The Black Phone

About The Black Phone

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.

Scott Derrickson's The Black Phone is a 2022 horror thriller film. Released in June 2022, it runs 103 minutes. It is part of The Black Phone Collection.

The film is filed under dreams, based on short story, angry, and child abuse.

Mason Thames takes the lead as Finney, Madeleine McGraw as Gwen, Ethan Hawke as The Grabber, and Jeremy Davies as Terrence. The screenplay is by C. Robert Cargill and Scott Derrickson. Production companies include Blumhouse Productions, Crooked Highway, and Universal Pictures. It streams on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads in the United States.

Black Phone 2, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Wes Craven's New Nightmare make useful companions to The Black Phone, all filed under child kidnapping. TMDB voters put it at 7.5 out of 10 across 6,206 votes and it carries a R rating.