The Black Phone (Scott Derrickson, June 24, 2022) Movie

Starring Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Jeremy Davies, James Ransone, and Madeleine McGraw.

Based on a short story by Joe Hill.

 

lets go

 

It’s a great short story. The reactions this film got from Fantastic Fest last night make it seem like it’s gonna be a hit.

 

Sounds wild and unique.

 

Fantastic cast, sounds like a silly idea but I'm down

 

!!!

 

Yes. Looks good.

But nope. Not watching.... Could barely watch the trailer without cringing from fear. lol. Nope....

* peeks through fingers covering eyes.... *

Is it over yet?

 

this is a real grab bag. fair amount of it is compelling but there’s these strange comedic moments that end up jarring when mixed in with everything else. a few jump scares make themselves known, which as far as that stuff goes could’ve been worse. still hope people show up for this cause i’d like for it to pay off for derrickson separating himself from the mcu

 

Seeing this tonight

 

Love how this is a short story written by Joe Hill (Stephen King's son). Excited to eventually see this, looks pretty damn terrifying.

 

My birthday is Saturday, so I'm probably going to check it out then.

 

This was okay. Really wanted to like it a lot more. The audience in my theater were super into it though. I’ve never read any Hill but you can certainly see his dad’s influence in an adaptation like this.

 

I think I’m going Sunday!

 

This was extremely okay

 

Some weird comic undertones in this

 

Thought this was really great. Also you can definitely tell it's Joe Hill, there's some definite King vibes in this.

 

this was pretty bad but the kids were good

 

Liked this a lot. Realized during the climax that I was clenching my fists, which is usually a good sign for a movie in my opinion!

 

Just got back from this and really enjoyed it. Excited to go and read the short story now to see how it compares

 

Pretty good but not great. Kinda shallow/surface level. Thought we’d get a little more info on the grabber but nope. Also how the fuck does an entire town not notice a creepy black van full of black balloons at any point haha

 

I really enjoyed this! The kids were very good, especially Gwen. I had a good time watching it.

Definitely feels like it came straight from Joe Hill and now I wanna go read one of the few books I haven’t read by him.