‘The Black Phone’ vs. ‘Black Phone 2’: Which Film is More Disturbing?

WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for The Black Phone and Black Phone 2. If Gen X has a boogeyman, it’s arguably the Man in the Windowless Van. Alongside memories of blissfully roaming unsupervised suburbs are warnings to avoid anyone in this particular vehicle lest you wind up on the side of a milk carton. […]

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‘Black Phone 2’ Draws from Dante’s Inferno For Icy Sequel That Puts Horror Forward [Interview]

Returning director Scott Derrickson (Sinister, V/H/S/85) and co-writer C. Robert Cargill didn’t plan to make sequel Black Phone 2 unless a great idea came along that excited them. That’s when author Joe Hill called. “He just said, ‘A phone rings, Finney answers, and it’s The Grabber calling from hell,’” Cargill tells Bloody Disgusting. That was the spark that […]

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‘The Harbinger’ Trailer – ‘The Black Phone’ Actress Madeleine McGraw Gets Possessed by the Devil

Recently acquired by Screen Media, The Harbinger is being billed as a “paranormal Hitchcockian thriller,” and today the official trailer has been revealed along with the film’s release date. The Harbinger will be available in select theaters and On Demand on September 2. In the film, starring The Black Phone scene-stealer Madeleine McGraw…. “Hoping to […]

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‘The Black Phone’ Actors Mason Thames and Madeleine McGraw Are Excited to Star in a Scary Horror Movie [Interview]

Ethan Hawke‘s decisive turn as child-killer The Grabber in Scott Derrickson‘s The Black Phone may terrorize audiences, but Mason Thames and Madeleine McGraw bring the emotional center. The young actors play siblings Finney and Gwen, whose strong bond remains vital when separated after Finney gets kidnapped and trapped inside the Grabber’s basement. Ahead of The Black Phone‘s theatrical release on June 24, 2022, Bloody Disgusting […]

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[Video] Final Flame Productions Recreates Trailer For ‘The Black Phone’ in ‘Grand Theft Auto V’

We’re still a ways away from Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill‘s The Black Phone, but that hasn’t stopped Final Flame Productions from cranking out another of their Grand Theft Auto V machinima videos, this time inspired by The Black Phone‘s recent trailer. Once again, the team works within the “limitations” of GTA V, so you do […]

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‘The Black Phone’ Review – Dialing into Terror With Ethan Hawke as a Skin-Crawling Villain

Bloody Disgusting’s The Black Phone review is spoiler-free. For many, director Scott Derrickson and writer C. Robert Cargill’s Sinister ranks high among the scariest modern horror movies. The pair return to horror with an adaptation of Joe Hill’s short story The Black Phone from the compilation 20th Century Ghost. Derrickson and Cargill revive the same traits and structure of Sinister to transform […]

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