The Black Phone | Official Thread | dir. by Scott Derrickson
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VertigoKnight
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Started watching this on Saturday night but was way too tired and wanted to enjoy it. So stopped after half an hour.
Ended up at one of my chicks houses last night and she rented it. $24
But it was very enjoyable. Its hard to get child actors to come across as not bratty but the kids in this were amazing.
Much better movie than Boy behind the door, which has a similar premise and frustrated me to no end at how dumb the kids in that film were.
This felt more plausible even with the supernatural elements.
I’ll say it again I bet Scott Derrickson Dr Strange 2 would have been a lot better than what we ended up getting.
Ended up at one of my chicks houses last night and she rented it. $24
But it was very enjoyable. Its hard to get child actors to come across as not bratty but the kids in this were amazing.
Much better movie than Boy behind the door, which has a similar premise and frustrated me to no end at how dumb the kids in that film were.
This felt more plausible even with the supernatural elements.
I’ll say it again I bet Scott Derrickson Dr Strange 2 would have been a lot better than what we ended up getting.
Vintage Eclectic
Lord of the Sky
Saw this over the weekend. Really good movie. Ethan Hawke has been on one with in the horror/suspense lane. No filler or pointless scenes and even the kid actors held it down. Worth seeing Coli brehs.
Avisible Man
S/N: 52093850
When he's practicing with Fin throwing the punches with the phone
That shot is something I had in mind for a boxing movie I'm writing. When I saw it, I was like
darealvelle
Real Talk
That whole scene i was thinking about contra lolWhen he's practicing with Fin throwing the punches with the phone
That shot is something I had in mind for a boxing movie I'm writing. When I saw it, I was like
Dog Based Gremlin
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This movie was ass
3/10
3/10
valet
The official Chaplain of the Coli
This was the movie of the year to me. And humor wise, I haven't 
that much in a long time. Love the fights in here. Like I was really into it. A couple of jump scares caught me off guard. Even the message was not even politically correct with the bullying part. Emotionally haven't connected to movie like this in years.
that much in a long time. Love the fights in here. Like I was really into it. A couple of jump scares caught me off guard. Even the message was not even politically correct with the bullying part. Emotionally haven't connected to movie like this in years.
Cole Cash
They took a hammer and sickle to my back
This was the movie of the year to me. And humor wise, I haven't
His sister with that brick and then she took a beating herself but never ran.
valet
The official Chaplain of the Coli
Yeah she was a real one the whole film.His sister with that brick and then she took a beating herself but never ran.
The only dumb thing that made me go...
was when Fin escaped and didn't run to a house immediately. That was stupid, but other than that it was a decent thriller.
was when Fin escaped and didn't run to a house immediately. That was stupid, but other than that it was a decent thriller.
The only dumb thing that made me go...
was when Fin escaped and didn't run to a house immediately. That was stupid, but other than that it was a decent thriller.
seemed like he was going to (but awasn't sure which house), but hawke was just too fast
He ran into his van lol. He could have cut through a backyard or something. Goofy ass kid just ran in a straight line and got captured again easily
Piff Perkins
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This fukking guy was a badass. Reminded me of how 80s and 90s movies often had this one cool kid who was clearly the leader.
I liked the movie overall. I wouldn't say it was scary but certainly unsettling as fukk when you think about how kids are kidnapped like that daily. I thought the stuff with the guy's brother felt very odd, strangely done. Them both being in the same house...but there was another house, etc etc. Eh.
Ending wise I just thought it felt too much like some adventure moving ending where all is well and the kid gets the girl. I will say that I've spoken to some parents who watched the film and they really liked the happy ending. They all mentioned how hard it was to watch the movie due to...well, kids getting straight up abducted and killed. So I can imagine if I had kids I'd prob appreciate that type of ending more.
This is me. By far the hardest scene to watch was the dad beating his daughter, her acting was INCREDIBLE in that scene, like upper echelon levels of acting.
I fukking loved this movie, but agree with the general Coli consensus that it's not really a horror film. More a supernatural thriller.
I was wondering if the kids were the same kids as Sinister 1 or 2, but I couldn't find any info.
What was kinda wacky is the girls dreams and the cops basically being worthless as fukk, I guess the payoff to this is the penultimate scene where the police chief has them take all of the credit for solving this case
if Joe Hill is anything like his pops then this was a big middle finger to the police.The movie is super succesful, so wouldn't be surprised to see a sequel or prequel. Hope they don't fukk it up like they did with Sinister 2.