The Black Phone director Scott Derrickson has revealed a major detail about the film’s finale was changed at the last minute. The film stars Ethan Hawke as the sinister, child-abducting Grabber – and follows his latest victim, Finney (Mason Thames) as he attempts to escape the man’s clutches. Spoilers for …
Read More »The making of The Black Phone, the terrifying new horror from the team behind Sinister
After collaborating on Doctor Strange and the Sinister films, filmmaking partners Robert Cargill and Scott Derrickson decided to adapt the 2004 horror short story The Black Phone into a feature film, by combining the elements of the tale with Derrickson’s own traumatic childhood memories. Written by Stephen King’s son Joe …
Read More »Ethan Hawkes “spine-tingling” new horror movie The Black Phone earns perfect Rotten Tomatoes score
Ethan Hawke is no stranger to horror, having fronted movies such as The Purge and Sinister. Now the actor’s latest, The Black Phone, is being hailed as his best genre flick yet. Written by Doctor Strange duo C. Robert Gargill and Scott Derrickson, and directed by Derrickson, The Black Phone …
Read More »Stephen King said The Black Phone was like “Stand By Me in hell”
Stephen King has high praise for new horror movie The Black Phone, and has also compared it to one of his own stories. “I know that showed it to his dad,” director Scott Derrickson told /Film (opens in new tab). “And Stephen King’s comment… He saw it and apparently loved …
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