![]() Like in the short story, the characters and their relations to each other are developed good. It expands on the characters and events without straying from the original plot. “The Black Phone” movie, directed by Scott Derrickson, does a really great job interpreting the short story. “The Black Phone” is supernatural and psychological horror with both a realist side as well as a fantastical one and Hill balances out all four of these aspects really good. ![]() The characters are well developed and their relations to each other good and convincing. The action and events are timed good creating suspense while moving the story. ![]() The plot to “Phone” is intelligently put together. Yet, even though the phone line is dead Finney receives a call on it from one of the serial killer's murdered victims. Because mobile phones are never mentioned or hinted at, we assume the story is set pre-cell phone era sometime. He has no other way of calling out for help. There he discovers an old, black analog phone with a severed cord. “Phone” is about a young teenager, Finney, who is abducted by a serial killer known as the "Grabber" and imprisoned in the cellar of the killer's house. ![]() “The Black Phone” short story comes from Hill’s 2005 collection, "20th Century Ghosts." However, the movie further develops the characters and specifies a period setting. Both the film and its prose source are made really good. Today I’m reviewing Joe Hill's short story "The Black Phone" and its movie adaptation. Thanks Alex! In a Book-To-Movie we review a work of prose fiction and its movie adaptation. It was really nice of Alex to invite me here to do a Book-To-Movie review as a guest blogger and for him to do likewise at my blog, A Far Out Fantastic Site. ![]()
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