The Black Phone

Suburban basement, summer afternoon, a rusty phone rings. A boy trapped, voices of the dead on the other end, a killer's sinister game. Derrickson reins in horror for a surprisingly tender coming-of-age tale.

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Scott Derrickson directed The Black Phone in 2022. See Scott Derrickson's full filmography, where to start with Scott Derrickson, or where to go after you've seen everything by Scott Derrickson.

The Black Phone was released in 2022 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 103 minutes.