • Mister Hopkins
      • Scott Derrickson
      • Joe Hill(based on the short story 'The Black Phone' by)
      • Scott Derrickson(screenplay by)
      • C. Robert Cargill(screenplay by)
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    • Trivia
      The paperboy is a reference to Johnny Gosch, a paperboy from Iowa who was on a route with his dog Gretchen and disappeared. His dog was found later, but Johnny's disappearance remains unsolved to this day.
    • Goofs
      The movie takes place in 1978, but we see the completed Wells Fargo Center in the opening credits. However, it wasn't fully built until 1983.
    • Quotes

      Gwen Shaw: Jesus? What the fuck.

    • Crazy credits
      A new Blumhouse Pictures logo debuts with this film, featuring a zoom through a house filled with horror-film references.
    • Connections
      Featured in Chris Stuckmann Movie Reviews: The Black Phone (2022)
    • Soundtracks
      Free Ride
      Written by Dan Hartman

      Performed by The Edgar Winter Group

      Courtesy of Epic Records

      By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment

    User reviews1.3K

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    8/10
    creepy but a good watch.
    An intense movie, worth a watch. May make your skin crawl/

    Takes me back to my days as a kid growing up in Houston and the Houston Mass Murders. Wiki one of the killers, Elmer Wayne Henley for the story.
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    • decimatorcortez
    • Aug 4, 2022

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    • Release date
      • June 24, 2022 (United States)
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      • Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
    • Production companies
      • Universal Pictures
      • Blumhouse Productions
      • Crooked Highway
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    • 1 hour 43 minutes
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