The Black Phone Trivia | 37 facts about the horror film

“The Black Phone” marks the return to horror films for director Scott Derrickson after his tenure at Marvel.

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1. The Black Phone is a 2021 American supernatural horror film
2. The film is directed by Scott Derrickson
3. It is written by Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill
4. Both produced with Jason Blum
5. It is an adaptation of the 2004 short story of the same name by Joe Hill
6. The film stars Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, James Ransone, and Ethan Hawke
7. In the film, an abducted teenager (Thames) uses a mysterious phone to communicate with the previous victims of his captor (Hawke)
8. Derrickson’s departure from directing “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” led him to “The Black Phone”
9. This was a project he and Cargill had already planned on making
10. Filming took two months in Wilmington and surrounding counties in the state of North Carolina
11. The film premiered at Fantastic Fest on September 25, 2021
12. It was theatrically released by Universal Pictures in the United States on June 24, 2022
13. It received generally positive reviews from critics
14. With praise for its performances and faithfulness to the source material
15. Scott Derrickson and frequent collaborator C. Robert Cargill decided to adapt Joe Hill’s short story “The Black Phone” into a feature film while the former was working on the “Doctor Strange sequel Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”
16. Cargill promised to postpone the project until Derrickson, who had a commitment with Marvel Studios, became available to direct
17. In January 2020, Derrickson came on board to helm “The Black Phone” soon after departing from the “Doctor Strange” sequel due to creative differences
18. “The Black Phone” was officially announced in October, with child actors Mason Thames and Madeleine McGraw set to star
19. Thames said his audition took place over Zoom soon after the COVID-19 pandemic began
20. In early 2021, Jeremy Davies, Ethan Hawke, and James Ransone were added to the cast
21. Hawke said he was initially hesitant on playing the villain because he did not want to be remembered for a “scary” performance for the rest of his career
22. But changed his mind after realizing he was in his 50s
23. Principal photography began on February 9, 2021, and concluded on March 27
24. Filming took place at EUE/Screen Gems in Wilmington, North Carolina, and around the counties of New Hanover, Brunswick, and Columbus, under the working title Static
25. Mark Korven composed the score during post-production
26. The film was completed by December 2021
27. In the United States and Canada, “The Black Phone” is projected to gross $15 to 20 million from an estimated 3,100 theaters in its opening weekend
28. According to Deadline Hollywood, the film’s target audience is people between the ages of 17 and 34
29. The film made $3 million from Thursday night previews
30. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 83% rating
31. Based on 151 critics’ reviews
32. With an average rating of 7.2/10
33. The website’s consensus reads, “The Black Phone might have been even more frightening, but it remains an entertaining, well-acted adaptation of scarily good source material
34. On Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, the film has a score of 65 out of 100
35. Based on 33 critics
36. Indicating “generally favorable reviews”
37. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “B+” on an A+ to F scale