The Black Phone (2022)

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On this episode we're talking all about a brand new horror film adventure that you won't want to hang up on, The Black Phone! Directed by Scott Derrickson and based upon a short story that was written by Joe Hill, The Black Phone is truly a psychological horror film that takes it's viewers on a trip and makes them wonder what could truly make someone want to do such bad things in the world to other people. With a performance from Ethan Hawke that will have your eyes wide open, will it still have you asking if there is more to know about his character in the end? We discuss this and more on our episode this week! Plot: Finney Shaw is a shy but clever 13-year-old boy who's being held in a soundproof basement by a sadistic, masked killer. When a disconnected phone on the wall starts to ring, he soon discovers that he can hear the voices of the murderer's previous victims -- and they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn't happen to Finney.