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The Black Phone might not be consistently terrifying, but it has its moments. Ultimately, it is let down by an undercooked, patchy script and odd stylistic and editing choices that remove well-built tension.

In The Black Telephone some of the director's stylems are observed, such as the prominence of children/adolescents in the action, perverse villains who hide their faces behind peculiar masks, and the presence of pagan or religious elements.

The Black Phone isn’t just the best film Scott Derrickson has made thus far… it’s a larger testament to the kind of humanity and imagination that can come out of modern horror.

The filmmaking team behind “Sinister” (2012), director and co-screenwriter Scott Derrickson, co-screenwriter Robert Cargill and Hawke, reunite for another hit. Think John Irving’s “A Prayer for Owen Meany” except framed in the horror genre.