The Black Phone:슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Watching Scott Derrickson슬롯사이트s career grow has been quite the trip. From working on슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Hellraiser: Inferno슬롯 머신 사이트 추천to directing Marvel슬롯사이트s슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Doctor Strange,슬롯 머신 사이트 추천you can see uptick in his directorial graph. Every movie is better than the previous one in some way.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Sinister슬롯 머신 사이트 추천saw him truly bring out his horror roots as he traversed a story with supernatural elements while슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Doctor Strange슬롯 머신 사이트 추천saw him be the director that can bring awe-inspiring spectacles to the big screen. With슬롯 머신 사이트 추천The Black Phone,슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Derrickson has outdone himself by making a film that슬롯사이트s gripping, thrilling and most of all, down-right uncomfortable at times.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천The Black Phone Trailer: Ethan Hawke Turns Up the Creepiness Factor in This New Promo For His Horror Film! (Watch Video).

Directed by Derrickson and written by him and C Robert Cargill,슬롯 머신 사이트 추천The Black Phone슬롯 머신 사이트 추천is based on a short story of the same name by Joe Hill. The film takes place in 1978 and sees Finney (Mason Thames), a young baseball pitcher, kidnapped by a serial killer called The Grabber (Ethan Hawke). Trapped in a basement, Finney suddenly starts getting calls from a disconnected black phone that happens to be of the previous victims of The Grabber. At the same time, Finney슬롯사이트s sister Gwen (Madeleine McGraw) begins to have psychic dreams that sends her on a quest to find her brother.

A Still From The Black Phone (Photo Credit: Universal Pictures)

Starting off with a very impressive title card sequence that invoked the feel of early 슬롯사이트2000s horror films,슬롯 머신 사이트 추천The Black Phone슬롯 머신 사이트 추천takes its time with setting up the plot here. The writing is its strongest suit by far. We start off with seeing The Grabber슬롯사이트s first victim, and from there on out we are quickly thrust into the life of Finney and Gwen.

As two children who are living with their abusive dad, we see a friendly bond between them and Mason Thames and Madeleine McGraw portray some great chemistry on screen. Thames does a nice job of portraying a child who isn슬롯사이트t confident, but throughout the movie, he realises that he needs to stand up and defend himself. That슬롯사이트s character development done right, and it provides for one of the most satisfying third acts I have seen in a while which puts the character first instead of creating a spectacle. Whenever that phone rung, you want him to pick it up and find the next clue on how to get out.

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Madeleine McGraw steals the film with her foul-mouthed, albeit sweet portrayal of Gwen. She has some of the best lines in the film that are delivered so effortlessly, and honestly had me in stitches at times. She has great comedic timing, but also portrays raw emotion as well. There is one particular scene involving her father Terrence (Jeremy Davies) showcasing parental abuse, and the acting there is off the charts. Watching that scene made me, and others around me, uncomfortable, and that슬롯사이트s all partly due to the actors just doing their best on the screen.

Jeremy Davies also portrays quite the punchable father over here that has an arc in the film. While it didn슬롯사이트t work for me as the resolution of it gets muddled up, Davies still provides for a performance that makes him one of the most easily hateable movie dads out there. If it wasn슬롯사이트t for Hawke here, I would have totally taken Davies as a villain.

A Still From The Black Phone (Photo Credit: Universal Pictures)

However, talking about Hawke, you have never seen him be this frightening before. Hawke took up the role of Arthur Harrow recently in슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Moon Knight슬롯 머신 사이트 추천and delivered a villainous performance that elevated the very one-note writing of that character. Well, that is chump change compared to his turn as The Grabber in슬롯 머신 사이트 추천The Black Phone.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Hawke provides for a villain who is just plain evil. I liked how his motivations for what he is doing and why he is doing it are never really explained. He is just a plain, thirsty for blood hellspawn that lays an absolute wake of dead children in his way. He is scheming, creepy and manipulative, and that슬롯사이트s what makes his enigmatic murderer so great to follow.

The writing does a great job at selling everyone슬롯사이트s characters as mentioned before. One of the most interesting trends we have recently seen in horror films is how the emotions of the characters are put at the forefront.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천A Quiet Place슬롯 머신 사이트 추천used that to a great effect, and in the same way슬롯 머신 사이트 추천The Black Phone슬롯 머신 사이트 추천does it too. While the scares are ever so present, the stakes are heightened by how effective the plot is in making us care for Finney.

A Still From The Black Phone (Photo Credit: Universal Pictures)

There are a good bunch of supernatural elements here too. Most of슬롯 머신 사이트 추천The Black Phone슬롯사이트s슬롯 머신 사이트 추천scares are provided with the appearance of the dead children, and while not used a lot, the jump scares are quite effective. The plot, again, doesn슬롯사이트t explain the supernatural elements, but it슬롯사이트s handled so effectively here that you just accept that it슬롯사이트s a part of the characters and the world. It슬롯사이트s also used to great effect in how the plot is able to create some smart scenarios regarding the characters. Finney is probably the smartest horror character I have seen in a good while.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Lightyear Movie Review: Chris Evans슬롯사이트 Toy Story Spinoff Is An Enjoyable Space Odyssey That, Sadly, Lacks the Pixar Heart (LatestLY Exclusive).

The dream sequences with Gwen are also filmed with a 슬롯사이트70s found-footage grainy vibe that further help in bringing that time period to life. The 슬롯사이트70s aesthetic is well realised too as the bowl haircuts and long, curly hairstyles with the clothing take to the forefront. Mark Korven슬롯사이트s haunting soundtrack also makes for an effective and gripping score that elevates the horror of the film from its opening titles.

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If there is one thing that I would have to nitpick about here, then it would probably be how the kidnapping of Finney is paced. It happens so quickly that watching it felt like a whiplash of going from one scene to another in a split second. Other than that, The Black Phone is a thrill ride from start to finish.

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Final Thoughts

The Black Phone슬롯 머신 사이트 추천is a smart, tense and emotional watch that has you in its hooks from the moment the opening titles play. Ethan Hawke in a transformative role, gives us one of the most memorable horror villains in a while as Mason Thames and Madeleine McGraw put on a powerhouse of performance at such a young age. Scott Derrickson슬롯사이트s most impressive film to date,슬롯 머신 사이트 추천The Black Phone슬롯 머신 사이트 추천is a film that shouldn슬롯사이트t be missed.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천The Black Phone슬롯 머신 사이트 추천releases in theatres on June 24, 2022.

Rating:4.0

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