The Black Phone

A shy but clever 13-year-old boy is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of no use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, he 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 him.

107 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Language, Violence, Horror, Drug abuse).
Horror, Thriller.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast	Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Davies, E. Roger Mitchell, Troy Rudeseal
Director	Scott Derrickson
Screenplay	Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargillg from the story by Joe Hill
Music	Mark Korven
Cinematography	Brett Jutkiewicz
Editing	Frédéric Thoraval
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2021
Produced by	Universal Pictures, Blumhouse Productions, Crooked Highway

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Horror
Language	None (sic)
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	None (sic)
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None (sic)
Comments	Contains scenes of horror.
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USA MPAA rating

R: Restricted	Rated R for violence, bloody images, language and some drug use.
Runtime	103
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

British Board of Film Classification rating

15: Suitable for 15 years and older	Child abduction theme, Strong threat, Violence, Language, Domestic abuse
Runtime	103
British version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 16 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Metacritic.com 38 critics	13
Rottentomatoes critics 249 critics	14
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer The Black Phone might have been even more frightening, but it remains an entertaining, well-acted adaptation of scarily good source material.	16
CommonSenseMedia Jeffrey M. Anderson Violent but effective horror tale about kidnapped teens.	10
ScreenIt Jim Judy Overall, it’s a fairly gripping and certainly imaginative offering, grounded by the best kid characters and related performances in a horror flick in a long time.	14
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 168 users	14
Rottentomatoes users 5000+ users	15
Rottentomatoes popcornmeter Popcornmeter	18
IMDB 104496 Netizens	14
The Movie DB Community	16
Average .. 72%	14