Number nerds will know that the last time a weekend box-office race was this close also involved a Tom Cruise movie, when Minority Report and Lilo & Stitch opened to $36M back in 2002. Well he’s at it again this weekend, because in its fifth weekend of release Top Gun: Maverick tied at the top […]
Ethan Hawke introduces The Grabber in The Black Phone featurette
Ahead of its release later this month, a new featurette has been released for the upcoming big screen adaptation of Joe Hill’s short horror story The Black Phone, which sees star Ethan Hawke discuss his terrifying character “The Grabber”; watch it here… Finney Shaw, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic […]
Ethan Hawke is a sadistic serial killer in new trailer for The Black Phone
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 […]
The Horror Movies To See In 2022
Hasitha Fernando on the top ten horror movies to see in 2022… Ah yes, here we all thought that 2020 was the worst year we endured when we welcomed 2021, but boy were we wrong. 2021 saw the world populace grapple with the worst wave of the still raging COVID-19 pandemic leaving us all masked […]
Scott Derrickson’s The Black Phone gets a creepy retro poster
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
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
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
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. […]
Scott Derrickson’s new horror film The Black Phone receives January 2022 release date
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, […]
Ethan Hawke reuniting with Sinister director Scott Derrickson on Blumhouse’s The Black Phone
Blumhouse has announced that Ethan Hawke is set to reunite with Sinister director Scott Derrickson on The Black Phone, the upcoming adaptation of the horror short story by Joe Hill. As per THR, The Black Phone follows a “kidnapped kid who finds himself in a soundproof basement surrounded by the remains of other victims. When […]
