#Mr. Harrigan’s Phone

[occasionaloneshots]

Now I present to you, my favorite way to get attached to a male character:

“Look at that lil guy with mommy issues, I wanna lay my head on his shoulder, drum my fingers on his kneecap and promise him everything will be alright.”

Examples:

(It actually won’t be okay but I can lie)

I love them so much

[sesiondemadrugada]

Mr. Harrigan’s Phone (John Lee Hancock, 2022).

[mandoreviews]

📽️ Mr. Harrigan’s Phone (2022)

The trailer, along with knowing it was based on a Stephen King story, made this movie look promising. I’m usually a fan of thriller, especially with a creepy supernatural element like a dead guy calling someone. Unfortunately, this movie didn’t hit that mark. I kept waiting for something good to happen or for there to be some action, but nothing happened. It ended up being a boring movie with an anticlimactic ending. This movie was disappointing.

Sex/nudity: 1/10 (male in the shower, no genitalia shown)

Language: 3/10 (one f-word, relatively little else)

Violence: 4/10 (nothing crazy, several deaths with not much shown, kid gets beat up with some blood shown)

Overall rating: 3/10

[tryhardmarko]

just watched mr harrigan's phone and holy shit, jaeden martell's acting just gets more and more impressive with everything he's in

[dan2theyell]

🎃 31 Days of Halloween 🎃

Day 6

Mr. Harrigan’s Phone

“Craig, a young boy, befriends the elderly billionaire John Harrigan. Craig then gives him a mobile phone. However, when the man dies, Craig discovers that he can communicate with his friend from the grave.”

Mr. Harrigan’s Phone is adapted from a short story written by Stephen King. I would describe this movie as ominous yet touching. Sad and scary. There were many elements to this story. Because of this, Mr. Harrigan’s Phone was more than just a ghost story. It was a story of grief and loneliness. A story of two people who lead completely different lives but who are not so different after all & how they are connected in both life & death. To me, it was more about the power of grief, the strong hold it can have on you, and the importance of letting go.

Let me know your interpretation.

Edit

Someone asked me more about the horror side of this movie without spoiling it. That was very hard to do but I tried.

Even the “scary” parts weren’t really scary. It was really more of King’s tamer stories and honestly, it felt more like a Stand By Me or a coming of age film. The horror aspect is used more as a teaching device for the main character. It has an ominous and suspenseful feel but even then, this horror movie isn’t really horror to me. It is more of an emotional film. There was little substance to the horror side of things. I enjoyed it but not as a horror film. It would be a good movie for people who don’t like horror but like suspense. To really see what I mean, you will probably have to watch it. To tell you the horror portion would mean just telling you flat out what happens. Don’t go into it expecting horror though. I feel they marketed this entirely wrong for the actual story.

[aylakmadamfilm]

FİLM

Mr.Harrihan’s Phone

   Stephen King'in kısa öyküsüne dayanan netflix filmi.  Küçük bir kasabada yaşayan craig  adlı genç bir çocuğun, kendisinden yaşça büyük, münzevi bir milyarder bay harrigan  ile arkadaş olma hikayesini anlatıyor. 

   Eli yüzü düzgün, izlenebilir bir film.

El practicante

    İspanyol gerilim filmlerini ayrı bir seviyorum.İnsanın karmakarışık dürtüleriyle sizi baş başa bırakan iyi bir film bu. Aynı zamanda, erkeklerin kendilerini erkek gibi hissedemedikleri durumlarda ne derece saldırganlaşabileceklerini ve bunu daha da ileri boyuta taşırken nelerden vazgeçebileceklerine dair sağlam bir film. İşte tam bu noktada, bir diğer çarpıcı ispanyol gerilim filmi mientras duermes ile benzerlikler gösteriyor. Tam bir psikolojik gerilim filmi bu. Özellikle de ikili ilişkilerde duygusal manipülasyonu çok güzel anlatmış.

   The Wailing

   Daha önce izlediğiniz hiçbir filme benzemeyen korku, gerilim, dram türündeki film. Korelilerin hayatı kavrayışı, hikayeleri ve hikayeleştirişi çok farklı. Batı dünyasında olmayan bir geçişlilik, belirsizlik var. Filmi kötüleyenler ise sonunda bir ton soru işareti ile filmden ayrılmalarından kaynaklı.

[headlamprey]

Watching Mr. Harrigan's Phone, not because of Stephen King, but because i saw the name Blumhouse connected to it. I mean. Also Donald Sutherland. But Blumhouse had turned out amazing horror so it's gotten to the point where i see the name and hit play.

[frecklesandpoverty]

31 Nights of Halloween Horror: Day 5

I watched this movie on time, I was just so tired after it finished I went to bed instead of posting lol. My choice for yesterday was technically a horror movie (imdb specifically only listed it as a horror) but this this movie was more a drama than horror, but I’ll get into that. The movie was Mr. Harrigan’s Phone

I rated this 6/10. As I said, it was more a drama than anything scary, though the texts the teen receives were creepy as hell, until the explanation, then they were sad. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a good movie, but not really a horror. Good acting from Jaeden Martell and Donald Sutherland was great as usual. I think I would have liked this more initially if it had been listed as a drama, but oh well. Still good. 

[m0th--teeth]

no way a Stephen King movie following the life of a youth pastor named Craig just dropped 🧍 this is so unserious

[simplylove101]

2022 Horror Challenge: [48/?]

↳"When I die, when it's my time to go, I wanna be buried with empty pockets." Mr. Harrigan's Phone (2022) dir. John Lee Hancock

Plot: When Mr. Harrigan dies, Craig, the teen who befriended and did odd jobs for him, puts his smart phone in his pocket before burial. When the lonely youth sends his dead friend a message, he is shocked to get a return text.

Starring: Jaeden Martell, Donald Sutherland, Joe Tippett & Kirby Howell-Baptiste

Another movie that's part of the catch-up. It's sad how I keep letting myself get behind on these posts but oh well. I tried going into this one with an open mind and I gotta say, I agree that this movie doesn't really feel like it's for horror lovers. I know, it's a slow burner and it has some things to say, which I appreciate. Also, Jaeden Martell & Donald Sutherland both do a nice job establishing their friendship before the death. So, there's certainly positives in there. I feel like as an actual horror movie tho, those elements feel very tacked on. The sequences themselves are okay, but they feel like a different movie. Idk, something about the whole thing felt like it was trying too hard. It might just be that this felt like this is a Stephen King story that didn't really need a film adaptation for me personally. There are elements that I liked about it though so it wasn't the worst thing, but it didn't really grab me sadly. Sorry.

[splatteronmywalls]

[krueger4eva]

Moody Trailer Cover Songs

What is it about these spooky, somber remixes that became so popular since the 2010s?

This trend of taking a well-known song, usually an R&B tune, and having it be edited with a slow tempo, turned into a sinister instrumental, or have a sultry singer make their own haunting cover of it has been divisive depending on the audience.

The most prominent examples of this trope include Beyoncé’s Crazy in Love in “Fifty Shades of Grey”, Say My Name by Destiny’s Child in the requel to Candyman, and the tethered mix of Luniz’ I Got 5 On It in Jordan Peele’s horror classic, Us (Which is my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE COVER ❤️♥️❤️).

These are either used in trailers for romantic dramas or horror films and shows. Sometimes, the covers are well-received or considered cringey by viewers. For me, I think all of these are pretty catchy and fun to replay once in a while. Even though I do not like all of the films attached to the trailer (looking at you Fatal Affair), I’d listen to that creepy stalker remix of “All the Things (Your Man Won’t Do) any time.

What’s your favorite moody trailer cover?

Do you have any ideas to create your own?

P.S. If there is going to be a Scream VII (which is very likely), I hope the trailer will be set to a “Moody Cover” of Elvis Presley’s “Suspicious Minds”, while the characters within the movie make a meta-reference to this particular trope.

Just listen to these lyrics and you’ll see what I mean! 🎶🎼🎵

[jp-hunsecker]

So much time is devoted to spelling out throwaway aspects of the plot, that the screenplay neglects to show what would be a healthy curiosity regarding its central mystery.

[visplay]

Chris: Mr. Harrigan’s Phone is a noteworthy drama / suspense, it has Donald Sutherland and is filmed beautifully, slow, Watch: On Subscription Service.

Richie: I liked seeing Donald Sutherland, but the film was a bit dull, Watch: On Subscription Service.

[filmniller]

Mr. Harrigan's Phone

4 ud af 5 aldrende læseheste

Gymnasieeleven Craig (Jaeden Martell) tjener lommepenge ved at læse klassiske romaner som "To byer", "Lady Chatterleys elsker" og "Forbrydelse og straf" højt for en svagtsynet milliardær (Donald Sutherland). Der opstår et stærkt venskab mellem de to, og den unge mand introducerer det 21. århundredes velsignelser for den aldrende aktiespekulant med en iPhone, der giver ham direkte adgang til børsnoteringerne. Da mr. Harrigan dør af et hjertestop, giver Craig ham iPhonen med i kisten, og han sender en besked til ham som en sidste hilsen. Stor er hans overraskelse, da sms'en uventet besvares, og der begynder at ske mystiske ting og sager ... Mere skal ikke røbes her. Det er Stephen Kings kortroman af samme navn, der er dramatiseret og iscenesat af John Lee Hancock, kendt som instruktør af bl. a. "The Blind Side", "The Founder" og "Saving Mr. Banks", og det er en af de bedre King-filmatiseringer, der efter min mening helt eminent fanger forfatterens stemningsfulde stil og skildringer. Der er overnaturlige elementer, ja, men de er under stram kontrol, og hovedvægten er lagt på forholdet mellem de godt castede personer, samtidig med at Kings (for en gangs skyld) velkonstruerede plot stille og roligt afvikles med god suspense. Anbefales varmt og kan ses på Netflix.