The Black Phone review: Cringeworthy performances hold back the horror - Polygon

Ethan Hawke stars as The Grabber, a masked serial killer who targets children, in The Black Phone, an adaptation of a short story by Stephen King’s son Joe Hill. The horror movie has plenty of creepy elements, but it uses them poorly and throws in comedy elem…

The horror movie The Black Phone takes place in 1978, and the choice of setting is very much intentional. Its an excuse for director Scott Derrickson to use the same type of blaring 70s needle-drops … [+4920 chars]

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