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Ethan Hawke is a sadistic serial killer in new trailer for The Black Phone

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Universal Pictures has released a new trailer for Scott Derrickson’s upcoming horror The Black Phone. An adaptation of Joe Hill’s short story of the same name, the film follows Finney (Mason Thames), a 13-year-old boy who is abducted by a sadistic serial killer (Ethan Hawke) and discovers he can hear voices of the murderer;s previous […]

Scott Derrickson’s The Black Phone gets a creepy retro poster

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Scott Derrickson’s The Black Phone might have been put back on the receiver for another four months having been delayed from its intended February release, but if that means we get more marketing that’s as creepily effective as this retro poster then you won’t find us hanging up on this horror just yet. Having quit […]

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

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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 […]

Scott Derrickson’s The Black Phone gets a sinister first poster

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Coinciding with its world premiere at Fantastic Fest, a creepy first poster has been released for Scott Derrickson’s upcoming horror The Black Phone which is based upon a short story by Joe Hill and reunites the director with his Sinister star Ethan Hawke and co-writer C. Robert Cargill; take a look at the poster here… […]

Scott Derrickson’s The Black Phone could be “the best movie he has ever made”, says Jason Blum

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Jason Blum has claimed that the upcoming Blumhouse and Universal project The Black Phone, which is an adaptation of the horror short story by Joe Hill from director Scott Derrickson (Sinister, Doctor Strange), could be Derrickson’s best movie so far. “Is definitely one of the creepiest movies we’ve ever done. Scott thinks it is his best movie. […]

Adaptation of Joe Hill’s Dracula spinoff Abraham’s Boys in the works from Lucky director Natasha Kermani

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Deadline is reporting that Tea Shop Productions (47 Meters Down) has acquired the rights to Joe Hill’s short story Abraham’s Boys, and has set filmmaker Natasha Kermani (Lucky) to write and direct an adaptation. Based on characters from Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Abraham’s Boys “follows Max and Rudy Van Helsing, who know nothing of their father […]

Scott Derrickson’s new horror film The Black Phone receives January 2022 release date

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The upcoming Blumhouse and Universal project The Black Phone, an adaptation of the horror short story by Joe Hill from director Scott Derrickson (Sinister, Doctor Strange), has received a January 28th, 2022 release date. The Black Phone follows a “kidnapped kid who finds himself in a soundproof basement surrounded by the remains of other victims. When night falls, […]

Comic Book Preview – Locke & Key/The Sandman Universe: Hell & Gone #1

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IDW Publishing and DC Comics launches its crossover series Locke & Key/The Sandman Universe: Hell & Gone from Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez this Wednesday, and you can get a sneak peek at the first issue right here… If you think you can unlock the gates of Hell and just invite yourself in, you must […]

It Chapter Two star James Ransone reuniting with director Scott Derrickson on Blumhouse’s The Black Phone

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The upcoming Blumhouse and Universal project The Black Phone, an adaptation of the horror short story by Joe Hill from director Scott Derrickson (Sinister, Doctor Strange), has added another member to its cast. According to The Hollywood Reporter, IT Chapter Two star James Ransone will be reuniting with Derrickson for the upcoming horror film after appearing […]

Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez bring Locke & Key and The Sandman Universe together for Hell & Gone

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IDW Publishing and DC Comics are bringing the worlds of Locke & Key and The Sandman together this April courtesy of writer Joe Hill and artist Gabriel Rodriguez with the crossover comic book series Locke & Key/The Sandman Universe: Hell & Gone #1. “Without Sandman, I don’t know if there ever would’ve been a Locke & Key,” […]