‘Black Phone’ CinemaCon Review: A Scary Ethan Hawke and Awesome Young Stars Make This Thriller The Best Of Blumhouse

As Universal’s director of distribution, Jim Two, said at Tuesday night’s CinemaCon screening about the studio’s late-June launch. black phone, The studios won’t get a full release of a similar movie two months before the Theater Owners Convention opens unless they know they have the property.

Co-producers Jason Bloom and Bloomhouse teamed up with director Scott Derrickson and co-writer C. Robert Cargill in 2010. badness – Universal Make Get the goods, and then a few. The poster, which looks like a horror movie, is dominated by the eerie masked and horny Ethan Hawke. This movie, made in the late 1970s, is actually a youth trauma that goes from childhood to adolescence, or rather, a tension. It seems to aim at thriller category marketing rather than standard horror.

We hope audiences won’t hesitate to take this approach because it’s a truly impactful film that goes against a simple description but should appeal to a wider audience. It was originally shown at Fantastic Fest 2021 and was scheduled for release in January, but Bloom and the studio thought they should see it in theaters, so they smartly moved on to its summer slot and special theatrical run.

Joe Hill’s 2014 short story Stephen King and especially This, It will be inevitable but black phone The protagonist, a young teenage Finn Shaw (Mason Thames), gets into his own rhythm when we meet a baseball pitcher who still finds himself hurt by school bullies, and a lonely alcoholic father (Jeremy Davis) who confronts Finn. and his involvement in raising Gwen (Madeleine McGraw), a rough but highly religious sister. Gwen’s mental dreams are confirmed by the local government when she is able to identify the kidnapping of one of the Colorado teenagers (unless her father physically abuses her and orders her to stop).

It seems the serial killer has been released and several children are missing. Little does he know that his beloved brother will be one of them when the black van stops and a magician in the shape of a clown (hockey) appears and hurls a plate of black bubbles into the back of the car. Finn soon finds himself locked in a basement, the latest victim of The Grabber, Hawke’s bored, masked man known in town. He even starts a game of cat and mouse, believing that he will not do any harm. A black phone on the wall that Graber says is ineffective begins to ring and Finn finds himself talking to previous victims, now dead, but giving advice on how to escape without pressure, something neither of them can do. Meanwhile, brave and determined Gwen embarks on the quest of her own dreams to find her brother’s whereabouts and bring him to safety.

The best movies of any genre are those that focus on the characters and give us a reason to follow them. These filmmakers put emotion and coolness (and a lot of it) second to drive the story, which stands as an allegory for the horror of childhood horrors and the loss of childhood innocence in a world so dark and desolate. . Not just because of Grabber, but also because of the bullying that brutally punched his frightened classmates, determined parents, and other realities of life. black phone It may one day be known as a movie where both Thames have shaped the story perfectly, starring as a boy whose illness and ultimate decision to survive put him on his feet, and in particular McGraw, who stole all of his scenes. At first glance it seems easy to say that this movie won’t be the last we know about him. HE IS. It’s a real highlight.

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All the teen roles are well-executed, and James Ranson has a hilarious backing as a drug-addicted man named Max, who mostly runs rows of cocaine upstairs while the horrors continue in the basement. Hawke really steps out of his usual space here, but gives this villainous killer multiple dimensions, this time hiding behind a daring mask. like this temporary.

black phone This certainly isn’t the most high-profile summer studio show at CinemaCon this week, but I feel like it could be a big hit when Universal opens on June 24. This is a very entertaining and gripping thriller. The best genre in which it is not so easy to escape the horrors of everyday life.