The Black Phone

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Theatrical - Wide 2022-06-24

Cast Ethan Hawke
Directed by Scott Derrickson

Genres: Horror

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9/10

Synopsis

A young boy gets abducted by a killer. He discovers that a black phone in the killer’s basement can connect him to the previous victims, who try to help him escape.

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Writer/director Scott Derrickson and co-writer C. Robert Cargill have confirmed that The Black Phone 2 has wrapped

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PLOT: A young boy (Mason Thames) is kidnapped by a notorious serial killer called The Grabber (Ethan Hawke). With only days to go before his captor kills him, he’s aided by a mysterious black phone which connects him to the...

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Plot: After five children go missing in a suburban Colorado town in the 1970s, Finney Shaw (Mason Thames) soon becomes the sixth victim when he is kidnapped by a serial killer and is placed inside of a soundproof basement. All...

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