The Black Phone is a 2021 American coming-of-age supernatural horror film directed by Scott Derrickson and written by Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill, who both produced with Jason Blum. It is an adaptation of the 2004 short story of the same name by Joe Hill.
Introduction:
Directed by:: Scott Derrickson
Screenplay by:: Scott Derrickson,C. Robert Cargill
Based on :: "The Black Phone" by Joe Hill
Produced by:: Jason Blum,Scott Derrickson,C. Robert Cargill
Starring:: Mason Thames,Madeleine McGraw,Jeremy Davies,James Ransone,Ethan Hawke
Cinematography:: Brett Jutkiewicz
Edited by:: Frédéric Thoraval
Music by:: Mark Korven
Production companies:: Blumhouse Productions,Crooked Highway
Distributed by:: Universal Pictures
Release dates:: September 25, 2021 (Fantastic Fest),June 24, 2022 (United States)
Running time :: 103 minutes
Country:: United States
Language:: English
Budget:: $16–18 million
Box office:: $156 million
Cast:
- Mason Thames as Finney, a young teenager captured by The Grabber
- Madeleine McGraw as Gwen, Finney's sister experiencing psychic dreams
- Ethan Hawke as The Grabber, a psychotic child kidnapper and serial killer
- Jeremy Davies as Terrence, Finney and Gwen's alcoholic and abusive widower father
- E. Roger Mitchell as Detective Wright
- Troy Rudeseal as Detective Miller
- James Ransone as Max, the Grabber's eccentric brother
- Miguel Cazarez Mora as Robin, Finney's friend who becomes a victim of the Grabber
