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Scott Derrickson’s new horror The Black Phone gets a first trailer

October 14, 2021 by Amie Cranswick

Universal Pictures has released a trailer for The Black Phone, director Scott Derrickson’s (Sinister, Doctor Strange) upcoming adaptation of Joe Hill’s short story of the same name. The horror follows teenager Finney Shaw (Mason Thames) as he finds himself trapped inside the soundproof basement of a sadistic serial killer (Ethan Hawke), where he begins to receive calls from a disconnected phone by the murderer’s previous victims; watch it here…

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.

The Black Phone features a cast that includes Ethan Hawke (Sinister), James Ransone (It Chapter Two), Mason Thames (For All Mankind), Madeleine McGraw (Toy Story 4) and Jeremy Davies (Saving Private Ryan).

The Black Phone arrives in cinemas on February 4th.

 

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Ethan Hawke, James Ransone, Jeremy Davies, Joe Hill, Madeleine McGraw, Mason Thames, Scott Derrickson, the black phone

About Amie Cranswick

Amie Cranswick has been part of Flickering Myth's editorial team for over a decade. She has a background in publishing and copyediting and has served as Executive Editor of FlickeringMyth.com since 2020.

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