{"id":31629,"date":"2023-01-26T07:29:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T12:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=31629"},"modified":"2023-01-26T07:29:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T12:29:20","slug":"the-black-phone-2021-starring-ethan-hawke-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=31629","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Black Phone&#8221; (2021) starring Ethan Hawke \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2023\/z012623zview_blackphone.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"625\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Black Phone <\/strong><\/em>(2021)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director:\u00a0 <strong>Scott Derrickson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: <strong>Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill <\/strong>based on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3WEhlz2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>&#8220;The Black Phone&#8221;<\/em> short story by<strong> Joe Hill<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Davies<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>E. Roger Mitchell<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: <em>Never Talk to Strangers<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Plot\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A sadistic serial killer of children has been dubbed The Grabber by news media.\u00a0 Despite multiple kidnappings and murders, the killer leaves no clues.\u00a0 When Finney, a thirteen year old boy, wakes up in a locked basement, he comes to realize that The Grabber plans to torture and kill him&#8230; unless Finney can find a way out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although The Grabber&#8217;s &#8220;name&#8221; isn&#8217;t that scary, the masks he wears are.\u00a0 The scene (picture below) of the serial killer sitting shirtless, in a mask, whip in hand waiting in the kitchen to see if Finney will come up is truly creepy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The Black Phone<\/em> has a supernatural aspect to it that makes it less scary in my opinion.\u00a0 A kid, alone in a serial killer&#8217;s basement is frightening.\u00a0 When he begins getting &#8220;help&#8221; from beyond, it is much more likely that he&#8217;ll survive.<\/p>\n<p>There are couple of cool plot twists and the ending works well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em style=\"color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font); font-size: inherit;\"><strong>The Black Phone <\/strong><\/em><span style=\"color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font); font-size: inherit;\">earns 3 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2023\/z012623zview_blackphone2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"237\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Black Phone (2021) Director:\u00a0 Scott Derrickson Screenplay: Scott Derrickson, C. 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