American coming-of-age supernatural horror film The Black Phone was released in 2021. It is an adaptation of Joe Hill's (Stephen King's son) 2004 short story of the same name. In the movie, a kidnapped teen makes use of an enigmatic telephone to get in touch with his captor's prior victims. It earned $161 million and was hailed for its performances and fidelity to the source material. It was a critical and financial triumph. Synopsis A cruel killer kidnaps Finney Shaw, a shy but intelligent 13-year-old boy, and imprisons him in a soundproof cellar where screaming is useless. Finney learns that