Black Phone 22025
Overall7.4
Fear6.5
Atmos8.4
Gore6.5
teen
The Black Phone
2021 · R · 1h 43m
Never talk to strangers.
Finney Blake, 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.
Plot summary via TMDB
Release & where to watch
- In theaters
- June 24, 2022
- Home release
- July 15, 2022
- Streaming — with a subscription
- Peacock — August 12, 2022
Curator Score
Based on 2 curator ratings · How we score
Anchored by intensity, light on gore.
Jump scares
The Black Phone has 3 jump scares. Compare counts
Age suitability
The Black Phone is rated R. Watch Darkly does not assign its own age rating. It scored 6.9/10 for fear and 3.0/10 for gore, and carries 2 content warnings: child endangerment and domestic violence.
7.3Overall
Fear6.9
Gore3.0
Atmosphere7.0
Intensity7.5
Genres
mysteryhorrorthriller
Tags
Subgenre
teensurvivalserial-killerfamilysupernatural
Tone
character-drivendreadpsychological
Setting
isolated-locationperiod-piecesuburban
Content Warnings
child-endangermentdomestic-violence
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Details
Budget$16M
Box office$161.4M
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Starring
Mason Thames as Finney · Madeleine McGraw as Gwen · Ethan Hawke as The Grabber · Jeremy Davies as Terrence · E. Roger Mitchell as Detective Wright · Troy Rudeseal as Detective Miller · James Ransone as Max · Miguel Mora as Robin
Production
Blumhouse Productions, Crooked Highway, Universal Pictures
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