Billy instructs him to use a cord Billy found to get out via the basement window. He explains this is a game that the Grabber plays, and he is waiting upstairs to attack Finney with a belt if he leaves the basement. Finney prepares to sneak out but is stopped by another boy on the phone called Billy. The Grabber brings Finney food and leaves the door to the basement unlocked. The police search for Finney is unsuccessful. Bruce's ghost, unable to remember his own name or who he was when he was alive, tells Finney about a floor tile he can remove to dig a tunnel to escape. Later, Finney hears the phone ring and answers it. On the wall is a disconnected black rotary phone that the Grabber says does not work. Finney awakens in a soundproofed basement. The Grabber abducts Robin, as well as Finney days later. Detectives Wright and Miller interview Gwen but struggle to believe her claims. Gwen, who has psychic dreams much like her late mother, dreams of Bruce's kidnapping and sees that he was taken by a man in a Oni mask driving a black van. A boy from another school that Finney knew, Bruce, is abducted by the Grabber. He has a friendship with a classmate, Robin, who fends off the bullies. At school, Finney is frequently bullied and harassed. Siblings Finney and Gwen Blake live in the area with their abusive, alcoholic father.
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In 1978, a masked serial child abductor nicknamed "The Grabber" prowls the streets of a Denver suburb. It has grossed over $157 million and received generally positive reviews from critics for its performances and faithfulness to the source material. The film premiered at Fantastic Fest on September 25, 2021, and was theatrically released by Universal Pictures on June 24, 2022. Filming took two months in Wilmington and surrounding counties in the state of North Carolina. In the film, an abducted teenager (Thames) uses a mysterious telephone to communicate with the previous victims of his deranged captor (Hawke).ĭerrickson's departure from directing Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness led him to The Black Phone, a project he and Cargill had already planned on making. The film stars Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, James Ransone, and Ethan Hawke. It is an adaptation of the 2004 short story of the same name by Joe Hill. Robert Cargill, who both produced with Jason Blum. The Black Phone is a 2021 American coming-of-age supernatural horror film directed by Scott Derrickson and written by Derrickson and C.