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Mark Kermode Kermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube) It's not groundbreaking, but it's very well done. Jan 18, 2024 Full Review Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times Ethan Hawke continues his spectacular mid-career run in a rare villainous role. Jan 3, 2023 Full Review David Stratton The Australian The young actors rise above their material, but Hawke is wasted as the killer. Rated: 2.5/5 Jul 30, 2022 Full Review Francesca Steele iNews.co.uk This is True Detective meets Stephen King; missing kids with a hint of the supernatural – but it goes nowhere. Dec 11, 2024 Full Review William Stottor Flick Feast The Black Phone might not be consistently terrifying, but it has its moments. Ultimately, it is let down by an undercooked, patchy script and odd stylistic and editing choices that remove well-built tension. Rated: 3/5 Sep 3, 2024 Full Review Denise Pieniazek Puesta en Escena (AR) In The Black Telephone some of the director's stylems are observed, such as the prominence of children/adolescents in the action, perverse villains who hide their faces behind peculiar masks, and the presence of pagan or religious elements. Rated: 7.5/10 Aug 21, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

Richie A little underwhelming in the horror aspect but the acting brings it home. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/27/24 Full Review W R A So much more could have been done with this as a realistic true crime story. The only "Horror" element to this was the ghosts of his victims. WAY too much coincidental happenstance stuff written into this screenplay to make the story work. You really have do a lot of mental gymnastics to believe any of it works at face value outside of the supernatural elements. Ethan Hawke delivers a great performance here and thats about it. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/29/24 Full Review Damion On edge the whole time, hoping for a part 2 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/07/24 Full Review Brandon Richardson This movie is a terrifying and well-crafted experience. It’s filled with incredible performances and great cinematography. Even though it isn’t the most serious of films, it brings light to an imperative and often hard-to-discuss topic. The writers did a great job translating this to the screen and turning a short story into a feature-length film. While the new content doesn’t entirely complete the story, it adds more structure and gives the characters more depth. The Black Phone is a faithful adaptation that is absolutely worth a watch. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Galen M This one pleasantly surprised me. Ethan Hawke was brilliantly creepy, the kids were portrayed as kids, not adults. There was violence when violence was warranted and no punches were pulled. And the cinematographry was elegant and disturbing, just like it needed to be. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Tejpal P Creepy and Good, Worth a Watch Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/13/22 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis Finney, 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.

Director

Scott Derrickson

Producer

Jason Blum, Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill

Screenwriter

Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill

Distributor

Paramount Pictures

Production Co

Blumhouse Productions, Crooked Highway

Rating

R (Language|Bloody Images|Some Drug Use|Violence)

Genre

Horror, Mystery & Thriller

Original Language

English

Release Date (Theaters)

Jun 24, 2022, Wide

Box Office (Gross USA)

$89.9M

Runtime

1h 42m

Aspect Ratio

Scope (2.35:1)