The Black Phone: horror film starring Ethan Hawke as a serial killer and newcomer Mason Thames as his potential new victim.
Film plot and background
Horror film starring Ethan Hawke as a serial killer and newcomer Mason Thames as his potential new victim.
Five children have already fallen into the clutches of a serial killer (Ethan Hawke) who is wreaking havoc in Colorado in the 1970s. The clever teenager Finney Shaw (Mason Thames) is to become his sixth victim. After his abduction, Finney is kept in a soundproof basement where his screams do him no good.
When a phone on the wall that should have been switched off starts ringing, Finney hears the voices of the killer’s previous victims there. They want to do everything they can to ensure that Finney does not meet the same fate as theirs and help him escape.
You can see the creepy atmosphere of “The Black Phone” in the trailer:
“The Black Phone” – background, cast, cinema release
Actually, Scott Derrickson (“Sinister”) was supposed to direct the sequel “Doctor Strange 2” but turned away from Marvel and Studio Walt Disney after creative differences. While Sam Raimi took the reins for “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”, Derrickson now turned his attention to the horror flick “The Black Phone”.
The horror film is not only produced by Blumhouse under Universal Pictures, which made a splash in the past thanks to titles like “Happy Deathday” and “Get Out”, but is based on the short story of the same name by Joe Hill (“Locke & Key”), son of horror expert Stephen King. Together with G. Robert Cargill (“No Man of God”) he adapted the short story for the screen, Jason Blum is also behind the project as producer.
In the interview we talked to the stars in front of and behind the camera
In the leading roles Ethan Hawke (“Before Midnight”) stars as a child serial killer, while newcomer Mason Thames does everything he can to get out of his basement alive. Madeleine McGraw (“American Sniper”), Jeremy Davies (“Lost”) and James Ransone (“ES Chapter 2”) can be seen in other roles.
In Germany, “The Black Phone” opens in cinemas on 23 June 2022.
