Daniel Pietzsch

The Black Phone

Directed by Scott Derrickson

Movie poster for ā€œThe Black Phoneā€.

This was more of a dumb-phone than a smart-phone. The supernatural never explained, unnecessarily violent in places, constructed jump-scares, and kid-characters that werenā€™t believable. I donā€™t know why Ethan Hawke even ā€œstarredā€ in this. Itā€™s also a weird mix of some highschool movie, ā€œSilence of the lambsā€-style thriller and ā€œthe sixth senseā€. But in boring. Iā€™m sorry!