Director Scott Derrickson’S The black phone it’s an amazing horror movie, the best I’ve seen this year! I loved this movie and Ethan Hawke he offered a sinister performance as the main villain villain, the Grabber.
Hawke broke one of his rules as an actor when he played this role. Hawke has made it clear throughout his career that he doesn’t play villains. But, after reading the script of the film, he immediately jumped on board. Derrickson recently spoke to / Film and explained:
“First of all, Sinister’s experience was really positive for him [Hawke]. He had never done a horror movie before, and I think he really realized on set that he didn’t know much about how to make a movie like that and the particularity of timing. And so we made a good movie, and I think he’s really proud of that movie.
“So when I offered him the role he told me, he said, ‘I probably won’t. I’m not being bad, “which didn’t occur to me, but actually he doesn’t. But he read the script and he loved it and said,” Yeah. “
The Grabber is a sadistic killer who kidnaps and kills children in his soundproofed basement. In this story, he kidnaps a shy but intelligent 13-year-old named Finney, and as he tries to survive in the basement, a disconnected phone on the wall starts ringing. Finney discovers he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are absolutely determined to make sure what happened to them doesn’t happen to him.
The director went on to offer some information on the Grabber, which is supposed to represent “one of the monsters that are out there in the world”. He explained:
“I think it is [the Grabber] thought to be a realistic monster. He’s meant to be one of the monsters out there in the world … The idea of giving him some backstory explaining why he is the way he is was ridiculous to me. I felt it had to be a mystery. And that his power and danger would be in the mystery. And to me, the best screen villains are like that. The power is in the performance. The power lies in the uniqueness and uniqueness of what they do “.
I liked the fact that we didn’t know anything about this monster. There are little hints thrown in throughout the story, but its backstory isn’t enriched in the film and it doesn’t need to be. It’s more terrifying not knowing how this guy got so wicked. I love the mystery! It’s one of the things that makes the villain so addicting.
The black phone will be released in theaters on June 24, 2022.
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
