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Today’s show is a review and discussion of Scott Derrickson’s coming-of-age horror thriller film, The Black Phone.

Joe King is an American author better known by the pen name Joe Hill. He chose the pen name after not wanting to capitalize on his father’s name, the legendary author Stephen King. Hill’s first novel was a collection of short stories that was first published in October 2005 in the United Kingdom titled “20th Century Ghosts.” Saddled right in the middle of this collection is the 30-page short story called The Black Phone. Originally published in the Autumn 2004 edition of The Third Alternative, a quarterly published high production magazine that features cutting-edge speculative fiction, The Black Phone tells the story of child abduction by a man aptly called “The Grabber.” Trapped in a basement room, the boy’s only hope lies in a mysterious disconnected black phone that hangs on the basement wall. When the phone rings, the child hears the whispers of the kidnapper’s previous, and now dead, victims. Produced by horror powerhouse Blumhouse studios and distributed by Universal Pictures, Scott Derrickson's adaptation of this short story turned into a major motion picture leaned into his own middle school experience growing up in the 1970s in Denver, Colorado. The film incorporates many items from Derrickson’s memory of that period, including the overcast skies, chain link fences, and the violence that existed for him inside and outside the home.

In this show, we do more than a movie review by delving into the lives of the cast and crew, fan theories, trivia, scene breakdowns, and anything related to the film itself. Needless to say, our shows are a little longer than your average movie review show, but we can assure you that our shows are jam-packed with entertaining and interesting discussions. If that sounds like your sort of bag, hang out with Kenny and Del as they get into The Black Phone.

Tom Savini Black Phone Mask creation: https://ew.com/movies/black-phone-mask-tom-savini-scott-derrickson-interview/

Screenrant Black Phone Article: https://screenrant.com/black-phone-ending-explained-meaning/

Amazon Black Mask: https://www.amazon.com/Costume-Grabber-Halloween-Cosplay-Masquerade/dp/B0B2CSQ41R/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2JQ8NTBD00UIE&keywords=black%2Bphone%2Bmask&qid=1660708924&s=instant-video&sprefix=black%2Bphone%2Bmask%2Cinstant-video%2C233&sr=1-1-catcorr&th=1

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