5 Things The Black Phone And Sinister Have In Common
Blumhouse has released some of the most well-done horror movies ever made, including The Black Phonewhich is currently taking the horror world by storm. It's fair to say that the adaptation of the short story by Joe Hill reminds audiences of another Blumhouse film: Sinister, which was released in 2012. C. Robert Cargill and Scott Derrickson wrote both movies, with Derrickson directing both.
It's possible to say that The Black Phone and Sinister have several things in common, and both are well-told stories with great actors, surprising twists, and satisfying storylines and conclusions.
The Black Phone Could Possibly Have A Sequel
Ethan Hawke's The Black Phone villain The Grabber is horrifying and the actor also played the main character Ellison Oswalt in Sinister. In both horror films, Hawke gave an incredible performance, although for very different reasons.
As true crime writer Ellison, Hawke was smart, vulnerable, and stubborn, excited to look into murders that had taken place at his new house because he thought that he could write about them. As he got further into the mystery, he realized his mistake, as something dangerous and terrible was after him. As The Grabber, Hawke was unapologetically evil, responsible for The Black Phone's scariest moments as he kidnapped kids and killed them. Hawke has a long, varied career and was exactly the right actor for both of these roles.
The villains in Sinister and The Black Phone are both well-crafted and actually scary and neither is a sympathetic horror movie villain. Bughuul is an evil demon intent on killing the people who live in this home and The Grabber takes children and murders them.
Both villains are equally eerie and while Finney (played by Mason Thames) is able to kill The
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