Exclusive ‘The Black Phone’ Featurette Reflects on the Realism [Video]

Before Scott Derrickson‘s The Black Phone heads to DVD and Blu-ray on August 16, you can answer the call on Digital today. Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke (Sinister, Boyhood, Training Day), in the most disturbing role of his career, stars in a new suspenseful thriller based on the short story by Joe Hill (“Locke & […]

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‘The Black Phone’ Rings Onto Blu-ray in August With Deleted Scenes

One of this year’s best horror films, Scott Derrickson‘s The Black Phone is headed to physical media in the wake of the film’s theatrical release, on DVD and Blu-ray on August 16. Prior to that, The Black Phone comes to Digital on August 12, 2022. EXCLUSIVE BONUS FEATURES on BLU-RAYTM, DVD & DIGITAL: DELETED SCENES […]

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4 New Horror Movies Released on Friday, July 15th and ‘The Black Phone’ Comes Home!

We did it. We made it to the end of the week, and our reward is waiting for us. What is our reward as we head into the weekend, you ask? How about a bunch of new horror movies?! For starters, Scott Derrickson’s The Black Phone is NOW AVAILABLE AT HOME, less than a month […]

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‘The Black Phone’ Comes Home to On Demand This Friday!

After scaring up $100 million worldwide, Scott Derrickson‘s The Black Phone is now headed home to On Demand outlets this Friday, July 15, 2022, Bloody Disgusting has learned. The film, meanwhile, is still playing in theaters, currently in the #6 spot on the box office charts and making $62.3 million domestically. A huge win for […]

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‘The Black Phone’ and Six of the Best Captivity-Based Horror Movies

The horror genre may be associated with gruesome kills and threats from beyond the grave, but I’d argue that some of the most effective scary movies deal with realistic fates worse than death. From maniacal super-fans to methodical serial killers, being kidnapped and then kept alive at the mercy of a ruthless antagonist is one […]

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‘The Black Phone’ Dials Up $77 Million at the Worldwide Box Office

After scaring up an impressive $23.4 million domestically and $35.8 million worldwide in its opening weekend, Scott Derrickson‘s The Black Phone is now in its second week at the box office, earning millions more over the long Fourth of July Weekend. Here in the United States, The Black Phone added $14.5 million to its box office total […]

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The 10 Best Horror Movies Released in the First Half of 2022!

It’s that time again; we’re halfway through another year. Already. The first half of 2022 was much lighter on theatrical releases than the heavily stacked back half. Even still, it held no shortage of fantastic horror releases. The genre has proven time and time again that it thrives in every format, and offerings have become […]

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‘The Black Phone’ Fleshes Out a Lean and Mean Tale: Comparing the Short Story and the Movie

Joe Hill’s darkest short story comes to the big screen in Scott Derrickson’s latest film, The Black Phone. Derrickson reunites with Sinister co-writer C. Robert Cargill and star Ethan Hawke to expand and adapt the 7th story in Hill’s award winning collection “20th Century Ghosts.” Finney (Mason Thames) is a 13-year old boy struggling to […]

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Blumhouse Debuted a New Motion Logo You’ll Be Seeing in Theaters and It’s Loaded With Easter Eggs [Video]

If you saw The Black Phone in theaters over the weekend, you probably noticed that the film kicked off with a brand new motion logo intro from Blumhouse, which you can watch below. The short new video clip is “the company’s first ever update to its motion logo,” and it’s packed with Blumhouse icons including […]

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‘The Black Phone’ Scares Up a Win for Original Horror With $23 Million Opening Weekend

Ten years after director Scott Derrickson, writer C. Robert Cargill and star Ethan Hawke made horror magic together with Sinister, they’ve done it again with Blumhouse and Universal’s The Black Phone, released in theaters nationwide over the weekend. Not only has The Black Phone debuted to strong reviews, but it’s overperforming at the box office […]

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‘The Black Phone’: Scott Derrickson on Unrelenting Suspense and the Harrowing Scene He Was Asked to Remove

Scott Derrickson‘s (Sinister, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Doctor Strange) The Black Phone releases in theaters today, Friday, June 24, 2022. The adaptation of Joe Hill‘s short story, written by Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill, stars Ethan Hawke in a terrifying role unlike we’ve seen from him before. Hawke plays The Grabber, the masked man responsible for a string of kidnappings. The […]

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5 More Brand New Horror Movies Releasing This Thursday and Friday!

This week has been absolutely loaded up with new horror, with six brand new horror movies already releasing at home this past Tuesday. Guess what? That was only the beginning. The summer horror season is in full swing with the first big theatrical release of the summer this weekend, and it’s joined by four more […]

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Blumhouse Returns to Halloween Horror Nights With ‘Freaky’ and ‘The Black Phone’ Experience!

The Horrors of Blumhouse are coming to Halloween Horror Nights, with a new house announced for this year that’s inspired by both slasher Freaky and this year’s The Black Phone! This year’s frightening Halloween Horror Nights event begins at Universal Orlando Resort on September 2 and at Universal Studios Hollywood on September 8, 2022. “The Horrors of […]

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‘The Black Phone’ – Joe Hill on the Movie’s Faithfulness and How They Got Tom Savini to Create the Mask

The dead are calling in director Scott Derrickson‘s (Sinister, Doctor Strange) new horror movie The Black Phone, arriving in theaters on June 24, 2022. The film’s screenplay is by Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill (Doctor Strange, Sinister franchise), based on the award-winning short story by Joe Hill from his New York Times bestseller 20th Century Ghosts.  Ahead of the film’s release, Bloody Disgusting chatted with […]

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‘The Black Phone’ – Official Dolby Cinema Poster from Creepy Duck Design Goes Retro!

Scott Derrickson (Sinister, Doctor Strange) is back with The Black Phone, which is headed exclusively to theaters on June 24. The film’s official Dolby Cinema poster has been revealed tonight, and it comes courtesy of Creepy Duck Design! Much like Creepy Duck’s poster for this year’s Scream, this was originally fan-made poster art that has now […]

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