The Black Phone

102 min | 21 Jul 2022

Strong themes, violence and coarse language

A shy but clever 13-year-old boy, who is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use.

The phone is dead. And it’s ringing. 

Director Scott Derrickson returns to his terror roots and partners again with the foremost brand in the genre, Blumhouse, with a new horror thriller. 

Finney Shaw, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.

Starring four-time Oscar® nominee Ethan Hawke in the most terrifying role of his career and introducing Mason Thames in his first ever film role, The Black Phone is produced, directed, and co-written by Scott Derrickson, the writer-director of Sinister, The Exorcism of Emily Rose and Marvel’s Doctor Strange.

Director
Scott Derrickson
Cast
Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Davies, James Ransone, Madeleine McGraw, Mason Thames
Genre
Drama, Horror
Rating
MA (Strong themes, violence and coarse language)
Release Date
21 July 2022
Runtime
102 min
Language
English