Black Phone (film series)
Black Phone (film series)
Black Phone is an American supernatural horror film series created by Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill that has been produced by Blumhouse Productions and Crooked Highway since 2021. The series consists of two theatrical films and a short film. The series is based on the short story authored by Joe Hill) and released in his 2007 anthology collection titled 20th Century Ghosts. The plot centers around Finney and Gwen Blake, two siblings who find themselves at odds with a mysterious and sadistic serial killer known only to the public as The Grabber. Through a variety of inexplicable supernatural means, his captives must combat his plans with the help of the spirits of his previous victims, while avoiding his intentions for additional murders.
Black Phone (film series)
The first movie#TheBlackPhone(2022)) was met with critical praise, and was a box office hit becoming a monetary success for the studio. Similarly, the second installment was well received both critically and financially.
Origin
Despite being the son of an acclaimed author, Joe Hill) had various failed attempts at acquiring a publisher for his novels. This changed in 2005, when Hill's first full-length published work was released as an anthology novel of short stories, as 20th Century Ghosts through PS Publishing. The author attributes this first success as the launch of his career, after earning several awards and positive critical reception. Among the other stories, the segment titled The Black Phone follows a boy who is abducted by a serial killer and held captive in a basement. While trapped, he discovers a black phone through which the now deceased previous victims of the Grabber communicate with him. The novella took inspiration from real-life historical events, with the Grabber modeled after John Wayne Gacy; described as an overweight man who works part-time as a clown.
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