The Black Phone: A horror film with lots of action and suspense.

When Finney is saved by the police, he arrives home to a new phone. It’s black, it’s sleek and it doesn’t have any buttons. He doesn’t even know what smartphone apps are. But when this new phone starts to ring, it leads him first to celebrity gossip, then to a job offer with a hipster designer and finally .

What is the plot of the story ?

First of all,this story is about a 13-year old boy, Finney Shaw. He is being held in a soundproof basement by an evil masked man, who has killed many young girls before him. Finney slowly learns that he can hear the voices of the murderer’s previous victims when the phone on the wall starts to ring. The main character is Finney Shaw who is a shy but clever 13-year old boy. He likes quiet things and he is not very social. He has blond hair and blue eyes and plays piano and wants to be an astronaut or a computer programmer in the future.

Who is in the cast ?What role did each character portray ?

The cast include Ethan Hawke , Mason James , Dan Stevens , Emily Alyn Lind . The characters in the story include the narrator, Finney Shaw , and his older brother Ben (Finney’s protector). Ethan Hawke portrayed the role of the police officer who is the narrator of the story. He helps Finney by telling him what happened to the killer’s previous victims. Mason James plays Ben. He is Finney’s older brother and protects Finney from the killer who wants to kill him too. Dan Stevens plays the role of the masked killer whose face is always covered by a mask.

What are the difficulties they face ?

The main character, Finney, is being held in a soundproof basement by the killer. The killer has just killed a girl and he has the urge to kill Finney too soon. So he has to protect the boy from the killer’s evil plan. The main problem for all characters is that they have to find out who killed all these girls before them. There are many different suspects in this story, but it turns out that there is only one culprit behind them all. This person is also not who he seems to be since every time they try to get close to him they are betrayed by his friends who want him dead because he is pretty creepy looking.

What are the themes ?

The  theme of this story is a boy who lives alone with his older brother and he has to completely face a man who has killed many young girls. This young boy tries to survive by learning how to understand that he can hear through the black phone and that when he can hear his previous victims, they want him to survive by learning how to use all those new technologies he suddenly discovers.

Who is the antagonist ? What are its motives ?

The antagonist is a masked killer. The reason why this man wears a mask is because he doesn’t want people to remember his face and find him later on. His motives are that he wants to kill as many young girls as possible and make them suffer, by cutting off their heads and putting their heads in the jars on the shelves in his basement.

What are the epic scenes ?

The most epic scene is when Finney can hear his previous victims through the black phone. He hears them call out to him, they are asking him to leave them alone. He wants to help them, but he doesn’t know how to get rid of the killer. Finney Shaw learns that there are a lot of things you don’t know if you’ve never been through something difficult before like having many kidnappings and murders happen around you in this movie, and he learns that even though things may seem normal at first, there might be a bigger problem underneath the surface that you might not be able to see with your own eyes.

Would you recommend watching this ?

I would definitely recommend this film because it contains many action sequences. There are also some more suspenseful moments, but I would not recommend this film to anyone who gets easily scared. This film has received a R rating from the MPAA for violence/disturbing content. This film is supposed to be pretty intense and gruesome, because of all the murders and kidnappings that take place in it. Thanks for reading !