The Black Phone Trailer Gives New Look at Ethan Hawke's Creepy Killer
Ethan Hawke is the creepiest of serial killers in the newest trailer for The Black Phone. Blumhouse’s latest horror entry marks a return to the genre for Scott Derrickson, director of Sinister and The Exorcism of Emily Rose. The Black Phone also stars newcomer Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw (American Sniper), Jeremy Davies (Lost) and James Ransone (It Chapter Two).
Based on a short story by horror master Joe Hill, The Black Phone stars Thames as Finney Shaw, a 13-year-old abducted by Hawke’s sadistic killer and imprisoned in a soundproof basement. This seemingly standard horror yarn then takes a supernatural twist when young Finney begins communicating with his masked captor’s previous victims via a disconnected phone. “The phone is dead. And it’s ringing,” proclaims The Black Phone’s very appropriate and chilling tagline. But these particular ghosts are anything but evil, as they begin aiding Finney in trying to escape the clutches of the man who killed them.
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Moon Knight star Hawke’s somewhat unexpected turn as a depraved child kidnapper and murderer is of course one of The Black Phone’s major selling points. The latest trailer for the horror film indeed focuses heavily on Hawke’s masked and evil character, while also playing up the movie’s supernatural angle. See the trailer in the space below (via Universal Pictures):
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Fans of Derrickson’s early horror work are of course excited to see the Doctor Strange helmer returning to the genre with which he made his name long before signing on to helm a movie in the MCU. That the film is based on a story by Hill, the man behind such works as In the Tall Grass and Locke & Key, is also a major point of attraction for
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