45. THE BLACK PHONE (2022) dir. Scott Derrickson

THE BLACK PHONE, adapted from a Joe Hill short story, follows Finney (Mason Thames), a preteen boy attempting to escape the basement of his captor (Ethan Hawke), a child killer wearing a devil's mask. There's not much in the basement: a mattress, a toilet, a disconnected black phone on the wall. But one night, the phone rings, and who's on the other end will change Finney's fate forever. Tense shit, I know, but if you wanna watch a kickass coming-of-age horror flick, you've come to the right place.---Follow The Movies on ⁠⁠Instagram ⁠⁠& ⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠Financially support the podcast via the ⁠⁠tip jar!