Review of The Black Phone (2022) by Jeannette Catsoulis for The New York Times — 23 Jun 2022
In place of gouting gore and surging fright, this enjoyable adaptation of Joe Hill’s 2005 short story has an almost contemplative tone, one that drains its familiar horror tropes — a masked psychopath, communications from beyond the grave — of much of their chill.
The movie’s low goose bump count, though, is far from ruinous.
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This review of The Black Phone (2022) was written by Jeannette Catsoulis and published by The New York Times on 23 June 2022.
The Black Phone has generally received positive reviews.
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