The Black Phone
2022 · 1h 43m · Horror, Thriller · United States of America · Rated R (US)
Never talk to strangers.
Finney Blake, 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.
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1970salcoholic fatherangrybased on short storybasementbullyingcellarchild abusechild kidnappingcoloradodistressingdreamskidnappingmasksadisticserial killersibling relationshipslashersmall townspeculativesupernaturalsupernatural horror
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