The Black Phone2022
“Never talk to strangers.”
Directed by Scott Derrickson
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🏆 10 wins & 19 nominations total
The premise
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.
Horror Vault's take
Set in a sun-bleached 1970s Colorado suburb, The Black Phone follows a quiet, resourceful boy who finds himself imprisoned in a killer's basement with no obvious way out. His only unexpected lifeline is a disconnected telephone that refuses to stay silent. What he hears on the other end of the line pushes this cat-and-mouse thriller into genuinely eerie supernatural territory. Director Scott Derrickson crafts a film that is as much about courage and connection as it is about pure terror.
Content: Child Abduction And Captivity, Violence Against Children, Depictions Of Child Abuse, Bullying, Alcohol Abuse And Neglectful Parenting, Threat Of Murder, Jump Scares
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