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The Black Phone
2021
· Movie
· 103 min
B
MEANRANK
70/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2227
- IMDb #2363
- Google retired #1671
- Rotten Tomatoes #1167
- Metacritic #2031
- Letterboxd #2787
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1921
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #813
- Metacritic Critics #1919
- Metacritic Audience #2282
- Criticker #2364
- Douban #1838
- Kinopoisk #3581
- AlloCiné #2089
- Trakt #1454
Every rating
42–88
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 42, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 88.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In a suburban town in the 1970s, a young boy is abducted by a masked serial killer and locked in a soundproof basement. A disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, allowing him to hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. They offer him guidance and their mistakes, helping him plan his escape.
Details
- Director
- Scott Derrickson
- Writers
- C. Robert Cargill, Scott Derrickson
- Based on
- The Black Phone by Joe Hill
- Studio
- Blumhouse Productions, Crooked Highway
- Released
- 16 June 2022
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $16.0M
- Box office
- $161.4M
- Awards
- 7 wins, 7 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 14 →7 wins from 14 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| Bram Stoker Award 2023 | Superior Achievement in Screenwriting | C. Robert Cargill and Scott Derrickson | Winner |
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2023 | Editor's Eyeball on the Future Award | Mason Thames | Winner |
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2023 | Best Wide Release | The Black Phone | Winner |
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2023 | Best Supporting Performance | Madeleine McGraw | Winner |
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2023 | Best Supporting Performance | Ethan Hawke | Nominee |
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2023 | Best Screenplay | C. Robert Cargill and Scott Derrickson | Winner |
| Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards 2023 | Best Horror Film | The Black Phone | Winner |
| Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Film Awards 2022 | Best Horror | The Black Phone | Nominee |
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Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
5 nominations, 4 won
| Best Screenplay | C. Robert Cargill and Scott Derrickson | Winner |
| Best Supporting Performance | Madeleine McGraw | Winner |
| Best Wide Release | The Black Phone | Winner |
| Editor's Eyeball on the Future Award | Mason Thames | Winner |
| Best Supporting Performance | Ethan Hawke | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Horror Film | The Black Phone | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor in a Film | Ethan Hawke | Nominee |
| Best Writing | C. Robert Cargill and Scott Derrickson | Nominee |
| Best Younger Actor in a Film | Mason Thames | Nominee |
| Best Younger Actor in a Film | Madeleine McGraw | Nominee |
Bram Stoker Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Superior Achievement in Screenwriting | C. Robert Cargill and Scott Derrickson | Winner |
Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Horror Film | The Black Phone | Winner |
Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Horror | The Black Phone | Nominee |
Hollywood Music in Media Awards
1 nomination
| Original Score — Horror Film | Mark Korven | Nominee |