None Of Black Phone's Ghosts Are Real According To 1 Persuasive Theory
Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Black Phone.
After The Grabber kidnaps him, The Black Phone protagonist Finney uses help from ghosts to survive — but one theory suggests these ghosts were never real in the movie.The Black Phone marks the return of co-writer/director Scott Derrickson to horror, the genre that first made him famous thanks to movies like Sinister and The Exorcism of Emily Rose. It is an adaptation of a short story by Joe Hill, and an especially brief one too, making it impressive that such a heavy expansion worked out.
One of the reasons there's so many bad Stephen King adaptations is that so many filmmakers have attempted to adapt brief stories into features, usually to disappointing results. Despite having elements added to fill out the runtime though, The Black Phone manages to pull off a delicate balancing act in that it is still a quite faithful adaptation of Joe Hill's short story, retaining the same basic premise and characters, along with most of its notable plot beats.
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The Black Phone's central conceit is that young Finney (Mason Thames) manages to survive being taken captive by a serial child killer known only as The Grabber (Ethan Hawke) due to help from the ghosts of the man's prior victims. It's a somber but also cathartic setup, as while it is sad that so many kids have been killed by The Grabber before Finney, it is applause-worthy to see that kind of human monster get what he deserves at the hands of those he tormented. As bittersweet as that idea is, though, there's a real argument to be made in regards to the theory none of the ghosts are actually real — at least outside of Finney's head.
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