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The Black Phone

2022 ·1h 43m · ★ 7.5 (5,737)

Finney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.

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7 horror films in catalog

Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
43
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
33
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
43
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
60
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
0
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
100
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
50
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
43
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
83
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Content Warnings

Sexual ViolenceChild in DangerTaboo ContentBody HorrorDehumanizationTorture
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TMDB Keywords

1970salcoholic fatherangrybased on short storybasementbullyingcellarchild abusechild kidnappingcoloradodreamskidnappingmasksadisticsequestrosibling relationshipsmall townspeculativesupernatural horrortelefonetelephone

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