Read more about The Grabber at: Wikipedia Official Site: Universal Pictures The Black Phone is a 2022 American supernatural horror film directed by Scott Derrickson and written by Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill, who both produced with Jason Blum. It is an adaptation of the 2004 short story of the same name by Joe Hill. The film stars Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, James Ransone, and Ethan Hawke. In the film, an abducted teenager (Thames) uses a mysterious phone to communicate with the previous victims of his captor (Hawke). Derrickson's departure from directing Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness led him to The Black Phone, a project he and Cargill had already planned on making. Filming took two months in Wilmington and surrounding counties in the state of North Carolina. The film premiered at Fantastic Fest on September 25, 2021, and was theatrically released by Universal Pictures in the United States on June 24, 2022. It received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for its performances and faithfulness to the source material. In 1978, a serial child abductor nicknamed "The Grabber" is prowling the streets of a Denver suburb. Siblings Finney and Gwen live in the area with their alcoholic widower father who beats them. At school, Finney is frequently bullied and harassed. He strikes up a friendship with another kid, Robin, who fends off the bullies and encourages Finney to stand up for himself. One of Finney's friends; Bruce, is abducted by The Grabber. Gwen, who is able to have psychic dreams much like her mother before her suicide, dreams of Bruce's kidnapping. Curious as to how Gwen knows details of the kidnapping that they never released publicly, Detectives Wright and Miller interview Gwen but struggle to believe her claims. Robin is abducted by The Grabber. Days later while walking home, Finney encounters The Grabber and is also abducted. He awakens in a small, soundproofed basement and is terrified by the mask-wearing Grabber. In the basement is a disconnected black phone that The Grabber says does not work. Later, Finney hears the phone ring and answers it. Bruce speaks to him, unable to remember his own name or what he did when he was alive. He tells Finney about a floor tile he can remove to dig a tunnel and escape.
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