loved the black phone bc the cops literally did not do shit the entire thing. They relied on a possibly psychic child to solve a serial killer case while her brother and his ghost squad home alone'd the killer to death
"You cannot beat a river into submission. You have to surrender to its current and use its power as your own. Silence your ego and your power will rise."
You’ve always been a fighter, Finn. That’s what we have in common, why we were friends. You were always afraid to throw a punch, but you always knew how to take one. And you always got back up every time.
I'm a simple person. I watch something that has a well written narrative juxtaposed with an accurate, realistic portrayal of all the intricacies of siblinghood + the brother/sister dynamic and I have no choice but to immediately go insane over it
THE BLACK PHONE 2 (2025) Sequel officially announced
The Black Phone 2 has been officially confirmed; this is not unsurprising as the first movie took $161 million at the box office worldwide even before residual sales such as Blu-ray, DVD and streaming.
And, even though his character The Grabber died at the end of the first film, Ethan Hawke will be returning for the sequel alongside Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies and Miguel Mora.…
[The following review contains MINOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!]
In the works of Stephen King, such mundane terrors as abusive parents, sadistic bullies, and the specter of alcoholism are often just as threatening as the supernatural forces lurking in the shadows. With The Black Phone, however, his son, Joe Hill, pursues this theme to its logical conclusion. Rather than ravenous vampires, shapeshifting eldritch abominations, or… uh, “shit weasels,” his central antagonist is a relatively ordinary serial killer. Unlike The Shining’s homicidal apparitions, meanwhile, this film’s ghosts are outright benevolent, doing their best to help their murderer’s latest prospective victim escape from captivity and avoid their grisly fate.
The screenplay, penned by director Scott Derrickson and his frequent collaborator C. Robert Cargill, is a rare treat in the current climate of megabudget blockbusters and maximalist spectacle: a straightforward, tightly structured, economical thriller. Not a single detail is wasted; every conversation between our young hero and his otherworldly companions contributes to his character development, gradually building up to a deliciously cathartic climax. Indeed, it could be taught alongside Edgar Wright’s scripts in a master class on the delicate art of setup and payoff—and I don't make that assertion lightly.
The Black Phone doesn’t revolutionize the genre or reinvent the formula, but it doesn’t really need to; like the classic horror movies of the ‘70s and ‘80s, it simply aspires to tell an entertaining scary story.